Day 778

Not looking good

The above is a 6-min vid recapping yesterday’s fighting.

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Lots of missiles/drones shot down last night.

• 16/20 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles

• 39/40 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs

• 2/4 X-59 guided air defense missiles

• 0/6 X-47M2 "Kinzhal" aerial ballistic missiles

• 0/12 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles.

A Dagger (Kinzhal) missile destroyed the Trypilska thermal power plant outside of Kyiv.

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This from Taras:

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On the Team USA jacket, meanwhile, Gen Cavoli in Congress:

General warns House on Ukraine: ‘The side that can’t shoot back loses.’ Within weeks, Russia will be able to launch 10 artillery shells for every one round fired by Ukraine without additional U.S. aid, Gen. Christopher Cavoli said (The Wasington Post, April 11, 2024)

Speaker Mike could care less about the stakes. He is preoccupied with the acts of obeisance he will be expected to perform this Friday at Trump’s beano at Mar-a-Lago. They are expected to make an “integrity announcment.”

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On the Ukraine jacket, this from Eliot:

The War Is Not Going Well for Ukraine. If the United States does nothing, the coming seasons will be even bleaker—and not just in Kyiv (The Atlantic, April 10, 2024)

I didn’t bump into Eliot during his trip, but I did say hello to Craig Jones, Australia's top Brazilian jujitsu practioner, who out of nowhere appeared on Reiterska St. in shorts and a hoodie.

Good for him.

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In other news, Ukraine Economic Outlook shows us what to expect macroeconomically (sic) this year.