Mamoulian War

Financial Times has published a new article about the beginning of war. And how big blunder it was for Putin. Unfortunately it is behind a paywall, but I have found up some shortened version of the article on Ukrainskaya Pravda. But I do not know, if there is sum of everything, or something is missing. FT link: https://www.ft.com/content/80002564-33e8-48fb-b734-44810afb7a49 UP link: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/02/23/7390670/ "Stalin was a villain, but a good manager, because he couldn’t be lied to. But nobody can tell Putin the truth," says one. "People who don't trust anyone start trusting a very small number of people who lie to them."

I have arrived in Tales of Arise into Niez - capital of Wind region. And the game gave me another unexpected surprise. I hesitate to write here a little bit more about it, so I would not spoil it for the few people, who are still interested in playing this game, and are avoiding spoilers at all costs, but I am enjoying the game more the more I play it. Also, I have found first Artifact in the game, and Kisara gave me first fishing rod, so I have played little bit with it as well The Hunts for Gigant Zeugles are pretty merciless, and I have burned through most of my consumables, so now, I am trying to save little bit, and avoid them for now. The price of gels in this game is crazy, compared to previous titles, and the money is as hard to earn as in previous Tales of ... games. And I think it was to force some people to buy money DLCs This is my only negative experience with the game. Although, if I would not go against these Hunts, I would not need any extra money for consumables at all, and would be able to sell some of them to earn some extra cash. The sale price of gels is very high as well.

More Tales of Arise. I have restored order in Elde Menancia and two more members joined my team. The mood of the game changed completely after entering the region, but will probably go back into the old ways in the next one. I have to say, I am happy, that I have avoided all of the spoilers last two years, the game surprised me few times, with unexpected plot twists I am enjoying the game and the story much more than Final Fantasy XV.

We'll see, Ukrainian sources are speaking at least about retreat from eastern side of Bakhmutka river since autumn. And the soldier still hold. But I do not believe it is holdable for few more months... Although the spring Rasputica will help more the defenders than attackers...

If you have 1 hour and 10 minutes of time, this is an excellent presentation, which talks about the situation, in which Putin forced Russia, and how it is affecting it now and in the future, even if they would win tomorrow. By Perun.

Well, the difference is, that the people falling asleep at the Biden’s speech, can still accept the invite to a tea party without commiting “self-defenestration” afterwards

Few exclusive photos from Putin’s speech

Follow up is already out

It didn’t take to long, and head of the FSB already denied this claim https://t.me/rusbrief/94669

Japan promised help worth 5.5 billion USD to Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/02/20/7390143/

Would not be the first time, when Russia launched their missiles against Kyiv during the day

The follow up of this will be surely interesting.

The sirens seemed theatric, but from the morning Russia was starting all day long Mig-31K s in Belarus, which can hold Kinjal missiles. It would be more surprising to me, to not hear sirens at all during his visit And yes, it was most likely due to 500M and 1 year "anniversary". Oh and Biden is on his way to Poland as well...

Biden in Kyiv.

This one popped up today on my YT recommendations and it was on of the most savage pieces, which describes some shortcomings of RuAF in communication on frontline, I’ve watched this year.

And another giveaway on GOG. Just keep in mind, this one is NSFW https://www.gog.com/game/biing_sex_intrigue_and_scalpels?source=news

Today Tales of Symphonia Remastered arrived in my mailbox I bet I will not be able to play it next few years, before cutting enough through my backlog

No clue AFAIK, this one is remake/reboot of the Alien Breed games from Amiga era, by Team 17. So I do not expect this to have much common with Japanese tentacles

Slovakia has passed in the parliament the resolution to recognize Russia as state sponsor of terrorism.

Still at Tales of Arise. I have defeated Lord Ganabelt - second of Renan leaders, ruler of Cyslodia. He was sleazy **** and his laws were atrocious, and similar to what you had in communist East before 1989, or today’s Russia. Fight was harder than fight with Lord Balseph, and he was able to cast his Mystic Arte twice, which almost obliterated my party. (We are 4 already). But he is gone, and will not “suffocate” Dahnan’s of Cyslodia anymore. Even the sun has risen for the first time in 300 years after the artificial darkness was dispersed along with his defeat Also, yesterday I had my first Ranked Race during Rain in Assetto Corsa Competizione. I would not be able to to finish it, without help from a friend on Discord, who helped me to make some adjustments to setups. Despite that, I failed at qualification, as I struggled to finish a valid lap in rain conditions so I have started from the bottom of the grid The race went much better, as I was slowly able to learn how to control the car, and in the end, I have gained 9 positions during 30 minute long race

Vladislav Surkov, former First Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, has said that he worked on the Minsk agreements based on the idea that they should not be fulfilled. https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2023/02/16/963213-surkov-zayavil-rasschitival-vipolnenie-minskih-soglashenii https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/02/16/7389604/ What a complete “surprise” the Minsk agreement were for Russia just a fluke right from the beginning

Alien Breed Trilogy giveaway next 40 hours or so. https://www.gog.com/en/news/we_love_games_special_alien_breed_trilogy_giveaway

Yes. I presume, these institutes are very well guarded and, if it was deliberate act, and if it was near enough, it still possibly disrupted the operation of the institute. But as Lexx mentioned, how “near” was not specified.

West is thankfully already doing it’s job to solve it. E.g. US has signed 500million deal to manufacture shells for Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/02/15/7389392/

@xzar_monty another “accident” which manages to bring up the questions who? and how?