Russia & Ukraine

Russian economy fine: https://kyivinsider.com/russias-largest-construction-project-goes-dark/

 

That shit is scary AF, they're running non-seaworthy ships loaded with oil everywhere, especially including the Baltic sea, but also outside the US.

 

A bit too much vodka: https://bsky.app/profile/pstyleone1.bsky.social/post/3lddgbufr3k2g

 

Russian Forces Destroy More US Patriot Launchers & Advance Closer To Pokrovsk

 

Some additional color: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dq6q0m862o

 

Interesting read on a recent disinfo op: https://theins.ru/en/news/277174

 

If anyone concerned 456 823 Ukrainian generals were killed just in the last month

 

Moscow apartment rents increased at an ~80% annual pace in November, yeah I'm doing 1.05^12-1 i.e. extrapolation of the Nov figure, but it's rather high regardless: https://bsky.app/profile/oalexanderdk.bsky.social/post/3ldfwlfjsf226