Ukraine update from Giorgio Provincialli:
What Russia can not claim, it destroys.
Desperate cruelty revealed in targeting civilian cathedrals and theatres. Since Russia can not rule Ukraine, they are trying to erase the culture and history of Ukraine.
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We are getting a clearer picture now of what happened in China,
and where our addled, weakened, desperate leader is headed.
In an interview with Fox’s Bret Baier yesterday Trump threw Taiwan under the bus, and gave it the “stop being so uppity” Ukraine treatment:
https://www.hopiumch…
Sources: Trump Media pitched a monthly fee of as much as $100K for the Truth API, with fast access to Trump's posts, for banks, algorithmic traders, and others (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
Crimea has been a bridgehead for Russia since it seized the territory from Ukraine in 2014.
But the peninsula is now looking vulnerable.
Ukraine has stepped up its drone campaign, targeting strategic infrastructure including electrical substations, bridges, oil depots and airfields.
Drones are also severing the roads, railways and waterways that connect Crimea to Russia.
Isolating the peninsula completely would give Ukraine a strong hand in any future negotiations…
Businesses have started using Kalshi to hedge business risks; Kalshi says institutional trading volume on its platform has grown 800% since November 2025 (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes…