If you’re following Russia’s economy, tomorrow is your day: the Central Bank’s rate-setting meeting is set for December 20th at 15:00. Another rate hike is expected, along with more criticism of Nabiullina, as no one can openly admit the war is driving inflation

Our latest Soup Central video titled "Russian Sabotage on Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic States and EU" is out! youtu.be/Ct6mA3nHfMA

1/ Ivan Franko's Villa in Lviv is a two-story house built in the "Swiss style" at the turn of the 20th century. This historic home served as the residence of the renowned Ukrainian writer during the last 14 years of his life. Here, Franko wrote, lived, and passed away in 1916.

And this is why he bought himself a president.

Biden's legacy as a weak president is a major factor in China taking sides with russia. They sat it out for the first year but there's no diplomat alive who couldn't see that the US had chosen the cowards path. www.bbc.com/news/article...

People from the upcoming U.S. administration will have to make a lot of unpleasant discoveries and drop a lot of illusions regarding the people in the Kremlin they're trying to sweet-talk into "negotiations" by condemning (supposed) Ukrainian black ops to eliminate high-ranking war criminals.

The remains of a gold processing plant from the late 1800s-early1900s where my Great-grandfather operated a mine dug into the side of a hill. It provided his living and his death.

⚡️ Intercepted Russian phone call suggests North Korean troops suffering trainloads of wounded. In the call, a nurse at a Moscow hospital tells her husband, a soldier fighting in Kursk Oblast, that wounded fighters are being brought in by the trainload.

Ania, 16, from Kharkiv, shows her destroyed Saltivka neighborhood and dreams of becoming an architect to rebuild it. She joined the psychological support program of the Voices of Children Foundation.

Any lower and they'll need to use their indicators to change lanes

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Another Amazon delivery safely on it's way.

I can't help but wonder if these guys had any real comprehension of what warfare by drone was actually going to be like.

North Koreans seem to be very tidy and neat.

💥☠️ Archive video: The moment HIMARS hit a concentration of Russian troops at a training ground in Donetsk region on September 17

Okay, I get that new russian conscripts get about enough training to change a mag but I would've thought the North Koreans would have a reasonable level of training. What the fuck then is this every man make a random dash for it bullshit? No unit tactics, no fire and manoeuvre, no nothing.

/1. Collection point for dead Russians and North Koreans on the Kursk front. Video by the “Birds of Magyar” unit: «Kursk region, still warm, Sunday morning massacre. One of a dozen mass enemy raids today. Specifically here 22… t.me/robert_magya...

There's a lot of russian stuff spontaneously sinking in the last few days

I didn't know Ukraine had received the R400-MK2 but happy to hear that they have. *Photo lightened*

Russian ships are sinking near Kerch. On their own, without any additional help from AFU. O.o

Ukrainian serviceman comments about the North Korean attacks on the Kursk front: t.me/spqr_ps/1360

💀🇰🇵 "Kursk region. After each wave, 4-5 Koreans arrive in a buggy, arrange the corpses of Russians and North Koreans in a line, and cover the corpses' faces," - Magyar

Footage emerged of the assassination of the Olenivka prison chief Yevsiukov in Donetsk. A plastique charge (~100g TNT equivalent) was planted under his Toyota Land Cruiser and detonated once he entered the vehicle.

Front fell off

Is it just me or has the US gone full one flew over the cuckoo's nest? It's like suddenly they all just went crazy.

I wonder if there's a medal for that

⚡️More Ukrainian military sources report that 🇰🇵North Korean units have already engaged 🇺🇦Ukrainian Defense Forces units, using tactics of mass infantry assault across open terrain. We await video confirmation and possibly the first captured North Korean soldiers

Y'know what would be really funny? If russia loaded up a ship with troops and equipment bring withdrawn from Syria, sailed off into the Med and Ukraine ambushed and sunk said ship. Bring back the merchant raider.

At least it kept it's turret on

And?

Dear partners, the myth of a polarized Georgia is now just that, a myth. There’s a firm majority that wants change through new, free and fair elections & recognizes President Zourabichvili, some passive fraction that can’t be bothered, and the Russian regime & its hired thugs.

Good old ma deuce, over a century old and still winning.

There are ways to cross open terrain under fire. This isn't any of those ways.

The 🇮🇷 IR has arrested Parastoo Ahmadi for the “crime” of singing and showing her hair in public. In Iran, women are banned from singing, and even a few strands of uncovered hair are enough to justify an arrest. ❗️This cruel crackdown shows just how desperate the regime is to hold on to power.

Oil depot in Orel, russia, is still on fire 🔥

Ukrainian vehicles with new tactical markings have appeared in assault groups. This suggests a Ukrainian offensive is coming. In Kursk, the tactical marking was a triangle.

russian Sukhoi promoted to bonfire

The fire at the Oryol Oil Depot in Russia caused by yesterday's Ukrainian drone strike continues to burn out of control 24 hours after the attack.

Rare video of Su-27 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force dropping four GBU-39 SDB on Russian targets.

OTD in 2016 Argentinian police busted a cocaine distribution ring run out of the Russian embassy. Ironic, given what my trolls accuse Zelensky of.

That's one lucky pig

Move it or lose it. For once russia seems to actually be doing the pragmatic thing instead of blindly committing to defending until it's too late.

The Ukrainians 'disappearing' in Russia's prisons #UkrainianView www.bbc.com/news/world-e...

Impressive interception of a Russian cruise missile by the mobile air defense group of the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade. 13.12.2024

Trump will be fertilizing dirt by the time Ukraine gets to the point of being accepted into NATO.

⚡️Ukrainian military instructors to undergo NATO-standard training in Lithuania. Ukrainian military instructors will receive training in Lithuania in 2025 as part of NATO's Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP), the Ministry of Defense reported on Dec. 12.