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...Additional reporting by Andy Bounds and Henry Foy in Brussels....
...Sonja Hutson Henry Foy is the FT’s Brussels bureau chief. Thanks, Henry. Henry Foy Thanks a lot....
...Additional reporting by Henry Foy in Amsterdam...
...Gloomy outlook: Dwindling western support and Russia regaining initiative on the battlefield are chipping away at Ukraine’s morale....
...Chart du jour: Bad mood German business morale fell more than expected this month, dragged down by the lowest confidence among construction companies for 18 years and threatening a second consecutive quarterly...
...In addition to their morale-building effect, such cases may help to illuminate the economic and political conditions that facilitate debt consolidation. Jamaica is such a case....
...Low morale: With attention shifting to the Israel-Hamas war, the west needs a viable strategy to help Ukraine — and ultimately itself, writes Ivan Krastev....
...winter with Russia set to use a large missile stockpile to target its critical power and heating infrastructure, a failure by the west to keep financial lifelines running would represent a heavy blow to morale...
...Additional reporting by Henry Foy in Brussels and Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv...
...And it would provide a potent symbol of Ukraine’s ability to resist Russian forces, thereby boosting morale. The question for the Ukrainian leader and his top commander is at what cost....
...The people who gave the order do not understand the mood in the army and morale at all,” said Roman Saponkov, a Russian war-blogger and invasion cheerleader who is also considered close to the Wagner group...
...So it was a real sort of partly to get some morale among firefighters who, you know, are now seeing conditions that are much less promising than when they were a bit younger. Lilah Raptopoulos Yeah....
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...“Their [Russian] morale is not at its highest level.”...
...For even more on these topics, please join me on November 21 for a webinar with Chris Miller, author of Chip War, and Mario Morales, expert analyst at IDC, where we will delve into the untold stories of...
...Music for morale: Gillian Tett on what a rock concert on the front line reveals how Ukrainians are organising their response to Russia’s invasion....
...Hungarian opposition MP Ágnes Vadai, a former junior defence minister, said the move would “destabilise the military’s morale”, noting that many of the sacked officers “learnt the ropes within Nato”....
...Duda told the Financial Times that promises of security guarantees “would be important” for Ukraine and the morale of its soldiers by underscoring “this feeling that Nato stands with them”....
...Pulling off the generational transition — something that many of Ardian’s US peers including Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman and KKR’s Henry Kravis have already successfully accomplished — is just one of the...
...Additional reporting by Henry Foy in Brussels...
...A senior commission official described the recommendation as a “morale boost” for Kyiv as the war raged. “And that really matters.”...
...The killing of the commander of the 37th motor rifle brigade “gives an insight into some of the morale issues that the Russians are having,” the official said....
...So in terms of Ukraine’s short-term outlook, this doesn’t really change anything, but it’s certainly a morale booster. Joanna Kao Henry Foy is the FT’s European diplomatic correspondent....
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