Great to hear that you and Nick are still going strong! All the best wishes to you both, and keep safe! Greet Nick, and tell him that to quit smoking is easier than he thinks – it's mostly pshycological and habits (talking from experience). 🙂
Yes, the Ukrainian history has certainly not been easy, and filled with suffering. 😔
Russia is getting isolated from the world as a pharia state, and it's economy is collapsing. The Ukrainian's heroic and admirable defence of their mother land will undermine Putin's evil regime, as he's not going to be able to hide the losses from his own population indefinitely. Remember that all Russian revolutions were results of failed wars – after the Russo-Japanese War, during the 1st World War, and after the Soviet–Afghan War.
This gives hope. From the other hand, can he admit defeat? If not, I don't know how it can end. But lets hope for a miracle :) Thank you so much!
Apparently the Russian Department of Defense have asked citizens of Kyiv living close to infrastructure for national intelligence to evacuate (according to AFP). So if you read this pretty soon, you should probably find out what to do.
According to the Russian state owned news agency Tass, they says they will attack Ukrain's intelligence service (SBU). The Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov says Russia plans a large scale disinformation campaign, about Ukrainian politicians and military having surrendered.
Keep calm, safe, and all the best wishes!
The US says they are going to attack civilians, so either way it's very bad.
Yes, I just wanted to give what the different sources says, as short and precise as I could – so it was easier to act on based upon own judgement. Unfortunately, I would not be surprised at all if the Russians are lying and being deceptive once again, and the attacks are being far from targeted. 😟
For a player like Putin, admitting defeat is likely not a political option.
For his personal safety, the best option at this point may be just disappearing - faking his own death, for instance, and living under assumed identity. I am not sure he's got what it takes to do that, though.
It's strange why this didn't occurred to me, though it sounds very likely. Only time will tell, hope we have it
Oh, I think Putin is too much of a coward to go all out in a mushroom cloud. Which effectively means Russia will eventually be forced to back down - question is, when and at what cost.
So true. When and at what cost...