Updates …World banned Russia off Swift, where Putin gets money …Elon Musk sets up Skylink in case Russia shuts off internet …Pacifist Germany and neutral Sweden send weapons to Ukraine …EU finances weapons for Ukraine. …Entire EU airspace closed to Russian aircraft …So far the Russian army lost about 4500 soldiers (exact number to be confirmed), …151 tanks, 26 helicopters, 27 planes, 706 armored fighting vehicles... The Russian army lost more of its military in FOUR DAYS against Ukraine than in THREE YEARS of war in Afghanistan. …Putin readying nuclear weapons. Says west is ‘threatening’ them …Amphibious attack planned on Odessa …Kyiv held off so far, but lines of tanks outside the city spell an ominous warning …Balistic missiles loosed at Kyiv …EU financed weapons can't go through Hungary, must go to Poland instead …Notion released for a speed joining of Ukraine to NATO …Notion released for kicking Russia of the security council, as only the USSR got the seat, why should Russia inherit it? …Kharkiv under constant shelling …Negotiations go badly …Our grandparents are in an apartment building in Kyiv. Our grand-uncles and aunts are in a building in Kharkiv. Cousins in subway in Kharkiv …14 Ukrainians on Ukrainian island stand up to Russian military ship and bombed. All presumed dead. …Kharkiv Area Administration is attacked by a Russian air strike. I saw it happen. Building partly collapsed …Molotov Cocktails nicknamed 'Ukrainian Smoothies' …Russia & Belarus were banned from soccer and hockey …Big storm thwarts amphibious attack on Odessa …Snow covers marks that spies have made for paratroopers to follow …Line of tanks outside Kyiv not moving, presumably out of gas …Zelensky promises Russian deserters sanctuary and some money to start a new life … The soldiers from snake island are... ALIVE!!!!!!!! The Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island -- who were all feared dead after their defiant response to threats from a Russian warship -- are actually "alive and well," according to the Ukrainian Navy. According to the navy, the soldiers on the island repelled two attacks by Russian forces but in the end, were forced to surrender "due to the lack of ammunition." … The National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators have pledged to play the Ukrainian national anthem ahead of the opening face-off at every remaining home game this season. …Russians bombed the LARGEST nuclear plant in EUROPE for 30 hours. Now it's on fire and Russians shooting firefighters. If a disaster occurs, it will be at least 10x Chernobyl. *not chronological order
