This is a pretty fair and balanced French site (my browser auto translates).
https://lavoiedelepee.blogspot.com/
So far the consensus seems to be that there is a lot of disinformation coming from both sides, the West and the Media seems to support Ukraine and is depicting that Russia is the bad evil invaders (where the US gets a pass for doing the same in the Middle East) and the Russians (almost typed Soviets, lol) has really failed/dropped the ball when it comes to the operational art of war, in particular combined arms.
So its a bloody mess with no end in site.
Hopefully cooler heads will prevail and there will be no thermal nuclear war. But nothing is guaranteed and with the West backed by the frenzied Media wanting a war with Russia and with an idiot like Biden sitting on the button, anyone's guess on our future.
We have gone from a pandemic to the brink of nuclear war in just two short years.
China has remained silent, waiting in the wings to launch there agenda.
And no I don't trust the government, especially the new administration.