Ukraine War Brief Podcast
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If I use an estimated 6 trillion ruble deficit—instead of the “very optimistic” 3.8 trillion rubles currently under consideration—the gap is even more profound.
If you want a primer on the corruption scandal rocking Ukraine, this is a decent primer. Ukrainian sources will be the best, obviously.
www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
Ukraine corruption scandal explained: The $100M plot rocking Zelenskyy
Your questions answered about the snowballing investigation that is shaking Kyiv.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
If you want a primer on the corruption scandal rocking Ukraine, this is a decent primer. Ukrainian sources will be the best, obviously.
www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
Another Russian jet crashed apparently. First an Su-27 and now an Su-30.
Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Karelia, two dead.
Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Karelia, two dead
The plane went down in a forest area in the Prionezhsky district south of Petrozavodsk in Karelia.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Another Russian jet crashed apparently. First an Su-27 and now an Su-30.
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Pacific Cold Signal: Russian Intel Ship Lingered Off Honolulu Last Month, US Confirms
US Coast Guard says it shadowed the Kareliya as Western diplomats ponder whether to link Pacific ‘flex’ to a coordinated uptick in Russian probing activities from Hawaii to Europe
👇🏻 www.kyivpost.com/post/64192
US Coast Guard says it shadowed the Kareliya as Western diplomats ponder whether to link Pacific ‘flex’ to a coordinated uptick in Russian probing activities from Hawaii to Europe
👇🏻 www.kyivpost.com/post/64192
Pacific Cold Signal: Russian Intel Ship Lingered Off Honolulu Last Month, US Confirms
US Coast Guard says it shadowed the Kareliya as Western diplomats ponder whether to link the Pacific ‘flex’ to a coordinated uptick in Russian probing activities from Hawaii to Europe.
www.kyivpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Pacific Cold Signal: Russian Intel Ship Lingered Off Honolulu Last Month, US Confirms
US Coast Guard says it shadowed the Kareliya as Western diplomats ponder whether to link Pacific ‘flex’ to a coordinated uptick in Russian probing activities from Hawaii to Europe
👇🏻 www.kyivpost.com/post/64192
US Coast Guard says it shadowed the Kareliya as Western diplomats ponder whether to link Pacific ‘flex’ to a coordinated uptick in Russian probing activities from Hawaii to Europe
👇🏻 www.kyivpost.com/post/64192
Russia’s brutal attack last night is making *local news* in the U.S. You know it’s bad when local stations cover it.
Constant air alerts in Kyiv tonight and this morning 🤬
Constant air alerts in Kyiv tonight and this morning 🤬
Russia has launched a massive attack on Kyiv, causing fires and scattering debris across the city.
Russia attacks Kyiv with fires, injuries, and ongoing strikes reported
Russia has launched a massive attack on Kyiv, causing fires and scattering debris across the city.
www.wmur.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Russia’s brutal attack last night is making *local news* in the U.S. You know it’s bad when local stations cover it.
Constant air alerts in Kyiv tonight and this morning 🤬
Constant air alerts in Kyiv tonight and this morning 🤬
The Sheskharis oil transshipment complex was attacked. Here is video of it in the initial moments of the attack.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The Sheskharis oil transshipment complex was attacked. Here is video of it in the initial moments of the attack.
Novorossiysk, mushroom cloud at the port 🤭
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Novorossiysk, mushroom cloud at the port 🤭
Carlyle, a massive player in private equity, is exploring purchasing all of Lukoil’s foreign assets.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Carlyle, a massive player in private equity, is exploring purchasing all of Lukoil’s foreign assets.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
LNG hit a yearly low today.
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
LNG hit a yearly low today.
Per SHOT, an Su-27 crashed in a forest near near Petrozavodsk close to the airport. 💥
I hope the crew didn’t survive!
I hope the crew didn’t survive!
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Per SHOT, an Su-27 crashed in a forest near near Petrozavodsk close to the airport. 💥
I hope the crew didn’t survive!
I hope the crew didn’t survive!
“7,000 transportation companies in Russia are at risk of going bankrupt.” 🤣🤣🤣
youtu.be/xbTDbAosRVM?...
youtu.be/xbTDbAosRVM?...
"Nearly 7,000 transport companies in Russia on verge of bankruptcy” - Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“7,000 transportation companies in Russia are at risk of going bankrupt.” 🤣🤣🤣
youtu.be/xbTDbAosRVM?...
youtu.be/xbTDbAosRVM?...
The oil refinery in Nizhnykamsk is on fire.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The oil refinery in Nizhnykamsk is on fire.
Ukraine attacked an “Orion” reconnaissance drone storage facility at Kirovsky airfield, occupied Crimea. FP-2 drones were used.
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ukraine attacked an “Orion” reconnaissance drone storage facility at Kirovsky airfield, occupied Crimea. FP-2 drones were used.
🔥 There is a fire at Industrial Zone-2, near the styrene and polyester resin plant (SPS) - part of the large chemical complex "Nizhnekamskneftekhim".
POV: 55.6149286666, 51.9550707087
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POV: 55.6149286666, 51.9550707087
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🔥 There is a fire at Industrial Zone-2, near the styrene and polyester resin plant (SPS) - part of the large chemical complex "Nizhnekamskneftekhim".
