Russia’s second-largest producer of petrol, Lukoil’s Kstovo refinery, appears to have an unexpected conflagration issue this morning. That’s unlikely to make the queues at the petrol stations any sho… (View Post)

The Russians in Batumi, rather like the Russians I see in Dubai, are the top 1% wealthy ones who can afford to get out or wait to see what happens. Russians on the median salary of $500/month, on the… (View Post)

So Ukraine is hitting oil refineries, today in Kstovo and Russia is hitting apartment blocks, today in Kyiv. https://x.com/nafovoyager/status/2072538676941234684 Oh, and the Tsolov refinery is the se… (View Post)

Meriopol highway bridge taken out by the Ukranians. https://x.com/jimmysecuk/status/2072209343647305902 The starving out of the Russian occupiers continues, there’s now one fewer route to get supplie… (View Post)

That’s a step up from setting off the hotel fire alarm at 3am, which is the more traditional sleep interruption strategy for visiting teams. (View Post)