WEHT to the war in Ukraine?

It’s all about Amber Turd now OP

It's on the news every night

Just because your friends stop posting Ukrainian flag memes doesn't mean the rest of us are as shallow.

OP, shut up.

Elon’s shenanigans on Twitter are much more important to the pearl clutchers. The SCOTUS leak on Roe v Wade also makes for great gasps. Americans are bored with the Ukraine right now.

Today things get consumed at a very fast pace and attention span has decreased dramatically. A song realsed a year ago is "old". Likewise, people already got tired of the war, not knowing military conflicts can last years and years. It's not so "cool" anymore.

It's all one big diversion.

The Elite are laughing.

It’ll make news again once Russia nukes Ukraine or the UK

OP it's on every news bulletin, hourly updates, extensive analysis and also on all the political talk shows all around the western world NATO countries.

R7: conspiracy theorist who thinks he knows better than everyone else, while living off Truth Social.

R10, Don't be too quick to judge.

Our attention span is very short...must move onto the next sensational news. Ukraine is still covered every night on the news.

[quote]The Elite are laughing.

Who are the Elite, again?

Why not just say "Jews." It's shorter.

War in (the[hehe]) Ukraine: Sad Final Days.

Ukraine losing the artillery war

It's on the front page every day, dipshit.

I still see a lot of Ukrainian flags flying at Los Angeles homes. I wonder when they will be quietly taken down. Then again many still have their BLM and “in this house we believe” signs.

Russians are planning something devastating, so they have to get all their soldiers out.

We're at the finger pointing and blaming stage now.

Ukrainian officials pushed back Saturday against President Joe Biden’s claim that President Volodymyr Zelensky “didn’t want to hear it” when U. intelligence gathered information that Russia was preparing to invade.

Adviser Mykhailo Podolia bluntly called Biden’s allegation “absurd,” the BBC reported – blaming Biden for his refusal to hammer Russia with preventative sanctions that could have short-circuited Putin’s invasion plans.

“It is absurd to accuse a country of resisting the aggressor for more than 100 days, which prevails if key countries have failed to stop Russia as a precaution,” Podolia said.

“The phrase ‘did not want to hear’ probably needs clarification,” Zelensky spokesman Sergei Nikiforov told a Ukrainian news outlet, describing multiple phone calls between the two leaders in which they discussed intelligence findings in detail.

Biden’s finger-pointing came at a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles Friday night, as he discussed his work to rally and solidify support for Ukraine as the war enters its fourth month.

Ukraine just lost another important city.

And now with Roe all the concerned types will change their twitter avatars from the Ukrainian flag to the new thing.

Attention spans are so short for fashionable causes.

I finally saw the pic of Ben Stiller over there with Zelensky. Good lord. What gets into these celebrities, that they think their photo ops and endorsements help anyone? I mean - of all celebrities, Ben Stiller?

Not really, R16

Even many residents have returned to Kiev and other cities. It seems like the war is contained in specific parts of the country and there isn’t a threat of Russia reaching other places, at least or without warning.

I check in on various sites about it every day, OP.

The media coverage has definitely dropped off. I haven't seen a "Evil Putin Bombs Puppy Hospital" headline in at least a month.

R21.. i know right? the MONUMENTAL OFF THE CHARTS narcissism and not one ounce of self realization.. Stiller and ANY celebrity should be beyond embarrassed to even THINK of meeting a president in the midst of a war!!....

Russians are making slow but relentless progress in the Donbas. I'm hoping the new weapons from the West aren't too little too late.

Leaders from dozens of countries and international organizations will meet in Lugano in Switzerland next week to discuss a Marshall Plan for Ukraine.

r27 Definitely not too late. Those MLRS/HIMARS are proving to be apocalyptic for the Russians not even a month into their delivery, hence all the civilian bombings recently. They're freaking out and they want the Ukrainians to feel so terrorised and worn down by the war that they'll start pressing their government into territorial concessions. We always knew those weapons would be a game changer, but Ukraine didn't yet have the insane logistics that are needed to continually feed those beasts.

[quote]Ukraine is still covered every night on the news.

[quote] Those MLRS/HIMARS are proving to be apocalyptic for the Russians

Russia has the same sort of systems, and a lot more of them.

