“I thought alternate universes were supposed to be completely isolated from one another. “
They are. But our minds bridge them to create understanding.
The alternate universe offered here is provided by a source who confesses to lying and mental illness leading to professional disbarment.
For further confirmation of his worthlessness as a disinterested reporter, I commend to you his YouTube channel. It has two solid years of Ukrainian setbacks, disasters, collapse, destruction, and defeat. If he were to believed Ukraine has lost this war dozens of times over.