During the night, Russia attacked several cities in Ukraine with both missiles and drones, injuring at least 14 people, including at least one child. Read more at Kyiv Independent and Kyiv Post (according to them, the attack consisted of 666 missiles and drones).
Russian losses in Ukraine
In today’s report on Russian losses, we find very high losses of KWIA and also an unusually large number of armored vehicles (but no tanks), but a relatively low number of artillery pieces.
- 1230 KWIA
- 13 AFVs
- 29 Artillery systems
- 1257 UAVs
- 166 Vehicles & fuel tanks
- 2 Special equipment
Russian activities
Combat clashes and KAB are roughly at normal levels, but again we have slightly lower activity when it comes to drones and artillery.
- 236 combat clashes
- 86 aviation strikes
- 261 KAB/VAB
- 6,849 kamikaze drones
- 2,634 shells (64 from MLRS)
SLAVA UKRAINI
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“❗️Overnight, 🇺🇦Ukrainian forces shot down 30 out of 47 🇷🇺Russian missiles and 580 out of 619 UAVs. Shot down / Launched:
▪️ 0/12 Iskander-M / S-400 ballistic missiles
▪️ 26/29 Kh-101 cruise missiles
▪️ 0/1 Iskander-K cruise missile
▪️ 4/5 Kalibr cruise missiles
▪️ 580/619 attack UAVs of Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and other drone types.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mkcexhksws2m
“Russia once again launched a barrage of missiles and drones against several Ukrainian cities last night. A total of 666 projectiles were sent towards Ukraine, and at least 22 people have been injured, according to Ukraine as reported by Kyiv Post.
Reports of attacks on residential buildings have come from Kharkiv and Dnipro. In Dnipro, which appears to have been the worst hit, a four-story building was reportedly struck and at least 18 people were injured.
“Russia is a terrorist state,” writes Dnipro’s military command on Telegram, sharing a series of images of the destruction.
Explosions also occurred in the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region.
The full extent of the damage is not yet known. The last time Russia carried out a large-scale attack on Ukraine was on April 16, according to the newspaper. It was the deadliest attack during 2026, with at least 17 fatalities and over 100 injured.”
https://omni.se/ny-stor-attackvag-mot-flera-ukrainska-stader-inatt/a/5p38gX
“❗️Approximate route of 🇷🇺Russian missiles and drones during the night attack on 🇺🇦Ukraine”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mkces6pers2m
Drone sightings and explosions are reported in Russia’s Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg – both about 1800 km from the war zone 📷 Exilenova+, Supernova+
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3mkc6uxnuz72h
https://bsky.app/profile/igorsushko.bsky.social/post/3mkc2oq7dp22r
The best video of the war. A Fischbrötchen, a howitzer, and a stash of washing machines and refrigerators.
https://bsky.app/profile/andrewperpetua.bsky.social/post/3mkbri554ec2r
Nonsense
Congratulations Johan, great that you finally got your visa! 🎉🥳
“Only one person has so far been approved for Trump’s golden card visa, reports AP.
The so-called golden card was announced at the beginning of last year, about a month into Donald Trump’s second term. It was described as similar to a green card, but significantly more ‘sophisticated,’ according to Trump.
For one million dollars, about nine million kronor, foreign citizens could get a fast track to obtaining permission to live and work in the USA. The card was launched in December 2025.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said last year that the golden card could bring in a trillion dollars to the treasury and help balance the budget.
During a committee hearing on Thursday, Lutnick said that although only one person has been approved so far, there are ‘hundreds in line.’
– They have just set up the system and wanted to ensure that everything worked perfectly, he said.”
https://omni.se/bara-en-godkand-for-trumps-guldkortsvisum/a/rr8M9R
So it was in gold with a smiling trumpet on – worth every crown.
Will post a picture with the gold shoes on and some victory perfume.
That’s how a winner dresses
“HAMMER TIME: provides this combat footage of a Ukrainian strike fighter delivering a French-made AASAM ‘Hammer’ guided bomb onto a target in Russian occupied Ukraine.”
https://x.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/2047783068266541101
Poland is starting to get worried about Russian escalation into our eastern flank, everyone has probably read that, saw that another blog has now read the Zapad post from last autumn.
Before Zapad 25 we described the battle plan and that RU has a strategic offensive reserve, and the motives.
