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☆ Russia is likely using Ukraine's freezing winter to ramp up its front-line assaults — but its losses are soaring, British intelligence says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But Russia's mounting attacks are leading to huge losses to its military vehicles and personnel, the MoD said, citing data from the Ukrainian General Staff. From January 14 to January 18, it said the data suggested that Russian military vehicle losses had climbed 88%, while tank losses had soared 95%. 'When roads stop existing'A military vehicle in Bakhmut, February 2023. The mud season causes problems for Russia and Ukraine, with artillery and military vehicles trapped in the sodden, heavy clay soil. Butm experts previously told Business Insider that Ukraine's US-provided Abrams tanks could be key during the mud season fighting.

Persons: —, Marek M, Abrams, Robert Greenway, Greenway Organizations: Service, UK Ministry of Defence, MoD, Business, Ukrainian, Staff, CNN, 110th Mechanized Brigade, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images, Guardian, Hudson Institute Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Ukrainian, Russia, Bakhmut, Europe

☆ The Novel Source for This Space Mystery? A Novel.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Samuel Horti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Humanity’s first contact with tiny quasi-intelligent robots felt fresh and believable to the video game producer Marek Markuszewski as he devoured “The Invincible,” Stanislaw Lem’s 1964 science fiction novel, in two evenings. Its precise descriptions of force fields and antimatter cannons seemed ready-made for the screen. “This is great material for a major game,” Markuszewski said he thought at the time, while he was working for the developer CD Projekt Red. But it was a challenge Markuszewski embraced after cofounding the Polish studio Starward Industries, which has adapted Lem’s work for its debut game, The Invincible. (It releases on Monday for the PC, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S.)

Persons: Marek Markuszewski, ” Stanislaw Lem’s, ” Markuszewski, ”, Markuszewski, Hunt, Andrzej Sapkowski Organizations: Starward Industries, PlayStation

☆ Czech president: will appoint new members of central bank board on Dec. 14
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PRAGUE, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman will appoint new members to the Czech National Bank board on Dec. 14, the president said on Sunday. President Zeman did not say who would replace two board members - Vice-Governor Marek Mora and board member Oldrich Dedek - whose terms expire in mid-February. "In the case of the new members of the central bank board, whom I will appoint on Wednesday, the appointment comes some time before they take office, that is a common practice," Zeman said in an interview broadcast live on Czech Radio. Under the Czech constitution, the president has sole power to appoint central bankers. Several board members, including Governor Ales Michl, suggested that inflation might be already peaking, in line with the central bank staff macroeconomic forecast.

☆ Czech central bank vice governor: More rate hikes needed
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mora has voted in favour of raising rates throughout the central bank's year-long tightening cycle, which increased the main rate by 675 basis points in total and ended in June. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterMora said that inflation should return to the central bank's 2% target fast. Mora said the central bank should hike rates by at least 50 basis points at its next meeting on Nov. 3. Michl took the helm of the central bank in July. Mora said that he would not seek another term at the central bank board after his current one expires on Feb. 13, 2023.

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