Photo of French soldier wearing a gas mask in WWI from Wikipedia Commons. The withdrawal of Russian troops is a bad sign Get ready for hardcore devastation! Putin has been humiliated. The failure of Russian troops to dominate Ukraine has exhausted Putin’s patience. The planned blitzkrieg got stuck in Ukrainian mud, and the entire ordeal … Continue reading Kyiv Will Be Gassed Any Day Now
Racism toward Asian and African refugees has shocked and disturbed the world. While some Ukrainians have racist views, most are decent people fleeing terror.
Putin’s attack on Ukraine negates any positive benefits he brought to the Russian society and taints the Russian nation the same way Hitler’s actions destroyed and humiliated Germany.
The world has fallen in love with Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian comedian has risen from being a mediocre president to a global inspiration in his fight against Putin.
The Russian people need to rise up and overthrow Putin. The lies he told leading up to the invasion of Ukraine prove he is a danger to global security.
By invading Ukraine, Putin appears to be suffering from an illness that has compromised his mental facilities.
During a 3-week trip to Ukraine in 2002 I experienced the best and worst aspects of life in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin's support of the breakaway state of Transnistria in Moldova, liberation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia from the nation of Georgia, reclamation of Crimea and support for separatists in Donbas, and posturing to invade Ukraine resembles Hitler's land grab almost a century ago.
Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO or the EU. It is too corrupt and politically unstable for NATO and too economically weak for the EU. Nonalignment is the only solution.
Since their independence in 1991, Ukraine has struggled to find their place between Western Europe and Russia, the behemoth that has dominated Ukraine since the 18th century.
Joyce O’Day 