Things have taken a turn for the worse. There is now fighting within her village with Russian soldiers shootings at residence. Today some brave piece of #### Russian soldier decided to shoot her 25 year old female friend for reasons unknown. Such a brave act. ####ers. There is a large shell/mortar crater hole a couple meters from her apartment.
They now have a 7th person in their single room apartment, as her step-dad's daughter showed up. Last night my wife slept on the floor by the door, as it was away from the windows and a small place of refuge. She cannot even fathom leaving the country, making her way to Poland where I am, or moving to Canada like we are supposed to do in 2 months. All she can think of is survival. 100% of her attention is focused on that. She has stopped crying. She has run out of tears and says she is physically unable to do so. She needs all her attention focused on living from hour to hour. I told her I will cry for her instead (which I occasionally do, and I am NOT a crier), and to save her power.
In my first OP I had mentioned how I was completely against this trip months ago, as the build up was ongoing since November and things escalating by the week. After days and nights of arguing with each other as her departure day approached, it was her parent's who kind of tipped her over the edge to come visit. They would send her texts of the Russian propaganda news, such as the troops are being withdrawn, Putin doesn't want to invade, all western hysteria, etc. I would counter with news sources showing the opposite. Propaganda is a real thing. And it worked in much of Ukraine.
Today she told me that her Mom apologized to me and showed so much remorse and guilt over asking my wife to come. She cries everyday about it. I'll admit, when this first started I was upset at her parents for ignoring the warning signs and not telling her to not risk it. All they had to do was say now is not a safe time to come. But they are such a close-nit family. I told her Mom that it's in the past and I forgive her. Feeling shame and guilt about it only takes away from your strength reserves and you will need it to get past this. Don't torture yourself. I know why you did it. It was for love and if you had truly known this would happen, you would have prevented it.
Kharkov is being destroyed as we speak. Bombs and gunfire are now happening in her village. These truly are the most terrifying days for her and her family. They are praying they live to see another day. Wife and I told each other we will do our best to avoid the news today. We agreed we don't need the news, since she is living the news right now.
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I don't know what to say HW. It feels wrong to thank a post like that, so I won't, but you've got me pretty emotional here. I'm on my way home now and I'm going to give my girlfriend the biggest hug when I get in the door.
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I’m shedding tears as I read HW, my god this is a mess that Putin is creating and it’s starting to really fall off the rails. I wish the west could do more than sanctions and supplying weaponry, I wish there was a more concerted effort to try and get the innocent caught in the middle out. Please stop this mad man…Skudr my heart goes out to you and your family as well, all of cpers who have been affected by this…I have no words I just keep thinking the best possible thoughts for the people of Ukraine and I stand here completely humbled by their courage.
Things have taken a turn for the worse. There is now fighting within her village with Russian soldiers shootings at residence. Today some brave piece of #### Russian soldier decided to shoot her 25 year old female friend for reasons unknown. Such a brave act. ####ers. There is a large shell/mortar crater hole a couple meters from her apartment.
They now have a 7th person in their single room apartment, as her step-dad's daughter showed up. Last night my wife slept on the floor by the door, as it was away from the windows and a small place of refuge. She cannot even fathom leaving the country, making her way to Poland where I am, or moving to Canada like we are supposed to do in 2 months. All she can think of is survival. 100% of her attention is focused on that. She has stopped crying. She has run out of tears and says she is physically unable to do so. She needs all her attention focused on living from hour to hour. I told her I will cry for her instead (which I occasionally do, and I am NOT a crier), and to save her power.
In my first OP I had mentioned how I was completely against this trip months ago, as the build up was ongoing since November and things escalating by the week. After days and nights of arguing with each other as her departure day approached, it was her parent's who kind of tipped her over the edge to come visit. They would send her texts of the Russian propaganda news, such as the troops are being withdrawn, Putin doesn't want to invade, all western hysteria, etc. I would counter with news sources showing the opposite. Propaganda is a real thing. And it worked in much of Ukraine.
Today she told me that her Mom apologized to me and showed so much remorse and guilt over asking my wife to come. She cries everyday about it. I'll admit, when this first started I was upset at her parents for ignoring the warning signs and not telling her to not risk it. All they had to do was say now is not a safe time to come. But they are such a close-nit family. I told her Mom that it's in the past and I forgive her. Feeling shame and guilt about it only takes away from your strength reserves and you will need it to get past this. Don't torture yourself. I know why you did it. It was for love and if you had truly known this would happen, you would have prevented it.
Kharkov is being destroyed as we speak. Bombs and gunfire are now happening in her village. These truly are the most terrifying days for her and her family. They are praying they live to see another day. Wife and I told each other we will do our best to avoid the news today. We agreed we don't need the news, since she is living the news right now.