Then Magyar said something about war recently.
Finland has a larger exercise with reservists.
Belarus is fortifying the border against UA – they are building defenses and mobilizing reservists. They are thus building defenses.
Everything follows what we have guessed and also the technological leap where Europe sometime this autumn will deploy its interceptor drones so the window will then be closed.
and Zelensky has warned.
What is strange, however, is that our brigades are not in the Baltics, that is the anomaly.
On the other side – the discussion that Putin is hanging loose, we hope that it happens first 😀
Pretty sure that the USA will turn its back on us and that capital will flee us just as the financial crisis lands – that is probably the ulterior motive behind it all even if for Putin it is a way to try to survive.
When is the big question – before October
Where you know and the extent should be to take terrain and go on the defense to assert the right of self-defense.
Attempt to reach the coast – only if Europe seems too scared and indecisive. They cannot go into full war with us even if the drone weapon gives them an advantage.
The balance will probably be what they think they can get away with after causing initial losses and locking our parliaments.
Downside for RU – lose 100,000 and retreat across the border, and lose the Baltic Sea fleet. Maybe Kaliningrad if the Poles get sour?
That our brigades are not in the Baltics is beyond my understanding – no flattering explanations at all.
RU has learned a bit about war now so they should be somewhat more realistic.
However, far too many still make the mistake of thinking that they think like us.
If they did, the war in UA would have been over a long time ago.
They are heading towards defeat in UA and are doing what is logical for them.
Europe should project strength and it is our brigades into the Baltics, at least a dozen. The only thing I can think of that would seem deterrent beyond that is to already take Kaliningrad or a first strike against the Baltic Sea fleet.
Johan, the first division champion.
That would give the USA an excuse not to support the EU/NATO.
But they will not do that even if/when Russia attacks.
USA has probably already told us that they are out?
If the Russian scumbags are going to try something hoping that the Yankees will stand by with their arms crossed and just watch, they better hurry up. After the midterm elections and the new Congress takes office, the current administration will no longer be able to actively stop support and aid in all its forms to Europe.
This is because both Democrats and Republicans will do everything to try to repair and restore the country’s status as a reliable and stable partner after Demented Donald’s chronic bowel-emptying extravaganza.
Exactly so. Krasnov is heading towards a loss and the window is shrinking.
Now we can actually be completely sure that we will not choose the first strike option but be reactive 😀
After the start – do we take Kaliningrad and knock out the Baltic Fleet?
RU can fire 500 Geran every other day at us over months, so the question will probably be whether we accept that or not as a consequence.
We shall see…
Yes, these are the low-hanging fruits we start with. The Turks are closing the Bosporus to all maritime traffic to and from Russia.
The Finns can also make excursions across the appropriate part of the border and secure it.
The lion’s share of the military and energy infrastructure in the St. Petersburg area is to be destroyed during the first days.
Missiles will rain down on Murmansk.
I also suspect that Valdai will be leveled after an hour or two.
If the Yankees don’t bother to lift a finger should the Russian scum decide to venture into the Baltics, their bases in Europe should be blocked/closed, the personnel temporarily interned, and the materiel stored there confiscated.
A good point about the Gulf of Finland of course 👍
The Baltic Sea fleet is accounted for either in dock or with the help of our submarines – I think even the Russian bastards understand that?
Finland has also promised to shell targets in Russia in the event of hostilities against the Baltics – I think you can trust them.
It is more continental Europe we should be worried about.
I have MANY times listed what we have in Europe and we have a lot. The only thing that wavers is the political will.
Are we trying to bait RU into a war?
I don’t think so but IF that were the case I am positive about it
I feel reasonably confident that the three great powers in Europe, Andorra, San Marino, and Liechtenstein…..
No, sorry, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France will respond kinetically if the Russian scum crosses the border.
I also believe that Italy, Greece, and probably Turkey will act.
I am more uncertain about how Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and a handful of other countries will act.
The Nordic countries, Poland, and a few others will probably have already bitten the Russian in the throat.
We should of course not forget Canada, which I suspect will support almost wholeheartedly.
I mostly believe that we should close the strait and the belts.
You can be sure that the Königsberg exclave will receive extraordinary attention from the Swedish Armed Forces, especially from the Air Force. A tactic that was planned already in the early 1950s.