They are older, not as accurate, and with nowhere near the range. Relative to the Western ones, they also take ages to reload.

I love how r30 posted a photo of dead Ukrainians to try and prove a point. Meanwhile, you can hardly see the Russian bodies because they're mostly incinerating them in (mobile) crematoria and declaring them missing in action, so widows don't get any compensation.

The Russians are taking the fun out of it for the media.

Russia’s capture of the last major holdout in Luhansk means it can shift its focus.

Russia’s capture of the strategic city of Lysychansk means the front line in Ukraine’s east will shift as Russian forces regroup before pushing further south and west

Russia’s likely strategy will be to create another pocket around the bigger industrial cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.

Ukrainian military officials believe the next offensive will come from the direction of Popasna in the east toward Bahkmut while northern and western Russian lines simply hold Ukranian’s forces there in place.

I saw an NBC commercial for some sort of prime-timeTV special they're doing to help Ukraine, featuring a lineup of celebrities. Weird.

Wall Street Journal.-

Russian Army Turns Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Plant Into a Military Base Land mines and missile launchers are deployed at Zaporizhzhia, as cameras and instruments go dark and workers are held for ransom

The Russian army is transforming Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a military base overlooking an active front, intensifying a monthslong safety crisis for the vast facility and its thousands of staff.

At the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, more than 500 Russian soldiers who seized the facility in March recently have deployed heavy artillery batteries, and laid anti-personnel mines along the shores of the reservoir whose water cools its six reactors, according to workers, residents, Ukrainian officials, and diplomats.

The Ukrainian army holds the towns dotted on the opposite shore, some 3 miles away, but sees no easy way to attack the plant, given the inherent danger of artillery battles around active nuclear reactors.

The new general is fat but he still seems able to kick ass.

And two more Brit mercenaries captured.

We have been wearing to the gym a green t shirt, like the one Zelensky has been wearing for the past 5 months. Like Zelensky we never wash it.

We get many interested looks from homosexuals!

No one's following it anymore. It's not longer the new thing.

Perhaps it has accomplished it's purpose of imposing mega billions of new debt plus interest, payable to the owners of the NY Federal Reserve Bank.

According to National Security Advisor JakeSullivan, Iran plans to supply hundreds of combat drones to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine.

This would confirm evidence that the Russian military is facing difficulties in supplying troops with weapons.

They really didn't contribute anything to public officials campaigns.

US has spent more money on Ukraine than ithe first five years of the Afghan war

By the end of 2006, the U.S. had spent more than $7.4 billion in its fight against the Taliban. By 2011, the cost of the 20-year war had reached its peak when it spent $11.4 billion that year alone.

Biden and other western leaders have pledged to continue supporting Ukraine "as long as it takes."

The U.S. has already committed $8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine

Biden's Vietnam.

Ukrainian telegram channels report that the video shows a mother and a girl who came under shelling in Vinnytsia today.The girl died, doctors are now fighting for the life of a woman.

According to the latest data of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine from 16:35, the death toll has risen to 21, including 3 children. 91 people require medical asistance.

On one of the Russian TV channels they showed a story where you can see how the Russian army is shelling the residential areas of Mariupol.

Meanwhile, Russian authorities continue to claim that "Russian army does not shoot at civilians and does not bomb Ukrainian cities."

[quote] Russian authorities continue to claim that "Russian army does not shoot at civilians and does not bomb Ukrainian cities."

That's a fairly standard statement from any military excusing itself for civilian "collateral damage" when bombing "strategic and military targets" 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 a city.

We were under the impression that the invasion would last only a short while - a matter of months - because Russia could not support a long, drawn out war. But we may have been mistaken and the West simply does not have the stomach for a drawn out battle. The last thing we can imagine is another Afghanistan. Sanctions, by definition, take time to have a meaningful effect. If this effort takes years, Americans will not put the matter at the forefront despite costing many Ukrainians their lives. Hence, we need to hasten Russia’s defeat. Soon!

[quote] We were under the impression that the invasion would last only a short while

Because of journalistic malpractice. Almost the entire western media serving as cheerleaders and propagandists for Ukraine instead of objectively reporting both the good and bad of the situation.

