12:00 noon. Sounds of war. A few distant explosions, then one fairly close. Probably from the Podil or Obolon neighborhood on the other side of the Dnieper.
Two hours ago, out for a walk with the kids, we heard what sounded like small arms fire coming from the south. A few isolated spurts – not an ongoing firefight. A lady on the street said it was from Livoberezhna, but I don't know how she would have known. The sound of small arms doesn't usually carry for 3 miles.
Working in the garden 20 minutes ago, we heard small arms again. Fewer shots, this time to our east.
The Russians would have not had the ability to enter in any force in armored vehicles. Besides which, if they had, it would've been a lot noisier. It would be more plausible that a few soldiers snuck in in civilian vehicles. Given that the streets are crawling with militia, I expect they would be wiped out quickly. There is a greater than zero possibility this was simply a matter of some tightly wound militia getting excited over nothing.
Whatever the story, it is quiet now. I am sure that Oksana will hear the buzz on social media and tell me what happened.
1. Don’t tell Russian soldiers what they are doing wrong - cheer them on.
2. Considering the nature of the Russian people you studied, any promised rewards for concessions would not be worth the paper they would be written on.
3. If you know who Igor Kolomoisky is and his former closeness to Zelensky, you would be glad to learn that Kolomoisky has a house in Switzerland in the same neighbourhood as Klaus Schwab, not by accident, I would presume.
4. In terms of Ukraine’s survival in this war, I consider these connections to be the lesser evil. This can be dealt with later as long as the patient still has a pulse.
As I understand it Zelensky is Kolomoisky's guy. Kolomoisky owns the media that Z was the star in his show. Kolomoisky also is reported to be the one funding his various private armies, like the Azov guys. Kolomoisky is a billionaire with many properties and likely would know Schwab. I seriously doubt these billionaires have any though of cooperating about anything that doesn't personally benefit them. While the WEF young leaders program grooms many who aspire to the billionaire's orbit, some can be as independent as they like. Don't know if Schwab whispers they all hear him. I think Putin is a WEF leader but not likely to pay attention to anybody who might ever say NO.
12:00 noon. Sounds of war. A few distant explosions, then one fairly close. Probably from the Podil or Obolon neighborhood on the other side of the Dnieper.
Two hours ago, out for a walk with the kids, we heard what sounded like small arms fire coming from the south. A few isolated spurts – not an ongoing firefight. A lady on the street said it was from Livoberezhna, but I don't know how she would have known. The sound of small arms doesn't usually carry for 3 miles.
Working in the garden 20 minutes ago, we heard small arms again. Fewer shots, this time to our east.
The Russians would have not had the ability to enter in any force in armored vehicles. Besides which, if they had, it would've been a lot noisier. It would be more plausible that a few soldiers snuck in in civilian vehicles. Given that the streets are crawling with militia, I expect they would be wiped out quickly. There is a greater than zero possibility this was simply a matter of some tightly wound militia getting excited over nothing.
Whatever the story, it is quiet now. I am sure that Oksana will hear the buzz on social media and tell me what happened.
1. Don’t tell Russian soldiers what they are doing wrong - cheer them on.
2. Considering the nature of the Russian people you studied, any promised rewards for concessions would not be worth the paper they would be written on.
3. If you know who Igor Kolomoisky is and his former closeness to Zelensky, you would be glad to learn that Kolomoisky has a house in Switzerland in the same neighbourhood as Klaus Schwab, not by accident, I would presume.
4. In terms of Ukraine’s survival in this war, I consider these connections to be the lesser evil. This can be dealt with later as long as the patient still has a pulse.
Thanks for your insights.
As I understand it Zelensky is Kolomoisky's guy. Kolomoisky owns the media that Z was the star in his show. Kolomoisky also is reported to be the one funding his various private armies, like the Azov guys. Kolomoisky is a billionaire with many properties and likely would know Schwab. I seriously doubt these billionaires have any though of cooperating about anything that doesn't personally benefit them. While the WEF young leaders program grooms many who aspire to the billionaire's orbit, some can be as independent as they like. Don't know if Schwab whispers they all hear him. I think Putin is a WEF leader but not likely to pay attention to anybody who might ever say NO.