Ran into this about the 1997 crisis in Asia.
No idea about the account but a good little film about what happened then with lots of interviews
2008 everyone can probably still remember 😀
https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2047783123480375312/video/1?s=46
A lot of hate and mockery towards people with glasses I saw yesterday, is that really the way we should go, to hate a large group? Moreover, it is punishable because all the “four-eyes” feel attacked.
I have always been against and despised people who mocked those who wear glasses.
But I changed my mind when I had lenses implanted in my eyes.
I have such poor eyesight that I need both contact lenses and glasses. The lenses to see ahead until the glasses. I hope my true India story didn’t cause anyone any discomfort. If so, I apologize.
Unfortunately missed that, but I don’t think the rough people here are affected.
I’m not mentioning any names, for example Johan is a name that I am NOT mentioning.
yes completely reasonable, then we continue to hate the glasses nerds 👍
But not contact lens wearers, right?
As long as you yourself wear glasses, I think it’s okay. 😂
Here’s how you do it ✊✊✊
https://x.com/doctorlemma/status/2047843402671075365?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
(clickbait)
A wonderful story. Only the British can manage this (including the Australians in this case). I wonder if John Cleese was the British ambassador.😄😄😄
“The Emu War (or Great Emu War) was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia in late 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus, large flightless birds indigenous to Australia, …”
Wonderful! 😂
A new push in the ongoing Russian offensive with a peak just below the highest, which does not contradict a waning offensive but at the same time indicates a protracted offensive that does not subside immediately. Of course, even higher peaks than the current ones are not excluded, but it feels unlikely.
Full effort in Pokrovsk. The unlocalized attacks persist and increase, probably strongly driving the high KWIA of just over 1200. kWIA/attack in Pokrovsk yesterday 22 was 87 KWIA per 54 attacks: 87/54=1.611, thus unusually low. This can probably be explained by the high pressure on this particular sector, so I raise KWiA/localized Russian attack to 2, and then we get 163*2=326 KWIA from the Russian localized attacks and thus a whole 1230-326=904 KWIA from the 79 unlocalized presumably Ukrainian attacks, a ratio of 904/79=11 KWIA per attack, about the same as yesterday.
N Slobozhansky 7↗️
S Slobozhansky 7
Kupyansk 10💥
Lyman 15💥↗️
Slovyansk 0↘️
Kramatorsk 9💥↗️↗️
Kostjantynivka 27💥💥↗️
Pokrovsk 63💥💥💥↗️
Oleksandrivskij 4↘️
Huliaipole 14💥↘️
Orikhivsk 2
Prydniprovskij 5
Localized 163↗️
Unlocalized 73↗️
Total 236↗️
Ratio unloc/loc 0.44↘️
N Slobozhansky 7↗️
Pokrovsk 63💥💥💥↗️
Thank you 205 for all the info!
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🎥Not sure if this has been posted before. It should have been some time ago considering the story. But does it match the data reported here earlier?
Seems to have published some well-directed videos.
Ukraine awaited Russia to Gather 13000 UAVs
00:00 13000 Drones Out
01:05 RU Massed Target
03:46 RUs Def Net Exposed
06:57 Su-27 Opened Blind Corridor
09:59 FO Drones Through
13:13 Swarm Hit
17:50 Fire Consumed Hub
19:23 Surviving Drones Down
22:19 Lesson
https://youtu.be/DwNAzoqXM_s?is=ONarp8Tw0GbbTD3w
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They knocked out a large warehouse?
When will our battalion return to the Baltics?
In the event of a Russian attack on the Baltics, NATO should very promptly call a meeting where a decision will be made on whether to initiate an investigation. Everything is much easier now that the Russian Orban cannot veto.
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On white paper in three copies with Postnord
A thought, the number of grenades the Russians are firing now could be due to a shortage of grenades and/or shells.
But could it be because they are saving them to replenish supplies ahead of an attack on NATO?
That can definitely be an explanation.
There is talk that Russia is not sending any newly manufactured armored vehicles to Ukraine but is saving them specifically to build units that are believed to be intended, for example, to attack the Baltics.
If that is true, it would not at all be surprising that they are also trying to build up a stockpile of artillery pieces and ammunition.
