@criticus.bsky.social
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But the Ukrainians are also playing Trump, asking for something that would be really useful but is not critical advances the ball such that the discussion is no longer about weapons/systems that are much more important. Trump is not threatening to slow down delivery of AD missiles.
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
But the Ukrainians are also playing Trump, asking for something that would be really useful but is not critical advances the ball such that the discussion is no longer about weapons/systems that are much more important. Trump is not threatening to slow down delivery of AD missiles.
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Trump authorizes Earth to circle around the Sun. Why make this ridiculous framing where it appears as if this is actually Trump's decision to make?
🤝 Envoy Kellogg: Trump authorises long-range strikes on Russia
Envoy Kellogg: Trump authorises long-range strikes on Russia – video
www.pravda.com.ua
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Trump authorizes Earth to circle around the Sun. Why make this ridiculous framing where it appears as if this is actually Trump's decision to make?
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Trump's statement that Ukraine can win back all it's territory is mostly a message to Putin that Russia should more seriously engage in peace negotiations. It does not mean new US support for Ukraine, but it does signal that Trump will not obstruct Europe's efforts. 1/4
September 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Trump's statement that Ukraine can win back all it's territory is mostly a message to Putin that Russia should more seriously engage in peace negotiations. It does not mean new US support for Ukraine, but it does signal that Trump will not obstruct Europe's efforts. 1/4
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Ukrainians keep hitting Russia’s oil sector, striking 1 refinery and 2 pumping stations this morning alone. Since August, there have been more than 30 hits on refineries and depots. Desertion rates have doubled, and Z-influencers are unhappy.
Russia’s situation will get worse.
Russia’s situation will get worse.
September 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ukrainians keep hitting Russia’s oil sector, striking 1 refinery and 2 pumping stations this morning alone. Since August, there have been more than 30 hits on refineries and depots. Desertion rates have doubled, and Z-influencers are unhappy.
Russia’s situation will get worse.
Russia’s situation will get worse.
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Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
September 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
From: Yes, Prime Minister.
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Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. Its been less than 3 weeks since the great Russian breakthrough at Pokrovsk (which was no breakthrough). And because it failed we have no reporting. Where are all the analyses once the Russians have failed. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #149: Breakthrough? What Breakthrough? Collapse? What Collapse?
Russia Attacks Civilians, Ukraine Attacks Strategic Industries; Pokrovsk Versus Oil Refineries--One Of These Is Strategic, The Other Not.
open.substack.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. Its been less than 3 weeks since the great Russian breakthrough at Pokrovsk (which was no breakthrough). And because it failed we have no reporting. Where are all the analyses once the Russians have failed. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Not just me, not just Ukrainians, nor only optimistic Europeans reporting on Russia's crisis.
This from Azerbaijan, spotted by @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social + @tango9.bsky.social
www.azernews.az/analysis/246...
This from Azerbaijan, spotted by @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social + @tango9.bsky.social
www.azernews.az/analysis/246...
Empty gas stations, empty barracks: Russia’s silent defeat
It is a curious thing when a superpower begins to run out of the two things it needs most in war: fuel and men. Yet that is precisely what seems to be happening to Russia in Ukraine. After more than t...
www.azernews.az
August 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Not just me, not just Ukrainians, nor only optimistic Europeans reporting on Russia's crisis.
This from Azerbaijan, spotted by @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social + @tango9.bsky.social
www.azernews.az/analysis/246...
This from Azerbaijan, spotted by @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social + @tango9.bsky.social
www.azernews.az/analysis/246...
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russia focused on capturing Donetsk Oblast but managed to take only 5100 km² in 30 months.
They aren't even halfway there with 6500km2 yet to grind.
They aren't even halfway there with 6500km2 yet to grind.
August 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
russia focused on capturing Donetsk Oblast but managed to take only 5100 km² in 30 months.
They aren't even halfway there with 6500km2 yet to grind.
They aren't even halfway there with 6500km2 yet to grind.
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Russian forces have occupied less than 1 percent of Ukraine’s territory in the last 1,010 days, DeepState reports. Since 12 November 2022, the occupied area grew by 5,842 square kilometers to 114,493, or 0.97 percent of Ukraine’s internationally recognized territory.
