Putin's War, Day 5

• Sporting personalities defending the Ukraine now include world Bellator (MMA) welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov and top ten pound for pound boxer Vasily Lomanchenko.
• I did not know this:  Vitali Klitschko is actually now the mayor of the capital city of Kyiv.
• ... who, in anticipation of the push on the city by the Russians, has banned all alcohol sales in the city to get it's citizens clear-headed and prepared to fight.
• Several WNBA players hone their skills in a Russian women's basketball league.  They're leaving.
• This week's Time magazine has Putin on it's cover -- the appropriate part of the picture is ripped off to show a Hitler mustache.  And people wonder why some conservatives in this country are cheering the son of a bitch on.   
• The United States, this morning, has frozen all Russian Central Bank assets and prohibited anyone from doing business with the Russian Central Bank.
• Britain will freeze all Russian bank assets in the next few days.
• Talks are beginning between Ukraine and Russia, but it appears, as completely expected, Russia is not taking them seriously, sending an infuriatingly-low-level delegation to the talks.
• In a move which has to indicate the seriousness of the situation, Switzerland, the country of neutrality, is now behind the EU sanctions.
• At least one Ukranian mayor has, however, been arrested for high treason -- handing over his city to the Russians.
• The Secretary of Defense in the USA says three-fourths of the troops which were set to invade Ukraine have done so for the Russians, they are about 15 miles out from the capital, trying to encircle it, but their movement remains "slowed".
• Chelsea owner Roman Abamovich has been requested by the Ukranians to take part in peace talks.  Word is, he's accepted.
• The President of the Ukraine has signed a letter intending to ask for admission to the European Union.
• No Russian ships in British ports now.
• Most experts now believe a far more brutal "Plan B" for the Ukranian people is in the cards, now that Russia hasn't won this war in a short time.
  
• The Wagner Group, a group of Russian mercenaries, appears to be involved in the fight on Putin's side, according to the New York Times and senior US officials.
• It appears as if Russia believes they are winning and, also, that the West is lying to it's citizens and the shock of the victory will be no less than "biblical".
• The talks have ended, according to Russian news agency TASS.  Another news source says a second round of talks may be planned.
• 53% of Finns now support joining NATO.
• There is now word that the "Go Fuck Yourself!" Ukranians may have actually been taken prisoner instead of killed immediately.
• American terrorist Lauren Bobert said the Canadian people needed liberty -- she said it at the annual Trump fuckfest that's the CPAC meeting.
• Hungary will NOT support the European effort to transport weapons to aid the Ukraine.  I guess that now makes three -- Chechnya, Belarus, now Hungary...   
• Word this morning:  FIFA HAS EXPELLED RUSSIA FROM THE QATAR WORLD CUP.
• ... and from all FIFA and UEFA competition until at least Euro 2024.