Of course they do 😀
UA has fought back the rear three times in the Pskov area, so it goes down at the same time as they build up
Besides the explanation that the Russian scum is building up capacity for a possible future attack on any NATO country, it could simply be a manifestation of Russian paranoia. This is because they may feel increasingly weak and fear an attack from the West. Another explanation could be that Putin and his gang of friends want to secure themselves with fresh troops ahead of a future domestic conflict over who will get to continue playing tsar and plundering the country.
These scenarios can, of course, be combined in various ways.
Konstantin stated with absolute certainty that Putin will be gone by autumn.
https://youtu.be/BFU3oiPG2qc?is=ErtHovYnA3WMcBwa
Putin will fall when the war is over, he is still trying to convince the population that they are threatened from all sides, and that Russia is conducting a defensive military special operation in Ukraine.
The fact that Ukraine has taken the war to St Petersburg and Moscow has led to protests against the war, and the population is beginning to lose faith and the illusion is starting to crack.
Putin stands and falls with the war, when he stops fighting without being able to present a victory he is a dead man walking. He and the cronies who depend on him will try to keep the war going as long as possible
⚡️ Update: Zelensky signs cooperation deals with Aliyev during first wartime visit to Azerbaijan. The two leaders signed six agreements to expand bilateral cooperation across multiple sectors.
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3mkcs7yyfkc2j
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-azerbaijan/
Come on Romania, time to declare war on Russia!
“Russian Drone Debris Found in Romania Following Massive Attack on Ukraine Romanian authorities condemned Moscow’s “irresponsible actions” after wreckage damaged an auxiliary building and a power pole near the Ukrainian border overnight.”
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74735
Another way for the Romanians to retaliate against the Russians is to expand their cooperation with Moldova with military commitments. For example, station troops in Moldova to train and develop Moldova’s defense forces.
Appropriately, this training infrastructure can be strategically located near the breakaway region of Transnistria.
It would be a very good signal to the Russian bastards if nothing else. 💪
Yes, it would be.
As well as pinning down the Russian troops there, like in a wedge between the Ukrainian units on the eastern side, while at the same time making it virtually impossible for them to attempt any adventure westward.
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“There are no safe places in Ukraine. Russians are targeting passenger trains. This is the aftermath of a missile strike on a train in Chaplyne in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.”
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3mkcsptm2yc2q
Now it has to stop snowing, I’ve already put the shovel away!
“❗️A 77-year-old grandmother was evacuated on a ground robot by soldiers of the 🇺🇦Third Army Corps. She was moving along a road under fire. The entire operation took 4 hours.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mkcwhz2uvc2t
A Russian rustbucket trawler is moving irregularly along the coast of Møn, south of Copenhagen, with a homeguard navy patrol keeping track. Not sure on backstory but left Kaliningrad, seemingly broke down by Gothenburg, continued to a fish factory in Norway, now tug assisted limp back.
Someone ought to make an infographic on the large amount of antennas, but note image is from 2020.
https://bsky.app/profile/auonsson.bsky.social/post/3mkcyzrf2bc2s
“Another impressive interception by STING Operators of the 762nd Territorial Defense Brigade chased a Shahed for a long time as it tried to hide in the clouds — but it didn’t work. This video is yet another proof of our pilots’ skill. Watch it now!”
https://x.com/wilendhornets/status/2048007515728670762
Pucks latest:
“When will Russians start protesting?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxlK8Kf-6Rs
That’s European money not American. USA is not a central player.
https://youtube.com/shorts/-EzDCHuU7J8?is=7n7jDanUQTTR8Q6g
A man in my position doesn’t have time to look for previous comments, so I hope you haven’t read this one.
Tusk is being interviewed about Orban losing power.
Polish PM Tusk: “For the first time in years there were no Russians in the room”
*Robert Fico walks by*
Reporter: “Are you sure about that?”
https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3mkd2c3tm2c2x
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Forgot summary.
And link.
Countries with well-developed defenses such as Poland, Romania, and Moldova are less Trump-negative or positive; these are also strongly pro-NATO, pro-EU. Germany, which (under the DDR politicians Merkel and Scholz) scrapped its defense, let the submarines rust away, in favor of a gas pipeline to Putin, is strongly negative towards Trump (who stopped the Nord Stream project during his first presidential term). Biden reopened it again. Despite this, Putin attacked Europe.