August 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Russian forces have occupied less than 1 percent of Ukraine’s territory in the last 1,010 days, DeepState reports. Since 12 November 2022, the occupied area grew by 5,842 square kilometers to 114,493, or 0.97 percent of Ukraine’s internationally recognized territory.
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No Ukrainian president will ever surrender an inch of Ukrainian soil and President Zelenskyy, expectedly, rebuffed even the notion that this will change, ever. Especially the heavily fortified areas in the northern Donetsk region.
August 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
No Ukrainian president will ever surrender an inch of Ukrainian soil and President Zelenskyy, expectedly, rebuffed even the notion that this will change, ever. Especially the heavily fortified areas in the northern Donetsk region.
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Konstantine sees this meeting as an enormous victory for putin, and I must agree with him, to be welcomed on USA soil with red carpet after 3 years of bashing USA and threathening it with nuke armagedon, that is absolutely a victory.
for russia, this is a tragedy, thank god
youtu.be/_7mOdZjEt04?...
for russia, this is a tragedy, thank god
youtu.be/_7mOdZjEt04?...
2 SECRET REASONS PUTIN IS GOING TO ALASKA!
YouTube video by INSIDE RUSSIA
youtu.be
August 16, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Konstantine sees this meeting as an enormous victory for putin, and I must agree with him, to be welcomed on USA soil with red carpet after 3 years of bashing USA and threathening it with nuke armagedon, that is absolutely a victory.
for russia, this is a tragedy, thank god
youtu.be/_7mOdZjEt04?...
for russia, this is a tragedy, thank god
youtu.be/_7mOdZjEt04?...
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Americans don’t like Putin
Republicans don’t like him
Democrats don’t like him
Independents don’t like him
I don’t like him
Republicans don’t like him
Democrats don’t like him
Independents don’t like him
I don’t like him
August 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Americans don’t like Putin
Republicans don’t like him
Democrats don’t like him
Independents don’t like him
I don’t like him
Republicans don’t like him
Democrats don’t like him
Independents don’t like him
I don’t like him
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Multiple Russian internet resources and pro-Russian Telegram channels report that the "corridor" from the penetration near Dobropillia is being contained, and even claim it is being cut off as a result of Ukrainian counteractions. I cannot verify this information yet but there are POW videos
August 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Multiple Russian internet resources and pro-Russian Telegram channels report that the "corridor" from the penetration near Dobropillia is being contained, and even claim it is being cut off as a result of Ukrainian counteractions. I cannot verify this information yet but there are POW videos
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Putin and Trump might think that they can do a new Yalta and divide the world, but they don't have the power to enforce it. It's a bit like trying to sell your neighbor's house.
Back in March, I warned in this piece that we're creeping to a Yalta 2.0 moment. The summit in Alaska might be that moment. The difference is that Ukraine can defend itself.
www.eurozine.com/liberation-n...
www.eurozine.com/liberation-n...
Liberation, not collapse
The fall of the Berlin Wall, and not the human chain across the Baltics, is emblematic of 1989. But what if this show of unity had become iconic of communism’s disintegration? Could acknowledging East...
www.eurozine.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Putin and Trump might think that they can do a new Yalta and divide the world, but they don't have the power to enforce it. It's a bit like trying to sell your neighbor's house.
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Relative to GDP, Russian oil+gas revenue has reached its lowest point since the start of the full-scale invasion in the last 3 months. Revenue has remained close to 4% of GDP, down from a record 18.4% of GDP in April 2022.
August 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Relative to GDP, Russian oil+gas revenue has reached its lowest point since the start of the full-scale invasion in the last 3 months. Revenue has remained close to 4% of GDP, down from a record 18.4% of GDP in April 2022.
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Obviously, this falls far short of what’s needed and is unlikely to dissuade Putin from his current course. That being said, it’s a significant leap from “Zelensky is a dictator who needs to repay billions” to the US selling weapons to Europe for immediate battlefield relief in Ukraine
July 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Obviously, this falls far short of what’s needed and is unlikely to dissuade Putin from his current course. That being said, it’s a significant leap from “Zelensky is a dictator who needs to repay billions” to the US selling weapons to Europe for immediate battlefield relief in Ukraine
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Hello everyone,
I know many are exhausted from political drama, presidential mood swings, and general uncertainty.
But the war goes on — and no matter how uncomfortable it is, I have to ask for your support again.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
I know many are exhausted from political drama, presidential mood swings, and general uncertainty.