You, your wife and family are good people. I send my best, and my love. May you all keep strong and resolute. Glory to Ukraine.
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Things have taken a turn for the worse. There is now fighting within her village with Russian soldiers shootings at residence. Today some brave piece of #### Russian soldier decided to shoot her 25 year old female friend for reasons unknown. Such a brave act. ####ers. There is a large shell/mortar crater hole a couple meters from her apartment.
They now have a 7th person in their single room apartment, as her step-dad's daughter showed up. Last night my wife slept on the floor by the door, as it was away from the windows and a small place of refuge. She cannot even fathom leaving the country, making her way to Poland where I am, or moving to Canada like we are supposed to do in 2 months. All she can think of is survival. 100% of her attention is focused on that. She has stopped crying. She has run out of tears and says she is physically unable to do so. She needs all her attention focused on living from hour to hour. I told her I will cry for her instead (which I occasionally do, and I am NOT a crier), and to save her power.
In my first OP I had mentioned how I was completely against this trip months ago, as the build up was ongoing since November and things escalating by the week. After days and nights of arguing with each other as her departure day approached, it was her parent's who kind of tipped her over the edge to come visit. They would send her texts of the Russian propaganda news, such as the troops are being withdrawn, Putin doesn't want to invade, all western hysteria, etc. I would counter with news sources showing the opposite. Propaganda is a real thing. And it worked in much of Ukraine.
Today she told me that her Mom apologized to me and showed so much remorse and guilt over asking my wife to come. She cries everyday about it. I'll admit, when this first started I was upset at her parents for ignoring the warning signs and not telling her to not risk it. All they had to do was say now is not a safe time to come. But they are such a close-nit family. I told her Mom that it's in the past and I forgive her. Feeling shame and guilt about it only takes away from your strength reserves and you will need it to get past this. Don't torture yourself. I know why you did it. It was for love and if you had truly known this would happen, you would have prevented it.
Kharkov is being destroyed as we speak. Bombs and gunfire are now happening in her village. These truly are the most terrifying days for her and her family. They are praying they live to see another day. Wife and I told each other we will do our best to avoid the news today. We agreed we don't need the news, since she is living the news right now.
Your updates are so powerful and appreciated. I can’t wait for you and your Wife to get home to Canada and be safe. Your posts really make me feel appreciative of being Canadian, it drives home how privileged we are here in Canada
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Have the Russians been using their air force (fighter jets) at all? Or is it just tanks and helicopters?
Perhaps I’m used to a good old fashioned American war which focuses on pummeling everything by air first.
Definitely just a difference in doctrine. In the West we believe in air superiority, in Russia they try to control the air from the ground. Heavily invested in surface to Air missiles with their aircraft having very little precision strike capability. Mostly still unguided weapons and free fall bombs. Their focus is more on bombing an area vs specific targets
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Your updates are so powerful and appreciated. I can’t wait for you and your Wife to get home to Canada and be safe. Your posts really make me feel appreciative of being Canadian, it drives home how privileged we are here in Canada
I always appreciated being Canadian too, even before all this. Now having lived through this, there will never ever be a day that I won't stop to think how lucky I am.
That's all I want for her too. To know that feeling of safety and privilege that Canadians enjoy.
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Same lack of ethics and lust for power, but then you add in a high intelligence?
She might be worse.
I would bet that if she were the leader she'd be smart enough to make sure most of what she does stays buried.
anyway.
I wonder if today id the day that it all goes to hell. I'm of the opinion that while it's been amazing how well the Ukraine has done, they have yet to feel the full might of Russia. From the looks of it, it's coming.
Western intelligence agencies have good visibility into Putin right now and are closely watching his moves for any significant behavioral changes, several current and former officials said. Four U.S. officials said there is no intelligence saying he is mentally unstable, but they said he has displayed a different pattern of behavior from in the past.
The U.S. has solid intelligence that Putin is frustrated and directing unusual bursts of anger at people in his inner circle over the state of the military campaign and the worldwide condemnation of his actions, one former and two current U.S. officials briefed on the intelligence said.
That is unusual, they say, because Putin, a former intelligence officer, usually keeps his emotions in check.
“He is no longer the same cold-blooded, clear-eyed dictator that he was in 2008,” former CIA Director John Brennan said.
A Western diplomat said Putin appeared to be increasingly insulated and misinformed.
How could anyone write that with a straight face, that what Russia is doing right now is “conducting a special military operation to denazify Ukraine”.
Look, man, those apartment buildings are just riddled with Nazis. Only floors 8 through 15, though; that's why our missiles hit there.
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To Huntingwale and anyone else who has loved ones trapped in the Country, you are in my thoughts these days. It's very disturbing to try and fathom what those poor people are going thru. I really wish we as Canadians could offer more to support and help them.
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