POV: 55.6149286666, 51.9550707087
ExileNova+
POV: 55.6149286666, 51.9550707087
ExileNova+
Russian steel producers want a tariff placed on Chinese steel, which is flooding Russia’s market 🤣
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195160
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195160
«Интерфакс»: российские металлурги предложили ввести акциз на импортную сталь
Подробнее на сайте
www.kommersant.ru
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Russian steel producers want a tariff placed on Chinese steel, which is flooding Russia’s market 🤣
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195160
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195160
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🇷🇺russia, just having another totally normal day — welcome to Novosibirsk.
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🇷🇺russia, just having another totally normal day — welcome to Novosibirsk.
👇Jeffrey Epstein told Paul Krassner “I was pointing out that the alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her.”
A person I'm on a discord on found this in the emails and I hasn't seen anyone else post it yet so I thought I'd share.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
👇Jeffrey Epstein told Paul Krassner “I was pointing out that the alleged rape was reported to be at my house with Donald and I raping her.”
We have the worst kind of criminal governing our country: a child rapist, a tax
cheat, a murderer, and an insurrectionist. This is worse than I thought.
cheat, a murderer, and an insurrectionist. This is worse than I thought.
Trump spent his first Thanksgiving after getting elected President with Jeffrey Epstein. 2017.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We have the worst kind of criminal governing our country: a child rapist, a tax
cheat, a murderer, and an insurrectionist. This is worse than I thought.
cheat, a murderer, and an insurrectionist. This is worse than I thought.
Epstein apparently wanted to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov around the time of the Helsinki disaster.
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Epstein apparently wanted to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov around the time of the Helsinki disaster.
This scandal is outrageous. The crux of it is Ukraine didn’t harden its power against Russian attacks because officials weren’t given large enough bribes.
Now, the power situation in Ukraine is the worst it’s ever been.
Now, the power situation in Ukraine is the worst it’s ever been.
⚡️Prosecutors describe influence-peddling network in Ukraine's biggest graft case.
Suspects in a large-scale energy corruption case have allegedly manipulated senior officials as part of an extensive influence-peddling network, prosecutors said.
kyivindependent.com/prosecutors-...
Suspects in a large-scale energy corruption case have allegedly manipulated senior officials as part of an extensive influence-peddling network, prosecutors said.
kyivindependent.com/prosecutors-...
Prosecutors describe influence-peddling network in Ukraine's biggest graft case
Specifically, suspects in the Energoatom corruption case have discussed who should be appointed to Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko's Cabinet and whether Justice Minister Halushchenko should be appoint...
kyivindependent.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This scandal is outrageous. The crux of it is Ukraine didn’t harden its power against Russian attacks because officials weren’t given large enough bribes.
Now, the power situation in Ukraine is the worst it’s ever been.
Now, the power situation in Ukraine is the worst it’s ever been.
Staples has podcasting booths. TIL.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Staples has podcasting booths. TIL.
3 trillion REPO loan yesterday; 2 trillion bond auction today.
Russia is just printing money to plug the deficit
Russia is just printing money to plug the deficit
Update for fun, based on preliminary results
I had change the scale to 8 trillion rubles from 7 trillion rubles
I had change the scale to 8 trillion rubles from 7 trillion rubles
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
3 trillion REPO loan yesterday; 2 trillion bond auction today.
Russia is just printing money to plug the deficit
Russia is just printing money to plug the deficit
More graphics from CBR Sunny Morning. Russian budget.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
More graphics from CBR Sunny Morning. Russian budget.
Recapitalization of Russian banks totals 560 bn rubles this year (that we can see), over 6 times the amount of recapitalizations last year.
Yike
dzen.ru/a/aRLz0lx2Vi...
Yike
dzen.ru/a/aRLz0lx2Vi...
dzen.ru
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Recapitalization of Russian banks totals 560 bn rubles this year (that we can see), over 6 times the amount of recapitalizations last year.
Yike
dzen.ru/a/aRLz0lx2Vi...
Yike
dzen.ru/a/aRLz0lx2Vi...
“There is more and more news about delays and non-payment of wages. Moreover, the federal media begin to write about it only when the situation is already receiving a wide public response, that is, it reaches some critical scale.”
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dzen.ru/a/aRF775aaVA...
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dzen.ru
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“There is more and more news about delays and non-payment of wages. Moreover, the federal media begin to write about it only when the situation is already receiving a wide public response, that is, it reaches some critical scale.”
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dzen.ru/a/aRF775aaVA...
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🚨 Foreign currency supply in Russia has fallen to a record low since the start of the full-scale invasion (rolling 6 month average). Foreign currency is in short supply, but demand is increasing.
The ruble should be devaluing, but the Bank of Russia won’t let it.
The ruble should be devaluing, but the Bank of Russia won’t let it.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
🚨 Foreign currency supply in Russia has fallen to a record low since the start of the full-scale invasion (rolling 6 month average). Foreign currency is in short supply, but demand is increasing.
The ruble should be devaluing, but the Bank of Russia won’t let it.
The ruble should be devaluing, but the Bank of Russia won’t let it.