(December 18, 2022 at 10:52 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: And while IA is criticizing Ukraine for having the temerity to defend itself and its people, here's a reminder of what they're defending against:
Quote:Dec 18 (Reuters) - Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday.
"The city is restoring all services after the latest shelling," Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
"In particular, the capital's heat supply system was fully restored. All sources of heat supply work normally."
Ukrainian officials said Russia fired more than 70 missiles on Friday in one of its heaviest barrages since the Kremlin's Feb. 24 invasion, forcing emergency blackouts nationwide and cutting access to heat and water.
Temperatures in Kyiv and many places across Ukraine were below freezing on Sunday morning, with forecasts expecting them to dip to minus 6 degrees Celsius (21.2 °F) in the capital by the evening.
Kyiv is by far the largest city in Ukraine with an estimated population of about 3 million, with up to two million more in the Kyiv region.
As of late Saturday, a third of the city remained without power.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hea...022-12-18/
Criticizing NATO, not the people of Ukraine. I have no problem with the people of Ukraine fighting, and they have fought bravely. Russia is victim too here though. NATO has now attacked their nuclear triad brazenly. NATO is likely at least partly to blame for the start of the war. You realize you can be immoral and a victim at the same time, right? The Taliban were victims of the US invasion, etc. Victim does not equal angel.