But the war goes on — and no matter how uncomfortable it is, I have to ask for your support again.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
July 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Hello everyone,
I know many are exhausted from political drama, presidential mood swings, and general uncertainty.
But the war goes on — and no matter how uncomfortable it is, I have to ask for your support again.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
I know many are exhausted from political drama, presidential mood swings, and general uncertainty.
But the war goes on — and no matter how uncomfortable it is, I have to ask for your support again.
donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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Some personal news.
After almost 30 years as a bank employed economist, I have joined the wonderful people at: independent-economics.com
I’ll take a brief summer break and then re-start the Sunday Wrap. You can sign up - for free, of course - here:
: independenteconomics.substack.com
After almost 30 years as a bank employed economist, I have joined the wonderful people at: independent-economics.com
I’ll take a brief summer break and then re-start the Sunday Wrap. You can sign up - for free, of course - here:
: independenteconomics.substack.com
Home - Independent Economics
We are an independent international economics consultancy helping businesses and governments to succeed in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.
independent-economics.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Some personal news.
After almost 30 years as a bank employed economist, I have joined the wonderful people at: independent-economics.com
I’ll take a brief summer break and then re-start the Sunday Wrap. You can sign up - for free, of course - here:
: independenteconomics.substack.com
After almost 30 years as a bank employed economist, I have joined the wonderful people at: independent-economics.com
I’ll take a brief summer break and then re-start the Sunday Wrap. You can sign up - for free, of course - here:
: independenteconomics.substack.com
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80 brigade urgently needs a pickup (€6100)
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July 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Are you ready, fellas? Like, comment, retweet and donate🙇♀️
80 brigade urgently needs a pickup (€6100)
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PayPal [email protected]
80 brigade urgently needs a pickup (€6100)
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PayPal [email protected]
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"In just three years, Europe has transformed it's artillerie production from a fragmented, low-output patchwork into a continental force in the ammunition war — and it may soon outpace both China and a faltering Russia."
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
Europe’s Artillery Production Skyrockets, Poised to Overtake Russia and Rival China by 2026
In a stunning turnaround, Europe has gone from what analysts called “almost handmade” artillery shell production in 2022 to output levels th…
united24media.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"In just three years, Europe has transformed it's artillerie production from a fragmented, low-output patchwork into a continental force in the ammunition war — and it may soon outpace both China and a faltering Russia."
united24media.com/latest-news/...
united24media.com/latest-news/...
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Why do I get the feeling that when this war is over, Russians will continue to wonder why eight generations of Ukrainians will hate them?
June 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Why do I get the feeling that when this war is over, Russians will continue to wonder why eight generations of Ukrainians will hate them?
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🇺🇸 US House Speaker Mike Johnson backs toughest possible sanctions on Russia, telling the New York Post: “Many in Congress want sanctions against Russia as strongly as we can—and I'm an advocate of that.”
June 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🇺🇸 US House Speaker Mike Johnson backs toughest possible sanctions on Russia, telling the New York Post: “Many in Congress want sanctions against Russia as strongly as we can—and I'm an advocate of that.”
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It's Monday. You might hate your job but at least you're not a Russian general about to explain to me how 1/3 of my strategic aviation got blown up in a morning by some cheap Alibaba drones.
June 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It's Monday. You might hate your job but at least you're not a Russian general about to explain to me how 1/3 of my strategic aviation got blown up in a morning by some cheap Alibaba drones.
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I think I’ll stop here. This has been a long thread. But do you see what I mean when I say there are not good choices?
IT WILL GET WORSE
~ The End ~
IT WILL GET WORSE
~ The End ~
May 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I think I’ll stop here. This has been a long thread. But do you see what I mean when I say there are not good choices?
IT WILL GET WORSE
~ The End ~
IT WILL GET WORSE
~ The End ~
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The amount of naivety in the West is staggering, when it comes to dealing with Russia. The majority of Russians live their whole life by pushing others. It starts from childhood, permeates in every aspect of their lives and never ends. If you don’t push back, they will push you all eternity.
May 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The amount of naivety in the West is staggering, when it comes to dealing with Russia. The majority of Russians live their whole life by pushing others. It starts from childhood, permeates in every aspect of their lives and never ends. If you don’t push back, they will push you all eternity.