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Whatever. I still want to slurp the presidents balls and give him a step still to Top Me

This is very heartbreaking💔💔💔💔

"The teenager who died July 20 in Kharkiv was the son of Ukrainian chess player Victoria Kubata.

The 13-year-old Dima died while waiting for transport at a bus stop. His 15-year-old sister was injured. His father spent 2 hours reading prayers over his son holding his hand."

More mercenaries, or advisors, KIA

“the guys were tasked to take their firing positions” and clear a ravine where Russian forces were working to cross a river. “They did it successfully. But at the end of the mission they were ambushed by Russian tanks,”

How does one get ambushed by a tank crossing a river?

Russia signs an agreement with the Ukraine and the UN to allow grain shipments and the next day launches a missle at Odesa. WTF is that asshole move about?

I'm still wearing my yellow and blue Covid mask, it's still hip, right?

R54

"The strike on the port of Odesa "casts serious doubt on Russia's commitment to the signed agreements" on the supply of Ukrainian grain", says US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. He demands that the Russian Federation stop the aggression and adhere to the signed agreements.

[quote] adhere to the signed agreements.

Did the signed agreements declare Odessa off limits?

Zelensky has called it correctly once again. It doesn’t matter what Putin agrees to. He’ll just break any agreement at any time. His word is useless.

The New York Times.- It's Ukraine's version of the Alamo. For 80 days, Russians met unyielding Ukrainian resistance in an apocalyptic siege at a steel factory.

The battle for Azovstal has already become legend. This is the story of the fighters and civilians who were there.

I hope now more than ever that Zelenskyy and his family stays safe and alive around July 31, 2022. Many psychics and astrologers are predicting some type of world-changing event occurring around this time. It could be a natural catastrophe, like a solar flare, but some heavy game-changing event is being foretold. I just think Putin is getting antsy and us craving the world’s attention right about now - and assassinating Zelenskyy would be on that level. Especially now when he and his family are making TV appearances. Have they forgotten how dangerous that is!?

Please keep Zelenskyy and his family safe.

DO NOT KET OUR GUARDS DOWN NOW!

OP= Russian troll.

Greenpeace warns of twin nuclear quandaries in Ukraine.

"The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning the situation at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia, is, quote, 'completely out of control.' In an interview with the Associated Press, Rafael Grossi said Tuesday, quote, 'Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated [at the plant]. … What is at stake is extremely serious and extremely grave and dangerous.'"

"Safety conditions at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are “completely out of control,” according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. This comes as the Russian military has deployed heavy artillery batteries and laid anti-personnel landmines at the site in recent weeks. “Nuclear plants are extremely vulnerable to external attack in the context of a war zone,” says Shaun Burnie, senior nuclear specialist with Greenpeace, who says something as simple as the loss of power could unleash “massive releases of radioactivity” at rates worse than the Chernobyl disaster of 1986"

Energoatom appealed to the IAEA and WANO with a call to take all measures to withdraw the Russian military from the station and Energodar.

They claim that the occupiers are turning the NPP into a base for nuclear terrorists, placing military equipment and explosives there.

[quote] placing military equipment and explosives there.

The Ukrainians have just been called out by Amnesty International for likewise positioning military targets in the midst of civilians.

The head of Ukraine's Amnesty International chapter quit Friday after the human rights organization released a report claiming Ukrainian forces put civilians in harm's way by basing themselves in populated areas.

We're tired of Ukraine Russia, we're waiting on the next mass shooting!

[quote] We're tired of Ukraine Russia,

Yes but this would make it again entertaining

Very 'entertaining'....

Americans don't care anymore, it's "old news".

R68 Americans never cared in the first place, and still Congress sent billions upon billions of dollars there.

Ukraine is undeniably losing the war, so Zelensky is getting thrown under the bus, and they’re moving on to deciding to pretend to care about Taiwan instead today.

[quote]The Ukrainians have just been called out by Amnesty International for likewise positioning military targets in the midst of civilians.

Not surprising. Amnesty is critical of anyone who opposes Putin too strenuously. After Putin jailed political opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2021, Amnesty lost no time in delisting Navalny from its 'prisoner of conscience' register.

