Vadim was walking his pug dog when we met yesterday morning. The sky was blue, the sun shone and the park in front of Kiev's main drama theatre was filled with parents pushing prams past a few elderly folk sitting on benches.
The scene, with its feeling of springtime, could scarcely have been more peaceful. Yet, like countless others of his fellow citizens, the 21-year-old engineering student is steeling himself for war.
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WNU Editor: This is the feedback that I am getting from my family and friends in Ukraine (specifically Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, and Lviv).
Everyone is not in a talkative mood. But I have the gift of making people talk, and when they do open up I am receiving this.
A sense of shock on what is happening. A lot of resignation that this is all inevitable. Frustration, anger, regrets, and fear. A lot of fear. And a lot of thanks when I tell them my home is open for them and financial help if necessary.
And as to what are my own personal emotions.
Resignation. Regrets that I cannot do more. And a lot of fear that if war does break out, it may quickly spread beyond the boundaries of Ukraine and into a global conflict that will engulf us all.
12 comments:
You seem to be a nice guy, wnu
I almost forgive your abhorrent covid coverage that let so many tyrants get away with murder. Literal murder. On top of plundering our wealth.
Almost?
You are lucky.
Covid has not impacted your life and those that you love as it has mine.
Under Biden two US Embassies evacuated, two nations lost. There's a good reason this is happening again now and not two to six years ago.
Putin sees an opportunity under a feckless Biden admin to move now and invade Ukraine. These sanctions Biden talks about are not going to hurt Russia to the degree they will hurt the West.
Biden's decision on day one to hobble the US energy sector has made Russia massively rich. Putin, no mater what so-called sanctions Biden levies will still sell his oil at <$100 bbl to China, Iran, Pakistan and probably a lot of the EU.
But not to us. We will now be without the ~20M bbl per month purchased from Russia. (That we used to produce for ourselves)
Guess what that means. $7 a gallon gas.
This whole thing was avoidable a year ago. But not now. Biden has forfeited all tangible US leverage to appease US progressives.
I'm still thinking Putin may settle for international recognition of Crimea and the two states.
Full invasion makes zero sense. It will be like Yugoslavia.
Many condolences for your losses.
That's a massive assumption to make, WNU, about @4:09pm as you have no idea what impacts it had on then. That speaks of massive ignorance on your behalf.
Global war are the wages of sin in America, Germany, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Russia.
Small pox has a 30% case fatality rate (CFR).
Ebola has has a CFR of 65.4%.
COVIDD has about 5% CFR for seniors. It has a 1% of less CFR for the population in general. the CFR is about 3X that of influenza or so they told us. If the 5% of senior that succumbed they do not tell us their medical condition.
If someone is 65+, obese with diabetes etc, it is not in my best interest to agree to a lockdown of the country, because they are morbid.
The COVID response on a scale from -1 to +1 with 1 being the best was -0.9. It is hard to do that by accident.
The Right says nothing happened under Trump. Sure. Putin got what he wanted under Trump: NATO diminished. Trump tried to bribe Ukraine to get something on Biden or no military aid etc etc
Putin did not have to do anything. Now he does.
5:54, you better hope you are trolling from Petersburg
5:54PM
5:54 PM
Yeah Trump was Putin’s boy. Right. Right after Trump ordered the wipe out of about 200 Russian mercenaries in Syria.
I wonder what Putin learned from that incident.
There was never a very loud protest and come to think of it, not a lot of reporting in that battle. Wonder why.
BATTLE,
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KASHAM
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A nice man, they said. Of Putin? No, of you, so use your fantastic wealth and silver bullion the Canadians gave you to charter planes to fly Ukranians oot to your flash pads, or into nice hotels. You'll rewarded with more silver bullion and maybe a sainthood!
Trump (JULY 11, 2018):
“When Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia. We’re supposed to be guarding against Russia and Germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia.
We’re protecting Germany, we’re protecting France, we’re protecting all of these countries. And then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with Russia where they’re paying billions of dollars into the coffers of Russia.
So we’re supposed to protect you against Russia and you pay billions of dollars to Russia and I think that’s very inappropriate.
Germany will have almost 70 percent of their country controlled by Russia with natural gas. You tell me, is that appropriate?
Germany is totally controlled by Russia, cause they are getting 60 to 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline.
I think these countries have to step it up, not over a 10 year period, they have to step it up immediately. Germany is a rich country, they talk about increasing it a tiny bit by 2030. Well they could increase it immediately, tomorrow, and have no problem.
If you look at it, Germany is a captive of Russia. They got rid of their coal plants, they got rid of their nuclear, they’re getting so much of their oil and gas from Russia. I think it is something NATO has to look at. It is very inappropriate."
President Bite-Me: "Furthermore, I have determined that it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, its CEO Matthias Warnig, and Nord Stream 2 AG’s corporate officers."
https://www.state.gov/nord-stream-2-and-european-energy-security/
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