Russian invasion of Ukraine

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AiEMUAVd-PMJ:https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/08/23/why-the-russian-economy-keeps-beating-expectations&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-war-depleting-u-s-ammunition-stockpiles-sparking-pentagon-concern-11661792188

Also looks like the counter offensive to retake Kherson has started, assume the hope is to take it before winter arrives and then have winter to reinforce it

Is it correct that this the first major war where climate change possibilities have to be factored in? E.g., will it freeze earlier, later, at all? Sounds like a logistical nightmare. It will be interesting to see what Ukraine’s clearly sophisticated psyops will do, and how they leverage this unknown quantity to their advantage.

Its incredible how the Ukranians are able to control the media flow right now. There is a large Ukranian offensive undergoing and all the news outlets are making articles based on the same few bits of information, because people lay low and don't post pictures and video like the ukr government asked them to.

I'm sure we will know all the details in time, but right now theres not much news from the eastern front.

Probably helps that the Russians blow up all the telecoms towers they could find.

It goes both ways, the Russians are also good at suppressing information which is why you have all the news outlets saying the break through the Ukrainians are claiming haven't been verified

Ukraine has created a fleet of decoys resembling advanced US rocket
systems that has tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive
long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets, Washington Post reports.

The wooden decoys are indistinguishable from the real thing to UAVs,
who transmit their locations to naval cruise missile carriers in the
Black Sea.

After a few weeks in the field, the decoys drew at least 10 Kalibr
cruise missiles. The destroyed decoys may partially account for
Russia’s inflated statistics of destroyed HIMARS.

yess!

The counter to that is reported HIMARS activity has supposedly plummeted the last ten days, so they are either conserving ammo, running out of ammo, running out of targets or have indeed lost some of the units they've been supplied

Some random occurrences and incidents tell a different story.
I guess they sweat quite a lot to keep business as usual.

Like this one:

• Gazprom cancels dividend for the first time since 1998
  
• Stock tumbles 30%
  
• Insider trading yada yada
  
• Gazprom change their mind and decide to pay dividend
  
• Stock rises by 40%
  
  

Or this one:
Ravil Maganov, Chairman of the Board of Lukoil, Russia’s 2nd-largest company & one of the world’s largest oil producers, has died after falling out of a window in Moscow

Dangerous times to be a Russian energy boss! From BBC

Several Russian energy oligarchs have died in unusual circumstances in recent months:

The body of millionaire Novatek former manager Sergei Protosenya was found alongside his wife and daughter at a Spanish villa in April
A former vice-president of Gazprombank, Vladislav Avayev, was found dead with his wife and daughter in their Moscow flat, also in April
In May, a former Lukoil tycoon Alexander Subbotin died of heart failure, reportedly after seeking alternative treatment from a shaman.

…has died after “falling out of a window” in Moscow

ftfy

Hold up, their family also dead?

Appears so!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62750584

I presume after Maganov fell out the window he had the courtesey to close it behind him

The company confirmed his death but said only that Maganov, 67, had "passed away following a severe illness".

I guess open windows are a severe illness in Russia. Or maybe the criticism was the fatal illness

His public criticism was basically 'hope it can resolve soon'

(Mini rant about how fucking weird it is for professional defenestrators to exist)

Kek

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It’s all very Killing Eve.

It’s all very Killing Everyone

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ah yes, if Germany doesn't drop its sick gas dependency, Russia is going to do so itself.

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This must be the first time this century that Russia has told the truth. However damaging gas price rises / shortages may be to Europe this winter the long term economic damage to Russia will be catastrophic after voluntarily killing its own cash cow. And all because one man decided to go on a murderous shopping spree.

Sad
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