America can walk and chew gum at the same time! There’s no decision or action that would infer that the US is reducing its support of Ukraine. It’s still strong. However, sending more weapons to Ukraine is not ensuring a shortened confrontation. The US may need to double or triple down on their support for Ukraine to make a decisive conclusion in the near future more likely. Sanctions usually take years before having a measurable effect.

Boring we all forgot. Not enough action.

Monkeypox is currently more important than some war in some foreign land no one cares about.

^^That above two posts are exactly what Poutine was hoping for^^

Any attack on a nuclear power plant is suicide," stated UN Secretary General @antonioguterres on the shelling of the #Zaporizhzhya NPP. He expressed hope that the @iaeaorg would be able to gain access to the plant.

[quote] Monkeypox is currently more important than some war in some foreign land no one cares about.

Plenty of us still care, Matt-facto. Stop doing Trump’s bidding for him. He’s been out of office for a year and a half.

You must realize that Poutine does not have complete control of his “Russian” military. Many ethnic Russian militants in the Ukrainian breakaway regions of Donestsk, Luhansk have no alliance with Poutine and have been operating as independent forces for a decade already. And they do whatever the fuck military operations as they please, with no regard to Poutine’s agreements. They swear nothing to him! These former ethnic Russians have seized and occupied these regions for 10+years and swear no allegiance to Russia itself. This is why any agreement by Poutine regarding military operations in Donetsk or eastern Ukraine have no impact on them.

Russian forces mined Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station.

[quote] Russian forces mined Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station: Why is this extremely dangerous?

Just maybe it would also be dangerous if the Ukrainians attacked the nuclear power station.

Bombing in an air base in Crimea now.

Ukraine's taking the war to Crimea, claiming back what doesn't belong to Putin. I think the Crimean inhabitants are mostly not ethnic Ukrainians, but they might not be overjoyed with Russian rule at this point. The referendum that Putin used to seize Crimea in 2014 was blatantly fraudulent.

That' wreckage a whole front line aviation regiment . Legitimate big score.

With the low res picture quality I assume this was saboteurs or a commando raid. I can't make out craters.

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The Russians are obliterating the very regions they claim as their own. They want a refugee crisis in their own country? The costs of rebuilding?

Subscribe to Radio Free Europe's Youtube channel and you will see that the war is still rollin' along.

"To immediately stop all hostilities in the immediate vicinity of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and not to strike at its facilities or its environs, urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The station has already been shelled four times today alone"

"Russia bears full responsibility for all possible risks at Zaporizhzhia NPP. During the meeting of the UN Security Council, the U.S. stated that Russia should transfer control over Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station to Ukraine and create a demilitarized zone around the station."

[quote] The station has already been shelled four times today alone" "Russia bears full responsibility for all possible risks at Zaporizhzhia NPP.

That really doesn't jibe if the Ukrainian are shelling it "four times today alone.".

Maybe they shouldn't throw high explosives at something that would drift over them if it breaks.

[quote]The Russians are obliterating the very regions they claim as their own.

Ethnic cleansing.

Russia's "cleansing" the Donbas of ethnic Russians?

The Ukrainians called that a "fortress city".

God, I hope it's not true....

[quote] Russia is preparing a provocation at the #Zaporizhzhia NPP on August 19. That day was unexpectedly declared a day off and leaving only on-duty personnel.

or

Ukrainians rockets recently hit the site so they evacuated non-essential personnel ?

And winds blowing only to the west?

Trying to listen to various talking heads - more than one says Putin won't stop even if he took all of Ukraine. It's a war against the west to re-establish the Russian Empire, or some crazy shit. Putin's become deluded and wants Tsarist Russia to be respected dammit and to be all it deserves to be in the world. Kind of reminiscent of Hitler's lebensraum or whatever -- take back anywhere that's sorta German.

But then, crazy deluded Hitler didn't stop there... Also hearing somebody - Vlad Vexler I think - and others echoing the idea -- that any isolated dictator in power for 15 years will go crazy. The power just goes to their head. I guess they decide they're like God or something.

[quote] Trying to listen to various talking heads - more than one says Putin won't stop even if he took all of Ukraine.

Scaremongering. . It will take Russia years to replenish and correct the deficiencies of equipment, training, and tactical doctrine revealed in combat.

Not that this hasn't been the Russian end game since 1919.

