Hi!
Yet again -months since my last post....just read over my last post looking at what I said and what has changed etc.
Covid - never really read about it now and life with regards to covid is very different to 2020. We have all had 2 vaccines and a booster...from 24 February 2022 all restrictions were lifted and people testing positive no longer have to isolate - they are advised to isolate but are not being forced to. I am worried that I will be made to go back to working in the office...really don't want to do that. I reduced my hours slightly so I finish at 4.30pm and at the moment, as soon as I finish I immediately get changed and start decorating (painting games room dark green!). If I have to have travel time in my day - this will change a lot of things. Depending on Andy's job and our finances if I am forced to go back into the office I'd be very tempted to leave....
In other news.....
So - Russia has decided to invade Ukraine! The last few weeks it has been on the news because he was gathering his army around Ukraine's border, Putin was saying it was a training exercise and at one point said the army was leaving - but then he made an announcement that he was making two area's of the Ukraine independent states and he was moving his army in for 'peacekeeping' purposes! Nobody believed this and it was very worrying...then he made an announcement that Ukraine was committing genocide against their people (with no evidence whatsoever) and that he was going to de-nazify Ukraine.
Since then (only a few days) it has been war! Ukraine are not a member of NATO (otherwise it would be full on WW3, with NATO fighting Russia) but instead countries are sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing financial restrictions against Russia. Ukrainian's are fighting! Citizens have either fled or have agreed to fight and are being given guns and are being advised to make Molotov cocktails - which they have been doing. Normal looking everyday people - women and men have been seen queuing up to collect guns and have been since in large groups making the Molotov cocktails. Lots of people went into the underground stations and basements to stay away from the bombing. On the news/Twitter etc. we see reports of the fighting. One tiny Island (snake Island) had just 12-13 people on it - were approached by a Russain warship who told then to lay down their arms and surrender or get attacked...they replied (all over loud speaker) F**k you Russian war ship! unfortunately they were then bombed and killed.
Last night was the worse so far with Ukraine's 2nd largest city Kharkiv, seeing lots of bombing and fighting and a gas pipe being blown up. We watched nothing but the news, webcams and trawled twitter last night and about 2am (their time) you could hear the fighting in the distance from one of the webcams - it sounded scary and I cannot imagine what that would be like to live through.
There are reports that the Ukrainian's are doing well defending themselves - but I can't imagine it will end well because it is Russia after all! I don't think the Russian soldiers want to be there, there is footage of Ukrainians laughing at Russians after they ran out of fuel and were stranded on the road - Ukrainian's saying - do you want a lift back to the Russian border? lol
The Ukrainian president Zelenskyy is coming across as a hero - going out onto the streets with a gun and urging his country to fight! Putin will want him dead and he knows it - I hope he survives - as well as his country!
If Putin makes any move against countries on the outskirts of Ukraine, which are members of NATO then it will be war! He has very dangerous nuclear weapons so its very worrying right now...
Russian's are protesting about the war against Ukraine - many of whom are being arrested (about 2000 I believe), there are demonstrations all over the world against Russia - because its a war without a cause!
The poor Ukrainian's - having Covid like the rest of the world and as it eases they get invaded!
