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2.9 Once Again About Cucumbers (and The Ghost Offensive)
Season 2 ยท Episode 9

2.9 Once Again About Cucumbers (and The Ghost Offensive)

While the Russian propaganda machine continues to broadcast imaginary victories, the reality on the ground - and in the supermarket - is telling a very different, much darker story.

The Eastern Border ยท Kristaps Andrejsons

February 19, 202627m 45s

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Show Notes

Greetings, comrades! The "Voice of the Eastern Border" has temporarily fallen victim to a biological attack (the flu), so today, Evita is taking over the microphone to translate Kristaps's angry, feverish gesturing into a brand new episode.

While the Russian propaganda machine continues to broadcast imaginary victories, the reality on the ground - and in the supermarket - is telling a very different, much darker story.

In this episode:

๐Ÿฅ’ The Cucumber Apocalypse: Why cucumbers are suddenly costing 500 rubles ($5) in St. Petersburg, how energy prices are destroying Russian agriculture, and the government's hilarious advice to complain to the "Cucumber Union."

๐Ÿ‘ป The Ghost Offensive: The Ukrainian Armed Forces have quietly retaken 12 settlements while Russian commanders continue to lie to Moscow about their "layer cake" positions to avoid Gerasimov's wrath.

๐Ÿšฒ The "Runners" (Begunki): The "Digital Superpower" has devolved to using soldiers on stolen bicycles and combat donkeys to supply the zero-line, as the 30km drone kill-zone makes vehicles obsolete.

๐Ÿ“ก Starlink & Telegram Chaos: How Gazprom's replacement satellite terminals are price-gouging soldiers for 240,000 rubles, and how the Telegram slowdown is destroying Z-army fundraising.

โš–๏ธ Justice for None: Admiral Kovalenko steals 600 million rubles and walks free with a tiny fine, while wounded soldiers with literal holes in their skulls are patched up and sent back to the meat grinder.

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The British Nightmare: Doom-monger Maxim Kalashnikov panics over a potential Baltic naval blockade of the "Grey Fleet" and outlines the terrifying "Last Escalation" plan to confiscate Russian citizens' bank deposits to fund the war. Happiness is mandatory.

๐Ÿš‘ Car4Ukraine : https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border

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