Many Russian vloggers are showing vids of fully stocked supermarkets to suggest our sanctions have no effect and Putin is “winning”.

Ukrainian hackers hacked the roadside displays on the Crimean Bridge, reminding all russians crossing it that Crimea Is Ukraine.

OP, we have had sufficient.

Are the boyars coming back, because those dudes were stylish as shit.

OP's roommate watches Jeopardy

It's reportedly at a standstill right now. Putin thought he'd come out blasting and take over the country with no sweat. Wrong.

That's what I heard from the tv news talking heads. Russia running low on ammo (and money). And the latest high-tech missile launchers that are very accurate that the US sent Ukraine has really made a difference. It's why they've been able to blow up ammo storage facilities, further reducing Russia's capabilities. So they have "dumb bombs" that they can't strategically aim - mostly.

Well, that's from some experts on DW (German tv Deutsche Welle in English), France24, and I think CNN - I've been obsessed and watching so many of them it all runs together. But stalemate sounds right. And taking some island or other specific place has made it where Russia had to agree to let some Ukrainian ships with grain go through the Black Sea to deliver it to Africa ?? I'm real fuzzy on those details -- but some major progress was made in the South (Odessa, Black Sea) and President Macron and a Russia (maybe Lavrov) agreed to let the grain through -- the commentator said Russia didn't have a choice at this point because they don't control that area any more.

Olaf Scholz said that he personally assured Putin during the talks before the war, regarding Ukraine's accession to NATO: "It is not planned for the next 30 years"

According to Scholz, Putin believed that Belarus and Ukraine shouldn't be independent, sovereign states in general.

[quote] the commentator said Russia didn't have a choice at this point because they don't control that area any more.

The bulk carriers could not have been defended against the Russian Black Sea fleet's half a dozen submarines. Political pressure may have pushed Russia into a deal but not "control" of the local waters.

BREAKING: U.S. says it believes Russia is preparing to step up attacks against Ukraine, urges U.S. citizens to leave immediately 2:42 AM · Aug 23, 2022

Russian troops fired missiles at a railway station in the Dnepropetrovsk region. At least 22 people died.

About 50 more were injured. The missile hit passenger railroad car at Chapline station. This was stated by Volodymir Zelenskyy during a speech at the UN Security Council.

[quote] Russian troops fired missiles at a railway station in the Dnepropetrovsk region

Shocking

People started noticing the actual Nazis and got confused and wandered off

Russia maintains a reinforced military presence at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, and its equipment is deployed within 60 meters of Reactor No. 5, according to British intelligence.

Reminder: A few days ago, Russia denied that there is any military equipment at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

CNN has published satellite images from Planet Labs and the European Space Agency showing fires and smoke near ​​the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Three images taken on August 24 at 10:39 am, 11:30 am, and 11:35 am local time show the fire growing south of the station.

[quote] Russia maintains a reinforced military presence at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, and its equipment is deployed within 60 meters of Reactor No. 5, according to British intelligence.

A week ago the details were discussed at the link with satellite photos..

I'd expect any nuclear reactor to be guarded but particularly one that just recently has already been a battlefield. Maybe the NRO satellite photos show more than I've been able to see in the commercial satellite shots but half a dozen standard army trucks in the garage and a couple of armored cars don't seem extraordinary in the circumstances.

The average American nuclear station has about 125 paramilitary defense force on the federal payroll.

• Nationally, more than 8000 trained professionals

– On average 125 per plant site at about $50,000/year

• 67% have previous military, law enforcement or security experience

• 17% have college degrees

• High job satisfaction (>90% retention rate)

• Highly trained

– 270 hours of initial training

– 90 hours/year of re-qualification

– 30 hours/year of “anti-terrorist” tactical exercises

Poutine is about to have his sickly ass handed to him by mourning Russian mothers that he lied to!

#UPDATE There is a risk of a radioactive leak at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant currently occupied by Russian troops, the state energy operator said Saturday.

If this is even one iota true, than our fucking, sleeping NATO allies in Europe best get their shit together because it is in fact their asses that will bring forth mutant babies - not us in North America. If they fear being cold in winter due to Russia cutting off natural gas, they best worry about radioactive death, cancer and mutant children once Putin degrades the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Of course, depending on the wind, it could also inflict the same harm to Russia, but at this point, Poutine doesn’t give a fuck because he’ll be dead from cancer come February. God willing.

