Biden is in Poland now. The Americans are providing more than $1 billion US in humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news...-22/index.html

Humanitarian response is of "enormous consequence" to those affected by war in Ukraine, Biden says
US President Joe Biden thanked humanitarian organizations in Poland for sending aid to Ukraine and assisting refugees while he is set to receive a briefing on the situation.

"I'm here in Poland to see firsthand the humanitarian crisis and, quite frankly, part of my disappointment is that I can't see it firsthand like I have in other places. They will not let me," he said. "Understandably, I'm guessing, cross the border and take a look at what's going on in Ukraine, but I'm eager to hear from you in the humanitarian community about what you see, what you're doing and where you think we go from here."
The humanitarian response is of "enormous consequence," Biden said, adding that Ukrainians immediately need vital goods like food, blankets, cash and medicine.

The Biden administration yesterday announced the US is committing more than $1 billion in humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians affected by the war.

Out of curiosity I checked. Sounds like a big number, it is. But that’s 0.13% of the annual military budget. Insane lol

Not sure if the commie bastards are trolling...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/europ...lan/index.html

Lviv, Ukraine (CNN)A top Russian general gave some of the most detailed public remarks to date on Russia's military strategy in Ukraine, claiming on Friday that the "first stage" of Russia's military plan is now complete, with their primary focus now centered on eastern Ukraine.

"In general, the main tasks of the first stage of the operation have been completed," Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, first deputy chief of Russia's General Staff, said in a Friday briefing. "The combat potential of the armed forces of Ukraine has been significantly reduced, allowing us, I emphasize again, to focus the main efforts on achieving the main goal - the liberation of Donbas."
Rudskoy's remarks come as Russia's advances appear to have stalled around major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Kharkiv. Russia has also failed to achieve air superiority in Ukraine and has suffered heavy losses of personnel since the start of the invasion.
"The public and individual experts are wondering what we are doing in the area of ​​the blockaded Ukrainian cities," Rudskoy said. "These actions are carried out with the aim of causing such damage to military infrastructure, equipment, personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the results of which allow us not only to tie down their forces and prevent them from strengthening their grouping in the Donbas, but also will not allow them to do this until the Russian army completely liberates the territories of the DPR and LNR."

More good news!

^A lot of these types of reports are coming from Ukrainian sources, I think one needs to hold some pause to some of them for their validity.

I have no doubt though that soldiers are starting to feel discontent for their superiors here, once that begins to happen, the war is effectively over. Vietnam was a perfect example of that (soldiers fragging their sergeants in protest, going MIA, refusing to fight).

I was watching something that a superior was ran over by his subordinates, but he didn't die and he's gonna get a medal for injury on the battlefield. Also going to get paid due to injury. Possibly the same story.

Yup, we only have 2 sources for this kind of thing - the west, or Russia. I guess you can choose not to believe anything either side says. For me, I just hope that any good news is true, because I have the luxury that it doesn't affect me one way or the other if it's not.

Khalsa Aid Canada has created a six-member team. Which will provide its service in Ukraine. Including servants from Winnipeg, Victoria and Toronto, who will depart from Toronto today Friday to Poland and provide service to Ukrainian refugees.

Khalsa Aid has been on the ground before the war even started.

https://www.youtube.com/c/StarskyUA/videos

imagine going to a warzone and documenting every single day like its normal entertainment...






fucking crazy.

like the 1 dude in the most recent netflix zombie movie

-feeling disgusted after reading this article. Humanitarian aid in terms of evacuation buses to take Ukrainians out of Mariupol are being blocked by Russian military.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news...5e387cebd2cbda

Anyone remember Edward Snowden?

I would love to hear what his thoughts are about Ukraine, granted he lives in Russia now so he can't voice his opinion anymore

Russian troops have been digging trenches around Chernobyl, and there are reports that they're being taken to hospitals with signs of acute radiation poisoning.

https://www.iflscience.com/health-an...reports-claim/

i wonder what their plan was to get entrenched around the site? like what are you planning to do there? fight? seems really odd

They've given Chernobyl back to Ukraine now apparently:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/31/russ...iaea-says.html

There's a theory that Chernobyl was during the Soviet era, and is not taught in Russian schools because it makes them look bad. So the 20 year olds in Chernobyl had no idea where they were, they just thought it was another power plant.

Badass Ukraine is now on the offensive!

B]Kremlin accuses Ukraine of attacking fuel depot in Russia[/B]
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60949706

If it's true that the Russians are shooting their own planes out of the sky, killing their superiors, and have a low morale, I wouldn't be surprised if they did this to themselves to fuel the fire and get more people involved and use it as an excuse to ramp up his attacks as revenge.

They had an armory explode in the same area, and claimed it was an accident as well

It almost looks like they're pulling back, and really will focus in trying to take the eastern region instead

I think if those people really want to be a part of Russia, they should just go... They have plenty of space, and have some recently lost population to make up for

Love the comments.............


Another piece from Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures from an Exhibition," Is the Hut of the Baba Yaga. Is that the Kremlin? The Oligarchs are the witches/bitches. BTW, Baba Yaga are witch sisters, not John Wick's Boogeyman thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga. That would be Putin (The Boogeyman was a cruel, sadistic, evil monster).

I've been going to Ukrainian Restaurants lately. A lot of them have donation boxes for war relief. I was at Kozak Ukrainian Eatery in New West, yesterday. Good stuff.

Yeah I went to Kozak in gastown. Great experience and great food. They also had a photo of putins face on the bottom of the urinal.

Did not know they had a location in Gastown. Gotta go........................... just to take a piss.

They have one on Victoria Drive as well, next to Hoang Yen. I've been going and buying some chocolate bread everytime I get take out from Hoang Yen. I'll get a proper mean from them one of these days.

https://news.yahoo.com/russian-gover...132300458.html

U.S. official says Ukrainian helicopters attacked oil depot in Russia