{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/cfd8aed5-6d63-4b2f-b325-46e4b5665583/6996b5a04c238f5dca3480f1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"2.9 Once Again About Cucumbers (and The Ghost Offensive)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6100808131fd81f125b34da8/1771483938318-c8ff9bcc-4f39-494f-b030-71f8a5b4ab56.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>🥒 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.\"</p><p>👻 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.</p><p>🚲 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.</p><p>📡 Starlink &amp; 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.</p><p>⚖️ 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.</p><p>🇬🇧 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.</p><p>🚑 Car4Ukraine : <a href=\"https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border</a> </p>","author_name":"Kristaps Andrejsons"}