[quote]It seems to have faded away

Sadly, not.

The EU will supply Ukraine with 5.5 million tablets of potassium iodide to protect against possible radiation exposure.

📰 CNN citing representatives of the European Commission

US running out of artillery ammunition

That's ok. We can trust China

The arrival of the IAEA org mission at the Zaporizhzhia NPP is expected within an hour, they passed the checkpoint in Vasilievka, the gauleiters of Energodar report.

The IAEA org mission has already passed through the "grey zone" in Zaporizhzhya region and entered the occupier-controlled territory.

All the wannabe Reddit soldiers are now playing Elden Ring

REUTERS.- Lavrov and a delegation of Russian diplomats were denied visas to travel to the UnitedStates to attend the UN General Assembly.

It's doing a new TV movie with Joyce DeWitt, OP. It's fine. Sends its love.

Time for second sanctions to kick in. That means, any country doing business with Russia will lose all trade and business with the EU and America. Fucking kick ass! That means YOU, two-faced Turkey. You are even in NATO but you fuck Russian whores at the same time. That means you to Armenia! Let’s see how well you are when the West cuts you loose.

The IAEA org mission left the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Two observers remained at the plant to continue monitoring the situation.

According to media reports, the IAEA experts will release their conclusions from their visit to the NPP tomorrow on 6 September.

The Russians are the ones running out of weapons?

Scientists say accident at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant would affect Romania, Moldova, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria.

Southern Ukraine and Crimea would be hit by radioactive contamination first if there was an accident at the plant, the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center said.

Word everywhere today that Izyum has fallen to the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Stunning progress.

Yes, the Russians have now officially lost the Kharkiv front, Ukrainians are fighting at Lysychansk currently, and there are reports that Sievierodonetsk being next on the menu. Crazy progress, military history in the making. Lots and lots of equipment left behind in Izyum as well, so that'll be useful.

In related news, they just captured another lieutenant colonel, this one with shrapnel in his toosh.

They probably report on it less now because the poorer people get, the less sympathy they will have.

Russian TV host gets info that Izyum has fallen live during his TV show and just tells everyone to start praying, lol.

[quote]Victory will definitely be ours. Life will put everything in its place.

This part made me laugh out loud. Bitch, the US isn't the biggest military superpower in history because "life put everything in its place", it's because of decades and decades of insane investment into military excellence and the military industry. Effort is what produces results.

r128 On the other hand, this counteroffensive was launched exactly so that the allies can see some results by the winter. And judging by the statements after the conference at the Rammstein air base the other day, the allies are impressed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Ukraine with F-16s or Gripens this time next year.

Blinken also told NATO members to start reaching deeper into their military reserves as 80% of the Russian army is tied up in Ukraine right now. The more Russia is weakened now, the less investment you'll need to guard against it in the future.

The progress of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 4 days in two pictures.

The daily Russian military briefing said they'd commanded an "orderly" regrouping. What's the Russian word for "rout"?

Zelenskyy addressed to the Russians after attack of the CHPP-5 in Kharkiv region: "Do you still think that we are one nation? Do you still think you can scare us, break us, make concessions? You really haven't understood anything, have you? Don't you understand who we are? What we're for? What we're about?

"Read my lips: Without gas or without you? Without you. Without light or without you? Without you. Without water or without you. Without you. Without food or without you? Without you."

"Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as frightening and deadly for us as your friendship and brotherhood. But history will put everything in its place. And we will be with gas, light, water and food...and WITHOUT you!" - he wrote, referring to the invaders.

WaPo: Amid Ukraine’s startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing:

I want Zelenskyy and Macron to spit roast me. (Wait, did I say that out loud? 😉 )

Power, water, gas are off in Ukraine and parts of Moldova and Poland. Trains are largely stopped. Satellites blocked.

++++++++

Power and water are out in Kharkiv. They have been restored in Sumy, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk. Kyiv is unaffected. Russia hit the station in Kharkiv.

I have heard nothing of satellites being blocked. Almost all Ukraine currently is using Starlink.

I love him, R133.

r139, so does Dick Cheney.