Three hyper-short items + open thread

Dear friends,

There hyper-short items:

1. I will be gone all day on Monday (this is why I did the podcast on Sunday).
2. Winter (especially early winter) does not at all prevent military operations in the Ukraine (forget that Jack Forst nonsense).  Voentorg might.
3. Looks like Zakharchenko won the elections in Novorussia by a large margin ("hurray-patriots" will be enraged).

The Saker
PS: the open thread is yours for the day :-)