Thanks. Weird thing is when I hit Reply to your post it showed up. If I only knew a lot more, I would understand.
Of course Russia isn't a threat to anyone else, it's only trying to denazify Ukraine & it's not like they're -- "Russian military carries out test launch of Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, defense ministry says From CNN’s Nathan Hodge and Uliana Pavlova ..... The missile was fired from a silo launcher at 3:12 p.m. Moscow time at the Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region of northern Russia toward the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's far east. .... The ministry noted that after the completion of a test program, the Sarmat would go into service with Russia's Strategic Missile Forces. The RS-28 Sarmat is designed to replace the Soviet-era Voevoda ICBM, known by the NATO designation SS-18 Satan. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin congratulated the military on their successful missile test, saying it would “give thought to those who are trying to threaten Russia," according to the ministry statement as quoted by the state-run TASS news agency. The Sarmat was one of the weapons Putin mentioned in a 2018 speech boasting of new weaponry he said would render NATO defenses "completely useless." US officials played down the threat at the time."
It's just....that's the type of story you used to hear about Nazis in WW2. Yet they claim to be "denazifying" Ukraine. This is the stuff Putin/Russia supporters are supporting. Just disgusting.
Cnn live "US Treasury Secretary Yellen and other finance ministers walked out of G20 meeting with Russia From CNN's Kevin Liptak and Sam Fossum Finance ministers from multiple nations walked out of a closed-door G20 session in Washington, DC, on Wednesday when the Russian delegate began his prepared remarks, a person familiar with the session said. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participated in the walkout, as did European and other Western officials who were participating in the meeting, the source said. Ahead of the meeting, US officials had said Yellen would not participate in certain sessions of the gathering that included Russia. Ukrainian officials also spoke at the session as invited guests, and also walked out during Russia’s presentation. Yellen and other officials attended the session during those remarks, but departed when Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov began speaking virtually."
Yeah I finally watched the whole thing & it looks a little CGI plus thought I heard someone yell "think fast". Good catch.
Cnn live "European Council president after visiting Ukraine: There are "no words" to explain what I feel From CNN's Jorge Engels and Livvy Doherty in London European Council President Charles Michel said that there were "no words" to explain what he feels after visiting Ukraine on Wednesday, adding that Russia "must be punished" for the events unfolding in the country. "There are no words in order to explain what I feel, not as the President of the European Council, but as father, as a human being. These are atrocities. These are war crimes. It must be punished. It will be punished. They must pay for what they have done, there and in many other cities and other locations in Ukraine," Michel said in a news conference in Kyiv. Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Michel said that earlier in the day he had visited the town of Borodianka, where mass graves full of hundreds of murdered civilians were discovered following the withdrawal of Russian forces from Kyiv region. "
Hopefully this is true & not someone again assuming what's there. Cnn live "Howitzer ammo has arrived in Europe for Ukraine, senior US defense official says From CNN's Ellie Kaufman Howitzer rounds, a type of artillery ammunition, have arrived in Europe to be sent to Ukraine, a senior US defense official told reporters Wednesday. The Howitzer rounds started arriving yesterday, and there will be “more arriving today and in the coming days,” the official said. In the most recent $800 million drawdown package signed last week, the US said it will send 40,000 of them total. Training of Ukrainians on how to use the Howitzer “has begun,” the official said. The training of about 50 Ukrainians is happening in a country outside of Ukraine, but the official would not say which country it's taking place in. “This is to train the trainers, it’s a smallish number of Ukrainians, little bit more than 50, they will get trained on how to use the Howitzers and then they’ll be able to go back into Ukraine and train their colleagues,” the official said. Shipments of aid for Ukraine from the US continue to arrive in Europe. In the last 24 hours, about four flights of aid shipments arrived in the region, the official said. These shipments are funded by the most recent $800 million presidential drawdown package, the official added."
Cnn live "Germany will phase out Russian oil imports "by the end of the year," foreign minister says From CNN’s Benjamin Brown in London and Chris Liakos in Paris .... “Germany will completely phase out Russian energy imports,” Baerbock said. Oil imports “will be halved by the summer” and phased out entirely and “at 0 by the end of the year,” she added. Speaking at a news conference in Riga with Baltic Foreign Ministers, Baerbock reiterated that coal imports would be phased out by the end of the summer. Gas imports would be phased out over a longer timeframe, she added. A spokesperson for Germany’s Economy Ministry told CNN that Germany wants to achieve independence from Russian energy imports division by division and step by step, projecting independence from Russian oil by the end of the year. Earlier this month, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had said he believed Germany would be able to end imports this year but added it would take the country longer to wean itself off Russian gas. According to a joint economic forecast by five leading German economic research institutes, in the event of an immediate interruption to Russian gas supplies, a total of 220 billion euros ($238 billion) in German economic output would be at risk in both 2022 and 2023. This would be equivalent to more than 6.5% of Germany’s annual economic output."
That’s a complex question, but one accurate answer is, the people who do things like that are people who know beyond the shadow of a doubt that America will sit on its ass and do nothing apart from make excuses, speeches, and platitudes.
