I think they look a bit alike. Alike enough for Renner to play his part in a movie, which I think would be awesome if a movie was made about him and Ukraine's struggles. Plus hopefully garner more support for them.
Thousands of brave Russians faced arrest and imprisonment attending Navalny's funeral, chanting Putin is a murderer. And Congressional Republicans grovel before Putin, blocking aid to Ukraine because Putin lapdog Trump wants it. They are scared of a tweet or primary challenge.
Russian fighter-bombers continue to drop from the sky like snowflakes on fire. Another Russian navy surface vessel joined the submarine fleet. This ship was gaurding the Kersh bridge. Now... something is happening at the Kersh Crimean bridge. With reports of multiple large explosions in that area. Not much is known at this time, but there are unconfirmed reports the bridge is closed. I hope the closure is permanent.
Biden led off with Ukraine in his speech which was nice and seemed strong about not backing off from Putin. I would have liked him to talk about what a low % of GDP we spend on Ukraine compared to other countries and to remind how most of the money spent results in more jobs and more profits for American industry. But I guess he had a lot to cover in an hour.
Ukraine seems to confirm that they tooks out two more russain A-50 surveillance aircraft in the drone attack on Taganrog airbase a few days ago. These planes cost about $330 million each and this is the fourth and fifth ones Ukraine has taken out. Not sure what that leaves. It was said russia had only 6 operational after the last downing but not sure if these two were considered operational, they may have been under repair. raine does not
These guys have a pretty good defensive position. Hopefully getting lots of artillery support from Ukrainian forces. And I hope they brought at least 1000 drones with them! In other news, Ukraine has hit four refineries in russia in the last couple days with drones. They claim they will advance further but it seems better idea to hold their positions and siphon off russian troops from other areas, then annihilate with artillery and drones.
From the very beginning of this war. I have been very impressed with both the Ukrainian military, and the spirit of their freedom loving people. They have faced terrible odds. Yet they have been very resourceful to find ways to overcome these odds. Using every little bit of help to their addvantage. Example. Canada just gave Ukraine 80,000 obsolete air to ground missiles. The type we used in Vietnam fired from our helicopters. Most of these missiles are not usable as is. However, I believe their plan is to remove the explosives, and attach them to drone systems. Very resourceful. The Ukraine military would make very good US Marines. That is the highest compliment I can give anyone. Now if we could find a way to get rid of bunker Putin, before he blows up the world.
