Russia attacked a dormitory yesterday in Hlukhiv, Sumy region, killing and wounding scores. As of this writing the death toll had increased to eight, including children.
If you’re as bored as I am with the stream of retrograde newspeak from power-dazzled Ukraine experts – those who, despite having long abused the gravitas of instability brought about by unspeakable shortsightedness, continue to use it to justify regurgitating feel-good MAGA bullshit (it’s amusing to note that the most lurid post-Potsdam fantasies of covert propaganda spread on behalf of crybaby Project 2025 contributors has been rendered irrelevant by a chattering clique of techno billionaires now serving it up for free every day: who needs black ops when you have AI algorithms and 250 million X followers) – then you won’t find many uplifting articles about Ukraine on the news wires.
Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war — AP
Long-range missiles against Russia: too late to save Ukraine? — France 24 c/o Reuters
The last 1,000 days of the war, now in its 11th year, have been the bloodiest.
Yesterday the largest private energy company in Ukraine DTEK reintroduced electricity rationing.
Z and his potent managers have had at least nine months to prepare, diversify and protect the country’s energy mix. While it’s too early to conclude they have failed, again, let me refer you to the OIG report we laughed about yesterday1.
Key points of Ukraine's Resilience Plan, which will be presented in the Verkhovna Rada in the coming days2:
🔹 Changing approaches to mobilization and recruitment,
🔹 Developing and increasing the production of the latest weapons,
🔹 Protection of energy facilities and the energy system,
🔹 Attracting domestic and foreign investment in the Ukrainian economy,
🔹 Establishment of the Ministry of Unification (of Ukrainians),
🔹 Proper integration of the military into social life.
[Ukraine] “needs to do more to firm up its lines in terms of the forces it has on the battlefied. It’s about munitions and all the other things that go to a country’s national strength, e.g. morale, cohesion and its industrial base.” — Jakes Sullivan (PBS Newshour, November 18, 2024)
Z and his potent managers have been exceedingly demotivational since late 2022. They are now less a source of inspiration than ridicule among ordinary Ukrainians (and also among the nutcases associated with Donald).
We are all sick of endless official self-aggrandizing bullshit on both sides of the lake.
Looking on the bright side, Palantir’s stock soared 11% the other day despite the heating up news about Russia's potential plan to nuke us next week. The company’s battlefield algorithms have been heavily promoted, but have been unable to compensate for political expediency at the expense of military imperatives.
Not to be confused with Peace Formula or Victory Plan or Plan B.