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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - January 12
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News about the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been starting to slip down the front page of newspapers and websites recently, exactly as would benefit Putin‘s long game. And what happens when international attention drops? The corporations start quietly going back in.
Intel Quietly Resumes Russia Support, Unblocks Software Downloads
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-resumes-russia-support
I can’t get too worked up about this. It seems more important to be blocking Russian imports of things like CNC machine tools?
The Polish Economic Institute has released a report about Ukrainian businesses set up in Poland since the start of the war.
Around 3 600 new business entities ("partnerships with Ukrainian capital") were set up by Ukrainian nationals from January to September of 2022. 10 200 are listed as "Ukrainian sole proprietors" – that is, as either self-employed or single owners. Top three areas for the new businesses are construction, IT and communications, and services.
Most of the businesses started as a way to supply the families in Ukraine during the war.
66% of the businesses intend to stay in Poland after the war's over.
— Tetiana Chuzha, Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PIAH)
You can find the full report attached down the page.
The bad news is: nobody's there to stop Ukrainian beavers from making dams because of the war, which makes miles and miles around Kyiv marshy and hard to traverse.
The good news is: this makes it that much less likely that Russia would consider invading through Belarus.
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Unexploded grenade removed from Ukrainian soldier's chest
BBC News – Alex Binley – 12th January 2023
Ukraine’s unity continues to blow me away. Even their graffiti artists are supporting the effort.
https://whowhatwhy.org/culture/spray-painting-the-resistance/
Sunak confirms UK will send tanks to Ukraine ‘to push Russian troops back’ (Guardian)
Canada announces it will donate 200 armoured vehicles to Ukraine (CBC)
Related video and companion article on Roshel and the Senator APC, for those interested in learning more:
Canadian Shield: Making armoured vehicles for Ukraine (video)
Canadian Shield: How Ukrainians are defending their homeland from 8,000 kilometres away (article)
Ukraine's interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash (BBC)
German battle tanks for Ukraine ‘won’t be ready until 2024’
The Guardian – Philip Oltermann – 15th January 2023
Well, Finland is delivering on that, and Poland wants to deliver their German tanks to Ukraine, plus there's the US support, so it's not like it's a lost hope right now.
Also, Germany can go fuck itself in how tepid their materiel support of Ukraine is. This attitude has been a thing since the very beginning of the war. Poland? "Here you go, Ukraine, kick those fuckers out". Lithuania? "Ditto". Latvia? Estonia? Finland? The UK? The U-mothefucking-S? "Make 'em pay".
Germany? "Look, we have stuff we can spare for you... But, uh... Uhm... Ehrm... We can't! Yes, that's right! We can't! Oh woe is me but there's no way we can deliver it before the war's over".
And you might say: "Germany doesn't owe Ukraine a damn thing, why would you blame the country for not delivering?" — Because they promised and are not delivering.
That is the scariest shit I've read this week. Germany, of all countries, has no clear preference towards their buffer against Russia winning. Isn't that some shit.
I'm curious about why they need to be rebuilt. I take it these tanks exist, but are in very poor shape?
I guess nobody was relying on them, or they would have been maintained.
Source: MarketScreener
Splitting the atomic scientists: how the Ukraine war ruined physics (The Guardian)
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