operation recently shifted from being a “peacekeeping” force in a couple of eastern regions of Ukraine where fighting has been going on for years to marching miles upon miles of tanks to Kyiv to take over the city and overthrow the current democratically elected leaders of the country — reportedly aiming to assassinate Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine.
Again, it doesn’t appear that most Russians wanted this invasion, and that it came as a shock to them almost as much as it has come as a shock to Ukrainians.unprecedented responses occurring around the world . All sorts of economic sanctions are being imposed on Russia and Russian oligarchs, growing military and humanitarian support for the people of Ukraine is pouring in, there is a move to add Ukraine to the EU, the UN General Assembly is holding its first emergency meeting since 1982 today, and Russia or Russian athletes have been barred from all sorts of sports competitions. Nonetheless, the tanks are still moving toward Kyiv and residential areas of other cities have suffered various attacks.
Naturally, many are feeling horrible about what is happening and wondering how they can help. Johnna Crider wrote a bit about that yesterday, so . What caught my eye since then is that tech giants have imposed their own versions of private-sector sanctions.