Merkel was highly praised back in the day. She largely turned passivity into an art form. Unfortunately, she was scrutinized too late. Now the Germans have to reap what they sowed, largely from 20 years ago.
The German politics’ almost perverse view on nuclear power is hard to understand. They even dared to try to force other EU countries to phase out their nuclear power.
It is said that the sinner will wake up late, and the Germans seem somewhat groggy, to say the least.
However, I want to add that Mertz seems sensible, and they are slowly beginning to chart a new and better course and put one foot in front of the other.
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I don’t see any state that has voting rights in the US election on the map? Maybe I have misunderstood something?
I understood it as we should avoid domestic politics?
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My bad, I do see tendencies of TDS here as well. As a defender of Trump, I can admit that it is getting harder and harder to see his genius, but I still hope that he is playing 3D chess.
I can understand disliking the Democrats in the USA, but it completely surpasses my understanding how anyone can be a Trump supporter. It is not dichotomous.
I have always been for the GOP until Krasnov and the MAGA cult took over. Now I hope the Democrats sweep the midterm elections so that everyone can see the emperor is naked.
Then one can hope that the worst crazies in the Democrats step back for more moderate politicians.
I have long missed the Republican Party with representatives like Reagan and McCain.
Trump and much of his administration are of the true definition of RINO.
Completely agree 💯
It’s a shame that John McCain lost to Obama.
Says a lot about Krasnov that he mocked him.
Yes, John McCain truly represented the pragmatic wing of the Republicans. Had he won, the political landscape in the USA would probably look significantly different.
The alternative was Kamala, who was completely crazy.
Better with Trump, whom we have had 4 years of results from.
I hope everyone who has opinions also gets information from Republican voters. Just being fed by SVT is an extreme filter bubble.
Then we put a lot of effort into a democratically elected leader whom we do not get to choose. Hopefully, we can choose without the world standing outside and having opinions this fall.
I find it very hard to see that any other administration would have been worse than Krasnov’s.
Now, we do not have the right to vote in the USA, but as long as the person they elect has the power to influence almost the entire world with their decisions, their presidential election is quite interesting. I wouldn’t mind if we could get away from dependence on the USA, so we wouldn’t have to be horrified by which fool they vote in,
The Democrats usually stand for a more boring but more stable policy, the Republicans for a more dynamic and offensive policy. Unfortunately, polarization in the USA has locked politics so that it is difficult to get anything done.
However, it is not sustainable for someone like Trump to rule by decree and set the whole world shaking to enrich himself and consolidate his power.
She had had an administration that had kept an eye on her, like Trump had during his first four years. It was obvious before the election that the personality cult of Trump had destroyed the internal barrier against his madness; those who did not see it were either cruelly naive or willing followers of MAGA.
I am no admirer of Kamala Harris, to put it mildly.
I would have preferred if Biden, in the middle of his term, had announced that he would not run for re-election and then guided the party to calmly develop the candidates they would choose from for the 2024 election. I am fairly certain that if they had done so, the unpopular Kamala would not have been their choice. Trump has been “lucky” in two of the elections when it comes to who represents the opposing team.
When it comes to the election between Trump II and Harris, I am unfortunately inclined to believe that Harris would have been the better option regarding American foreign and security policy.
It seems more like Trump is playing Yahtzee than 3D chess.
Skitgubbe?
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/L0mMnQ/trump-min-utrikespolitik-ska-vara-oforutsagbar
The difference between Nixon and Trump is vast on most levels, especially on the political level. Nixon had a long political career behind him, with experiences such as being vice president under the Eisenhower administration.
I would have chosen the Nixon administration over the Trump administration any day of the week, but now there is no publicly available crystal ball to foresee the future and no time machine for that matter.
However, it is truly sad that democracy is squandered by the voters and wasted by the likes of Biden and poisoned by people like Trump.
If I were American, I would, just as Umlat writes, have a very hard time supporting the Democrats with the ranks full of woke activists and many political operatives.
Unfortunately, what was Reagan’s Republican Party has died a slow death, and one opportunist and madman after another has filled the party’s ranks, which is now led by a corrupt and ignorant version of the “Pied Piper of Hamelin.”
