1/ It is one thing to pour weapons into #Ukraine, but for a country like this, it must provide for its citizens, not the least salaries, pensions and money to rune institutions. How will Ukraine and the West do it?
Some DOD honesty:
"The biggest mistake that the Russians made was giving us eight years to prepare for this [war]," Army Lt. Col. Jeremy "Todd" Hopkins, deputy commander of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team mentioned.
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Ukrainian youth shouting:
"Hang all Russians!" / "Alle Russen hängen!"
"Ukrain above all!" / "Ukraine über alles!"
"Whoever does not jump is a Russian." / "Wer nicht hüpft, der ist ein Russe."
There are 8 - 12 million ethnic russians living in Ukraine.
Did you know?
Ukraine banned all books by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, among other works he was the author of the "The Gulag Archipelago". Russia on the other hand built memorials for him and broadcasts film adaptations of his books on the Russian TV program.
"President Putin made a desperate effort to stop the march toward war. Back in December of 2021... Ukraine was massing troops to attack the Donbass. He [Putin] didn't want the war."
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