Díky @jeberle.bsky.social! Snažil jsem se k tomu přistupovat co nejvíc sebekriticky, viz úryvek:

Europe’s emergency meeting on Ukraine feels - unfortunately - pretty underwhelming. Ukraine already rejected the French proposal of a month-long ceasefire and UK insists on "strong US backing" for any peace deal, but the US isn’t likely to strongly back anything. Not exactly a turning point.

China is building a massive new wartime military command—another sign it’s preparing for a potential Taiwan conflict.

🛰️ Satellite imagery has already revealed:
- A replica of Taiwan’s Presidential Palace for training
- A new fleet of invasion barges

@michaelkofman.bsky.social on Russian military struggles in Ukraine.

Full episode: link in the comments ⬇️

Bernie Sanders: "But while so many Americans are struggling to get by, the United States is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military."

Well, not really: relative to GDP, U.S. spending on defense is actually at one of the lowest points since the 1930s.

This is will be a tricky paradox for Trump and his new administration which wants to both lower oil prices and cut off Iran's oil revenue. Squeezing Iran's oil exports means less money for Iran but it also means higher oil prices (which also helps Russia at the same time). Hard one to solve.

“We tell the Ukrainians, ‘You’ve got to come to the table, and if you don’t come to the table, support will dry up’. "And you tell Putin, ‘He’s got to come to the table and if you don’t, then we’ll give Ukrainians everything they need to kill you in the field’ www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

The ruble keeps falling throughout the day but I’d caution against calling this a sign of an “imminent collapse”. It looks to be at least partially a result of an intentional policy. A weaker ruble hurts Russian purchasing power but in the short term it has its advantages.

Ruble keeps finding a new bottom. It looks like Russia stopped trying to prop it up and resigned to letting it drop.