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Ukraine: It’s Not Possible To Do Enough, But We Can All Do Something

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This post is in: 

My heart is breaking for Ukraine.  For the country, for the people, for their leaders.

I am sure I am not the only one.

So I want to highlight some of the information about what we can do to help.  All of this information is available at any time by clicking WAR IN UKRAINE in the blue category bar.  (On mobile, it’s the first item in the mobile menu.)

If you’re doing any of these things, or anything else to help, please let us know in the comments.  It won’t be bragging, it will be inspiring other people to take action, too.

Ukraine at War (link provide by Gin & Tonic)

One-pager with instructions on ways to help and support Ukraine through these tough times. Provide feedback here.

Share this page: bit.ly/ukraine-at-war

? Donate to Armed Forces

  • National Bank of Ukraine (bank.gov.ua) – Swift (UAH/USD/GBP/EUR/+5 more), Card payments (UAH/USD/EUR)
  • Monobank (uahelp.monobank.ua) – Card payments (UAH), SEPA (GBP/EUR)
  • Come Back Alive / Повернись Живим (savelife.in.ua) – Swift (USD/EUR), Fondy (UAH), Bitcoin
  • Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine (Twitter post) – BTC, ETH, USDT

? Donate to Verified Humanitarian Aid Organisations

✍️ Sign Petitions

? Reach Out to Your Government

  • ? Worldwide: StopPutin (stopputin.net) – contacts and sample letters for 30+ countries

⛑ Provide Humanitarian Assistance

  • ?? helpukraine.center – warehouse in Poland accepting medicines and humanitarian aid to be delivered to Ukraine
  • ?? shelter4ua.com – web hub accepting offers for housing, transportation, baby sitting, etc.

✊ Join Rallies And Protests

  • ? Worldwide: StopPutin (stopputin.net) – hundreds of upcoming events around the globe
  • ?? UK: London Euromaidan events (Facebook)

? Report Russian Propaganda

⚡️ Raise Awareness

? Spread The Word

Click, click-click, click, click. Done. Helping a nation has never been easier.
Sharing this page with people you know is help on its own! Use the short URL: bit.ly/ukraine-at-war
Posts, stories, comments, messages – anything goes for informing the people and fighting misinformation.

Ways to Help (list copied from WAR IN UKRAINE in blue the category bar)

List Recommended by Gin & Tonic

World Central Kitchen  (on the Ukraine border with Poland)

Leleka Foundation  (US group that partners with Ukraine)

National Bank of Ukraine Fund for Ukraine Armed Forces

Tim Snyder: Ways to Help Ukrainians

Kyiv Independent List of How Foreigners Can Help

Carole  Cadwalladr: Ukraine Crisis Media Center

List of Other Ways to Help Ukraine

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Much respect to the people of Ukraine.  And their leaders.

Reader Interactions

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  3. 3.

    Butch

    What about animal welfare?  We’re thinking there are a lot of abandoned pets, too.

  5. 5.

    Butch

    @WaterGirl: I tried some on-line research and was suspicious of the results that turned up – so I was hoping someone had more luck.  I’ll try again.

  6. 6.

    Woodrow/asim

    Just wanted to say thank you, WaterGirl, for pulling all this information together.

  7. 7.

    Miss Bianca

    @WaterGirl: @Butch: I think animal welfare would be a uniquely BJ project. If Butch can do the research and come up with an appropriately-vetted animal welfare charity, maybe you could put up a special bleg for that?

    Meantime, I’m thinking World Central Kitchen for me, for starters.

  8. 8.

    Bort

    Great post.  We donated to World Central Kitchen.  I also want to find animal groups.

  10. 10.

    Gravenstone

    If you’re making donations, maybe see if your employer will match. Ours put out a notice today that they intend to match up to 2M euros to the German Red Cross (German company, so makes sense), so maybe others will act similarly.

  11. 11.

    Origuy

    @WaterGirl: I didn’t dig in to it because my knowledge of Russian is weak and of Ukrainian is non-existent. It looks like some of it could be done remotely; they also need web designers to produce resources that provide information to refugees.

  14. 14.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Origuy: That blog post is quite good, if people are interested in knowing the linguistic differences.

    And profound thanks to WaterGirl for putting up this post, and to all in this community who help, in whatever way they can. As someone I follow said on Twitter: this is a test for the free world. If it fails, the world will never be the same, and you won’t like the result.

  16. 16.

    CaseyL

    Another great post, WaterGirl! I’ve given some money previously, but it’s always good to have more choices.

    @Butch: No money to PETA!  Their official stance seems to be that keeping animals as pets is slavery; they’ve been known to “rescue” abandoned pets only to have them euthanized.

  17. 17.

    Origuy

    I kicked in a little to WCK, it’s an amazing organization. I hope they can set up in Moldova; I heard a report on the BBC about the people going there. It’s a very poor country, but they have a labor shortage and Ukrainian refugees are finding work there.

