His statement is long, but bravo for Abramovich setting up a Ukranian charity where the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea will go to.
They aren’t simply comments on the why Russia invaded… they are comments on why it’s justified. Who said I don’t take this seriously? I might disagree with your comments about the views of some conservatives, but I take the war seriously.
That's an easy fix. Send the MIGs. Since Poland is part of NATO have NATO countries put their planes in Poland to handle patrols/defense. The sooner the Ukrainians get more air power the better.
Sounds a lot like what Putin said before they agreed to give up their nukes and he promised them security in exchange
Can't post the video from Tiktok but video there of a captured Russian soldier calling his mom, telling her to call this Mothers Union which is a group they have there, crying, and telling her that the Russians (he used an expletive) aren't bothering to bring bodies home and in some cases shooting the injured. That she needs to help spread the word.
Russian losses are mounting....again small percentage against the total size of their force, but likely far more than they anticipated losing. Russian Troop Deaths Expose a Potential Weakness of Putin’s Strategy
There’s been some talk that Russia has what they say are “mobile trash incinerators” that they may actually be using as mobile crematoriums for their casualties. If so, that probably just delays the backlash - there’s no good explanation for why your son just never came home.
Someone earlier mentioned it was also against Russian Orthodoxy to be cremated so it would cause problems with the church. Don't know if that's true as I don't know anything about Russian Orthodox.
From CNN live "Sweden Armed Forces: Russian fighter jets violated Swedish airspace From CNN's Abby Baggini and Henrik Pettersson Four Russian fighter jets violated Swedish airspace on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Swedish Armed Forces. Two Russian Su-27s and two Russian Su-24s violated Swedish airspace east of the island of Gotland, across the sea. The Swedish Air Force carried out an operation using its Jas 39 Gripen fighter aircrafts "out of emergency preparedness." "We were on site to secure territorial integrity and Sweden's borders," said Air Force Chief Carl-Johan Edström. "We have full control of the situation." Sweden banned Russian aviation in its airspace on Monday, Feb. 28. "In light of the current situation, we take the incident very seriously. It is an unprofessional and irresponsible action on the part of Russia," Edström said." Really??
No not targeting civilians...so far they're not saying anyone was hurt From CNN Live "Damage seen near Kyiv central train station after explosion heard From CNN's Paul P. Murphy Video posted online, which CNN has geolocated and verified its authenticity, shows a damaged train platform just outside of Kyiv's central train station following a strike Wednesday evening. The damage seen in the video is at the Pivnichna train station, which is located just over 700 feet from Kyiv's central station. Hundreds of refugees attempting to flee the conflict in Ukraine are at the central train station in Kyiv. In the video, the damaged building appears to be a ticket station on the train platform. The sound of the blast could be heard across the city, according to CNN's team on the ground. According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, a major heating pipeline in Kyiv was damaged in the strike. "
Interesting since the point of crypto was that it's decentralized. I know Coinbase wasn't going to ban Russia. CNN live: "France: EU will take measures on cryptocurrencies to prevent Russia from bypassing sanctions From CNN’s Eva Tapiero in Paris and Pierre Meilhan in Atlanta The European Union is planning to take measures on cryptocurrencies to prevent Russia from bypassing economic sanctions, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday. "We have decided to work on additional measures to further strengthen the effectiveness of these sanctions and avoid any bypassing of the sanctions decided by the 27 member states. In particular, we will take measures on cryptocurrencies, which must not be used to bypass the financial sanctions decided by the European Union," Le Maire said during a news conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels. Le Maire added that while the exact measures addressing cryptocurrencies are unclear, EU members are "determined" to focus in this area to ensure the effectiveness of the bloc's sanctions against Russia. "We had a specific report that was put together by Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank. We are going to study all the means that would allow us to avoid the bypassing of financial sanctions by cryptocurrencies," he said."
Yay! CNN live "US delivered hundreds of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine this week, sources say From CNN's Kylie Atwood and Zachary Cohen The US has delivered hundreds of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine for the first time over the last few days, including over 200 on Monday, according to a US official and a congressional source briefed on the matter. Earlier this year the US gave the green light to Baltic countries including Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to send American-made weaponry that they have to Ukraine, including stingers. But until now the Biden administration had held off on the US providing the Stingers directly to Ukraine, while they have provided other lethal weaponry. Some members of Congress have been pushing for additional stinger missiles to be sent to Ukraine for months. The Ukrainians have repeatedly made pleas more weaponry from the US, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons." Why would they have held off? I thought they'd been sending but apparently it was just the green light for other countries to send US weapons.
