Ukraine confronts the might of Putin's army

NBC News: YouTube: 28 February 2022 

 

Karoun Demirjian (right) also reports that

  

•  "Russia, careening toward economic crisis under the weight of devastating Western sanctions, has put its nuclear forces on alert as the Kremlin’s siege of Ukraine intensifies....

• The United States and its NATO partners have sent thousands of troops and advanced weaponry to harden defenses in the alliance’s eastern flank while funneling billions of dollars worth of military hardware to Kyiv — moves met by the Kremlin with threats of “consequences.”...
  

• There is no deconfliction line — nor, according to U.S. officials, does Moscow seem interested in one....
  

• The rapid escalation, observers say, has made the once-theoretical risk of direct confrontation between Russia and the West a tangible possibility with little hope of the tension subsiding, maybe for years to come.
  

• “My worry is that there’s a miscalculation, a misunderstanding, an accident, a mistake” that touches off more widespread conflict, said Jim Townsend, who managed Europe and NATO policy at the Pentagon during the Obama administration. (Washington Post (MSN) : 1 March 2022) (my emphasis)

Sanctions are beginning to be felt by the Russian people.

 

As reported by Anastasia Stognei  and Simon Fraser,

 

"Ordinary Russians face seeing their savings wiped out. Their lives are already being disrupted.
...
The sanctions against some Russian banks include cutting them off from Visa and Mastercard, and consequently Apple Pay and Google Pay.
...
Daria, 35, a project manager in Moscow, said this meant he'd been unable to use the metro." (BBC News : 1 March 2022) (my emphasis)

 

As reported by CBS news,

"NATOS's response force was activated for the first time in history to protect NATO allies closer to Russia and Ukraine ..." (CBS News : YouTube : 28 February 2022) (my emphasis)

Events are unfolding so rapidly that it is near impossible to keep up with them.

Putin is discovering that he has bitten off more than he can chew.

Ukrainian soldiers and the Ukrainian people are putting up a STIFF, and UNEXPECTED, RESISTANCE to the military onslaught of Putin's army against the people of Ukraine.

Putin knows that he is fast heading towards his downfall.

He is now at his most dangerous, as evidenced by the fact that,

"As the sixth day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine unfolds here's the latest:

• In Kharkiv - Ukraine's second city - at least 10 people were killed and 20 injured in a huge explosion when a Russian missile hit the regional government's headquarters
• The President of Ukraine calls this an act of "state terrorism" and accuses Russia of war crimes as residential areas are also attacked and civilians, including 16 children killed
• In an address to a special session of the EU parliament, he appeals for membership of the bloc, saying it will be stronger with Ukraine in it" (BBC News : 1 March 2022) (my emphasis)
  

 Перемога Україні : Victory to Ukraine

 

 

(to be continued)