I miss Republicans like John McCain. He must be spinning in his grave so much that he could generate enough electricity to power large parts of the American East Coast.
Some similarities, however, when Trump, as the blog has suggested, tried to do a “reverse Nixon,” attempting to bring Russia against China. Nixon managed to bring China against the Soviet Union, and it was Kissinger who was pulling the strings behind the scenes. Kissinger has also been an advisor to Trump.
With the utmost respect to you, Mr. 205, and also to the now deceased Henry Kissinger. He, Kissinger, was not exactly at his zenith when he gave advice to Trump. He was close to a hundred years old, and with the rights of age, I believe his knowledge of the world had become somewhat outdated and that his analytical skills were no longer at their peak.
Peace be upon his memory, in any case, as he probably meant well after all.
@fedtmule, age anxiety?
But then I have to object with the reception of Kissinger’s book World Order (fitting in the discussion about a new world order we see emerging) published a few years before he visited a newly installed Trump in the White House. An old fox with insights and analytical ability appreciated by secretaries of state on both sides, as is evident in Hillary Clinton’s praise of the book:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clinton-reviews-henry-kissingers-world-order/2014/09/04/b280c654-31ea-11e4-8f02-03c644b2d7d0_story.html
Hillary Clinton Praises a Guy With Lots of Blood on His Hands
In lauding Henry Kissinger, the possible Democratic presidential nominee goes far beyond her usual hawkish rhetoric
The most important question is what is the strategic overall goal of Krasnov’s mad man theory politics?
It is definitely not the same as either Nixon’s or Reagan’s.
The question is whether, as a European, one should speculate so much about what the USA is after. As fedtmule included below a quote from a statement by Macron, it is clear that it is important for Europe to look after its own interests:
”Europeans have to step up and defend their own interests because the U.S., China and Russia are now all “dead against” them, French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday.”
Well, I do understand the idea of the madman theory when it comes to enemies, but Trump uses it on everyone. It doesn’t feel like a winning concept to be notoriously unreliable.
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Trump is trying to flirt with the countries that are more right-wing and authoritarian, the others he tries to convert, not with a carrot but with a stick.
So accurately described.
🔥 A mobile fire team gunner shoots down a Russian “Shahed” with an M2 Browning machine gun.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mkdnytychc25
“😎🇺🇦 Ukrainian hexacopter “Vampire” shoots down Russian drone “Molniya” with propellers in Zaporizhzhia region, – 153rd brigade.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mkdo23vfnc25
Mark Biernat’s economics lesson, taking a deeper look at the Russian devils’ economy.
Russian hyperstagflation. What the hell is that? Most discussions about stagflation still start from a flat economy with a temporary supply shock. That framework misses what is happening now. This video looks at a tougher configuration: production capacity is shrinking while inflation remains embedded.
The most important difference is structural. It’s not just demand exceeding supply – it’s that the supply side itself is deteriorating. Skilled labor is leaving, capital is redirected to low-productivity uses, and technological substitution is limited. At the same time, fiscal pressures (especially in a wartime environment) keep nominal demand high. The result is a system where real growth stalls or turns negative, while prices continue to rise across sectors – including core inflation.
From a Wicksellian perspective, this creates an unusual configuration:
The natural rate of interest falls with declining productivity.
The policy rate struggles to adjust without destabilizing prices.
And the gap between the two produces persistent inflation even in a weak economy.
That’s why standard labels feel inadequate. It’s not classic stagflation. It’s closer to a reduction in potential output colliding with politically sustainable demand.
The video breaks this down step by step – labor, capital, monetary constraints – and shows why this type of equilibrium can persist longer than expected, even as the underlying capacity erodes.
https://youtu.be/80mR-8v4Z8M?is=1JUyUG643F35LRy5
Potatoes 🥔 and vodka 🫖
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I don’t know if this has been discussed before in the forum.
The French president has stated the following:
“Europeans have to step up and defend their own interests because the U.S., China and Russia are now all “dead against” them, French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-warns-europe-unity-against-us-china-russia/
I can only agree!!!
He is good with words Macron, I think he reads the blog.
He is so right, but does Europe have sufficiently massive balls? Or is it that “Your mouth is writing checks your body can’t cash”
Tie Ukraine to Europe, then we probably have balls enough to spare and more.
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