Putin's War, Day 7

• It appears as if world soccer's backchannels have notified Roman Abramovich he has to sell Chelsea -- and the "sources" are saying he is beginning the process of doing so.
• CONFIRMED.  Chelsea is for sale.  It sounds like the FA used backchannels to tell Abramovich he was no longer welcome.
• It appears as if the second-largest city of Kharkiv is the current targeting, as the city council building is getting shelled as part of a full-scale effort to force the issue.
• At least one district of Mariupol has been completely destroyed.
• The UK ambassador to the Ukraine was at the weekly Prime Ministers Questions session of the House of Commons today -- when he was noted by the chamber's Speaker, the entire chamber -- all parties -- stood and cheered.  That's a rare occurrence in the Commons.  
• The Speaker then noted (to the laughter of all sides) that, though applause is generally banned in the House of Commons, he (rightly) said "Screw that!" and allowed openly the demonstration of unified support.
• Looks like the continuing alliance of Putin and Trump is becoming more public.  The UN Ambassador from Russia has openly announced that he also believes the 2020 US Presidential election a fraud.
• A second round of talks, with a ceasefire on the table, are planned for some point soon.
• Evina Svitlonia of the Ukraine is giving prize money for at least this week's tournament to the Ukranian Army.
• EA Sports is removing all Russian references in both FIFA and NHL games.
• Steam is, at minimum, banning all further sales to Russian players.
• Twitter is banning two international Russian-based accounts -- RT and Sputnik -- due to the war.
• We now have word that China specifically asked Russia to delay the attack of Ukraine until after the Olympic Games.  Between that and China's refusal to join world economic sanctions against Russia, one has to begin to wonder if a New Axis is forming for World War III.   
• The International Paralympic Committee will allow Russians and Belarussians to compete, but only as neutral athletes under the Paralympic flag, and no mention in the medals table.  Though most, including I, think it not near enough (and the individual sport associations may render it largely moot), IPC President Andrew Parsons does point out that the Paralympic Games are supposed to remain politically neurtral.
• International judo will allow Russians to compete under the association's flag, same dispensation.
• Biathlon and luge have joined figure skating in banning Russian athletes, however -- leaving in some question how many athletes may actually be allowed to compete, under individual-association bans.
• Track and field, under World Athletics, has banned Russia and Belarus, as has the main shooting association as well.
• The UN has condemned the invasion by resolution.  Five votes against:  Russia, Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea all voted against it.  The real news, though:  China and India, who both appear at least friendly to the concept of the Russian invasion (the former probably preparing the final invasion of Taiwan -- probably after the Paralympics), abstained.