Defiant Putin warns the west: your sanctions are akin to an act of war
Source: The Guardian
Vladimir Putin delivered a chilling warning to the west over the imposition of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, warning that measures designed to cripple his country’s economy were “akin to an act of war”.
In comments that were both defiant and threatening, the Russian president also told Ukraine’s leaders that their nation risked being dismantled as an independent sovereign state if they continued to resist Russia’s invasion.
“The current leadership needs to understand that if they continue doing what they are doing, they risk the future of Ukrainian statehood,” Putin said. “If that happens they will have to be blamed for that.”
His intervention, in which he hinted the conflict could soon spread beyond Ukraine unless the west changed course, came as Moscow broke a ceasefire agreement to allow Ukrainian civilians to flee after 10 days of bombing and devastation.
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Sounds to me as if the sanctions are a real thorn in Pooty's side.
You poor baby Pooty. Next time don't start an immoral, unprovoked war against your peaceful neighbor.
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...would be for the oligarchs and generals to send in a pack hyenas and lock the doors. 
I think where he's from they call that liberation. 
What Ukraine needs 100k of each S&S, Stingers and snipers.
Are things in your area okay?
Family is most important.
I am very familiar with the geography and I've driven an equivalent distance (Cedar Rapids to Denver) in a day.
Regarding "not OK"... everyone in the world now needs to accept that their own distance from "not OK" is never big enough when tyrants and terrorists are killing at whim. IMO, politics and religion have something in common which is: why is there always enough of either to incite violence but they can seldom instill tolerance?
My paternal grandparents were born in Ukraine. If my father was alive today he would be worried, miserable, crushed and angry. His cousin was DP person in the '40s eventually reaching him in Philly. I remember his eyes.
For myself I started loving the study of history within a year after that activity was no longer graded and tested by folks who never put any heart into the their teaching. It seems there is always a generation somewhere on the planet that hasn't learned from history. It's always been the same. You just need to fill in the blank, "Ich bin ein ____."
I hope your daughters and other family stay safe and well.
The language is confusing for me at best. My German is decades out practice. Add to that everyone is an apologist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_ein_Berliner#%22I_am_a_doughnut%22_urban_legend
I remember the speech from when I was much younger. I'm terrible with languages in any case. Thanks for the clarification. I trust first hand knowledge more than most of what else is out there.
90/10% - I remember this Murphy's law corollary that says something like '90% of everything is crud.' I suppose the relative depth of the crud varies around the world but, as far as I can tell, my little corner is not the shallow end of the crud pool.
Guten abend.
