The stories coming out of Ukraine of everyday people making these long treks to the Polish border, sheltering in subways, being pulled off buses and being conscripted...
I suspect the messaging from Ukraine's government in the lead-up to all this was to avoid causing a panic, and to ensure Ukrainians stayed to fight, but I can't help but feel that more should have been done to prepare them - at a minimum by telling people to stock up on supplies of food and clean water, and for those not fit to fight to consider moving West in the event war was to come.
Brave as it is, I hate seeing these images of regular people with their assault rifles preparing for Russian troops to come marching into their neighborhoods. I'm afraid the shots they may fire will be answered with tank blasts and fallen buildings.
Anything the rest of the world can do to isolate Russia now - whether its freezing and seizing assets, barring trade, boycotts, kicking them out of the World Cup - anything at all to marginalize them, I hope we can come together and commit to it.
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