The Russian adjunct deputy for military mobilisation in Krasnodar, Stanislav Rzhitsky, was shot dead on Monday during his morning jog. He was a fervent user of Strava, a fitness tracking app. The course of his penultimate run was 'liked' by Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's intelligence service.

It isn't every day that you find a job where your sense of humor is considered an asset.

https://www.nextinpact.com/lebrief/72072/le-renseignement-militaire-ukrainien-detaille-elimination-dun-commandant-russe-adepte-strava

#ukraine #russia #humor #psyop

Send 'em to Hell with a tankful from Shell!

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66021325

#shelloil #russia #ukraine #parody

Russia's pharaonic defense works in #Ukraine are a clear investment in a war of attrition. The hope of offensive victories formally ended with Ukraine's counter-offensive. This means the #Wagner mercenary group had played out its usefulness. It was thereafter merely a threat to #Russia. Prigozhin's complaints of orchestrated losses were probably not unfounded. He must have realised he had not long to live in any case.

#Prigozhin had one card to play and was essentially damned to play it.

#Prigozhin is not going to Moscow. Russian aviation would destroy his column. #Wagner is now reportedly in Rostov, where it is safe from aerial attack. Ground forces would be needed to dislodge them, but redeploying troops from #Ukraine would give the AFU break-through opportunities. #Putin shall be seen as weak if Prigozhin goes unpunished, yet he loses the war if he punishes. A political rout, either way.

Well played, Yevgeny. However, your adversary is still smarter than you.

#Energiebericht der Stadt #Leipzig für 2019/2020: Gesparte Energie, gesparte Kosten

Zum Artikel: https://www.l-iz.de/politik/kassensturz/2023/02/energiebericht-der-stadt-leipzig-fur-2019-2020-gesparte-energie-gesparte-kosten-515431

#Energie #Energiepreis #Ukraine #Klimakrise

Es scheint als ob, wir hartnäckig mit Sanktionen sind, die nicht effektiv sind. Über die Lieferung von schweren Waffen, die effektiv sind, machen wir Ausflüchte.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/business/economy/russia-sanctions-trade-china-turkey.html

#ukraine

Das EU-Parlament hat den Druck auf Kanzler #Scholz erhöht. Die Mehrheit der Abgeordneten forderte Scholz auf, Lieferungen von "Leopard"-Panzern an die #Ukraine zu ermöglichen.

Politisch hat die Resolution keinerlei bindende Wirkung... Trotzdem sorgt die Initiative für Aufsehen.

Dass ein Regierungschef persönlich in einem Antrag des Parlaments zu etwas aufgefordert wird, gilt als ungewöhnlich.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/eu-parlament-scholz-leopard-101.html

#MeinePanzer

Europeans heed calls to save energy

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europeans-dial-down-heating-heed-calls-save-energy-2023-01-18/

And I would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids!

#ukraine #energycrisis

Inhaltswarnung: CW: bellyboner Zum Öffnen/Schließen klicken

на бирлин = nach 'Birlin'

Werte Kriegsgäste, die Einfahrt in Berlin verzögert sich

Alternativen für Deutschland gibt es zur Zeit leider nicht.

#ukraine

Have you tried mindfulness?

Actual tweet from Elon Musk
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1579934616429158400

Everyone else, please note: mindfulness only works before your first billion.

#elonmusk #ukraine #billionaires

"Ukrainian troops have reported outages of their Starlink communication devices on the frontline, hindering efforts to liberate territory from Russian forces"

"Roman Sinicyn ... said the problem may be occurring because SpaceX was trying to prevent its misuse by Russian forces."

https://www.ft.com/content/9a7b922b-2435-4ac7-acdb-0ec9a6dc8397

Aren't subscriptions required to access the starlink service? Either the Russian army has subscriptions (!!), or the Ukrainian army is being hindered.

#ukraine #billionaires #musk

“I’m proud that we were able to provide the terminals to folks in
Ukraine,” SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said …, “I don’t think the
U.S. has given us any money to give terminals to the Ukraine.”

But

USAID agreed to purchase closer to 1,500 standard Starlink terminals
for $1,500 apiece (a standard terminal set costs $600) and to pay an additional $800,000 for transportation costs, … adding up to over $3 million in taxpayer dollars…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietly-paying-millions-send-starlink-terminals-ukraine-contrary-spacexs-claims

#musk #ukraine #billionaires

Meanwhile, somewhere in Europe

proudly

#ukraine #energycrisis

Musk fears take-back of Crimea

"[Elon] Musk, speaking to [political analyst Ian] Bremmer, said that he had been asked by Ukraine's defense ministry to activate Starlink in Crimea, which was invaded and illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Per Bremmer, Musk 'refused given the potential for escalation.'"

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blocks-starlink-in-crimea-amid-nuclear-fears-report-2022-10

Potential for winning?

#ukraine #musk #billionaires

Swedish authorities report that the gas leak from the Nord Stream 2 hole in the Swedish Economic Zone is increasing in strength.

It seems as if the Russians are pumping gas into the pipeline.

As long as there is gas, it won’t be possible to get close to investigate.

#russia #ukraine #WWIII #news #war

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1576975332510298112

British POW Shaun Pinner was electrocuted and forced to listen to ABBA for 24 hours during torture sessions. Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, he said: “I thought I was going to die. It was hell on Earth."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19910224/brit-prisoner-shaun-pinner-electrocuted/

What kind of people could even conceive of such torture? They are mad, and mad for madness' sake.

#warcrimes #abba #ukraine #russia