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And the main message of all these pleas is still "please fix these things so we can properly kill Ukrainians and win the war"


Which is why all the people whining about how putler's underlings are "sabotaging the efforts of our valiant troops with their corruption and cronyism" won't ever be the allies of those seeking to end this. And it's dangerous to entertain such delusions and try to humanize them, until they are wiling to admit that their basic premise for the war has been monstrously wrong.

Governor of Belgorod admitted that the city will be left w/o heating and hot water until April.

Now the UAF needs to find another infrastructure hub to pummel beyond restoration.

There seems to be some progress in the counter-strikes on the Hulyaipole axis. Still unclear as to how deep this will get, though. Seems they are trying to clear the line of villages the orcs grabbed in Dnipropetrovs'k Oblast'. Which would relieve some pressure from Pokrov'ske.

CentroBank continies to play chickemn with inflation, lowering the interest rate by .5, down to 16%. Considering how much they are racheting up taxes and various other fees to try to balance out teh budget deficits, I don't think this'll help their flailing business sector much. Not really offsetting the losses due to insane discounts on Urals that they're offering to keep the tankers moving.

Cause, on 11 February 2026 - 05:49 PM, said:

Kaladin sulks, feels guilty, fucks up, says some more words, makes up with Syl, powers up, kicks ass. Shallan occasionally makes a quip.

Rinse, repeat.


There's a reason I wait until these books are out in mmpb beefore I buy'em. His characterization is gradually improving (he learned a lot from writign Wax & Wayne, and it shows), but the story arcs are glacially slow. He hasn't mastered good pacing for doorstoppers yet.

Good stuff from Sony today.

-Kena's getting a sequel, with release slated for this year.
-Metal Gear Remastered Collection 2 (MGS 4 & Peace Walker) coming in August.
-Saber is making a John Wick Game
-Konami is making a new Castlevania. Also, an Action-JRPG. New IP, looked very Tales-like
-God of War Trilogy is getting a remake. A pixel art MV thing, "sons of Sparta" got shadow-dropped.
-Legacy of Kain: Defiance is getting a remaster. I swore I wouldn't be buying this, buuuut... the Deluxe Edition will include a playable demo of Dark prophecy, the cancelled sequel to Defiance. Damn you, Crystal Dynamics, naturally, I have to play it for myself. Oh, there's also a 2d Platfrormer LoK thing, with playable Kain, Raz, and Janos. Apparently it's a sort of prequel, based on a spin-off graphic novel that has... canon issues. We'll see, I guess. It's bundled with the Defiance remaster, so why not?
-Death Stranding 2 is coming to PC in March. I figure I'll play these games whenever that mythical "games drought" happens whenever GTA6 crashes all other games.
-Control Resonant and Beast of Reincarnation continue to look cool.

drone strikes on 2 refineries owned by Lukoil- in Volgograd, and in Ukhta (Komi republic, almost 2000 clicks from the border). in both, satellite shows damage of primary distillation unit, so they'll be out of commission for a while.

UAF also used their homemade Flamingo cruise missiles to hit an artillery arsenal in Volgogarad Oblast.

Czechoslovak Group transferred the equipment UkrOboronProm needs to set up production lines for artillery shells manufacturing domestically.

Seems like UAF managed to make a counter-push N of Hulyaipole, and try to stabilize the line along the Haichur river. Ideally, they could use the momentum to clean up the pocket in between Haichul and Yanchul rivers, which might allow them to push back to the city. But 15 km seems quite ambition- even if the pocket's only 10-15 km wide.