The lies, the counteroffensive and the dam...

Why realtime truth-telling is vital when dealing with dictators like Putin

The Ukrainian counter-offensive started this week, and we have now begun to see towns and villages liberated on camera, footage presumably sanctioned by the Ukranian Armed Forces, indicating an advance through Russia's first line of defences on what looks like a broad front between the Dnipro and Novodonetske.

Everything else we think we know has to be h…