Two air defense systems have been X-ed out

"Russia seems headed towards a February 1917 moment.

1. A kilogram of potatoes in Nov 2024 is 73% more expensive than in Jan 2024.
2. Interest rates reached 21% in Oct 2024
3. Mortgage rates have risen to 28%"

https://x.com/TrentTelenko/status/1858300100117758121

Up next: NATO vs. China

Chinese Ship Suspected of Undersea Cable Sabotage Detained in 'NATO Lake'

"A Chinese vessel has been implicated in what has been described as the sabotage of undersea telecom cables in the Baltic Sea, a body of water dubbed the "NATO Lake" due to its location between alliance members.

International concern surrounds the cutting of the 730-mile C-Lion 1 cable connecting Finland and Germany and the 130-mile link between Sweden and Lithuania on Monday. A legal expert has told Newsweek that any investigation into the incidents "could span years" and could set precedents for future alleged incidents of underwater sabotage.

The U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported that investigators of the severed cables are looking into the movements of the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, which was en route to Egypt's Port Said from the Russian port of Ust-Luga. Social media reports said that the vessel had a Russian captain, although this has not been independently confirmed.

The Yi Peng 3 had passed close to both cables around the time each was cut on Sunday and Monday, according to maritime tracking group Marine Traffic. The vessel was then followed by the Danish Navy, according to open-source intelligence analysts.

"Ship suspected of damaging comms cables x 2 in Baltic Sea has been detained by Danish Navy," posted OSINT account auonsson on Blue Sky, which tracks vessels in the Baltic. The post said that it was "anchored just outside Danish territory with patrol/dive Y311 SØLØVEN vessel guarding her."

https://www.newsweek.com/baltic-cable-sabotage-nato-1988689

Feels good to get some British-made payback. Send them all our Storm Shadow missiles.

@Hiku ^

Michael Weiss: "Storm Shadows fired into Russia, per multiple sources in the UK press." — Bluesky

Glad you're back, nobody interacts when you're gone so it's kind of boring actually.

I guess the psychedelic redcoat will be burned into putler's mind now

Russian Army Division Hit by Desertions of 'Whole Regiment': Report

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-army-division-hit-desertions-whole-regiment-report-1988712

Yeah, Russia's economy is overheating, and there's pretty little they can do against it short of ending the war:

Basically, real inflation is close to 30% already, and the full employment means that wages will continue to rise fast, especially in anything military-related. But this will fuel the inflation further and further.

However, while I agree with February 1917, I disagree with the country. Both Russia's economy and war effort are very comparable to Germanys during WW1. Germany also went through significant inflation during the war, but it's only afterwards where all the affter-effects started to bite and send the country onto the course of a hyperinflation. I see the Rouble soon being worth rubble at this rate.