  18. 18.

    Wolvesvalley

    Thank you for coordinating and posting all this information!

    I sent some money to World Central Kitchen, and will probably send more.

  19. 19.

    Mike in NC

    Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana were the only nay votes on House Resolution 956, titled “Supporting the People of Ukraine.” The resolution passed the House on Wednesday with 426 votes in favor.

  20. 20.

    persistentillusion

    WCK for me as well.  How Chef Andre has yet to be awarded a Nobel Prize is completely beyond me.  He does such good work with such compassion!

  21. 21.

    Roger Moore

    @CaseyL:

    No money to PETA!

    This.  PETA are a dangerous cult.  Find someone else if you actually want to help animals, and that applies in any situation where PETA is listed as a potential recipient.

  22. 22.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Miss Bianca:

    Yes, WCK is where I started. Tossed Chef José 50 bucks yesterday; expect I’ll donate a good bit more before this is over. Would love it if there were a dedicated BJ “cause,” with thermometer (and if we’re lucky, some well-heeled donor who can put up matching money).

  24. 24.

    Mike in DC

    Santeri Eskola | ?? Slava Ukraini! on Twitter: “Update on the situation of #Kyiv It appears that the Ukrainian forces have cut off the Russian column also from west side and created a strong foothold in the area. Encirclement is inevitable. Also they have recaptured #Gostomel airport. https://t.co/lohm174ArV @pmakela1 https://t.co/Mo3iO68Tu1” / Twitter

     

    This is what happens when you get overextended and stuck inside enemy territory.  You get encircled and cut off from resupply.  If Ukraine actually pulls this off, it’s a strategic victory for them, because it shifts the situation on the ground more in their favor.

  25. 25.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    I just wanted to mention, this is the sort of thing that’s kept a tendril of my attention (even that is too much some days!) linked to Juicers for too-damn many years.

    I had a weird bit during the Iraq invasion, where I heard that W was given the sidearm Saddam Hussein was carrying when he was captured. I honestly didn’t think he deserved that – at least SH was caught *IN IRAQ*, and with a sidearm. He didn’t just get to try to cover his smirk while thinking it’s cool how lickspittles would describe him as looking *very* Presidential, and behind a desk made from a ship that had a WAY cool name. (i.e., “The Resolute desk”)

    Maybe if the firing pin was removed, so it wasn’t a working gun any more – then it’s just a souvenir – and it would be okay to hand it to him. But he couldn’t even take his physical to finish out his carved-out position for his “Get out of Vietnam, Free!” card.

    It’s like, whatever else, SH was carrying a sidearm, that he might have used against an attacker; and he hadn’t fled to some nation that would let him Trumpet to his heart’s content. His situation merited a weapon. W’s entire career hadn’t.

  26. 26.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    @Mike in DC: That’s my best, biggest hope at the moment. They’re going to lose war machinery, and if sanctions are harsh enough, things are going to get *very* expensive, quickly.

    Low morale among tank crews, artillery crews, and, hell, *pilots*, and friendly people to whom one can peacefully surrender can make for a very expensive attack to flounder around with. It would be a grim, ironic bit of justice if Ukraine had to raid a Russian armory to get parts and ammo, and yell the Russian equivalent of “Hey, guys, uh, ‘tanks’ for the machinery!”

    Hey, *you* spend 50 years trying to entertain this brain! You’d come up with funny, impossible scenarios too. Just remember: I predicted the lifting of the curse of the bambino – when the Sox were down 0-3. Because of a lovely wedding occurring within the crucial time frame. Sometimes, well, sometimes the magic works perfectly.

  27. 27.

    The Dangerman

    Top photo, is that a nail through a schlong? Um, ouch.

    I’m down for sunflowers, however. She is this war’s Tank Man (I’m old enough to remember seeing Tank Man live and damn near soiling myself). Tianenman (sp?) made me heartsick.

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  28. 28.

    trollhattan

    Uh, Kentucky, haven’t you done enough already without electing this guy? (Maybe I should type “this goy”)

    March 3, 2022 at 4:25 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

    Kentucky state Rep. Danny Bentley (R) invoked Jews and the Holocaust as he made false claims about the origins of a medication used to induce abortions, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

    “Bentley falsely said RU-486, or Mifepristone, one of two pills taken to induce abortion, was developed during World War II and was called Zyklon B, the gas that killed millions of Jews in the Holocaust.”

    “Bentley then opined on his perception of the sexual habits of Jewish women.”

    He seems nice.

  29. 29.

    trollhattan

    Welp, Vlad’s really done it now.

    An international cat federation has said it’s banning all Russian cats from entering its competitions.
    In a statement on its website the Fédération Internationale Féline said it was “horrified” by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and had subsequently decided to disallow Russian cats from competing in its competitions, which take place around the world.
    As well as this, it said that no cats bred in Russia would be allowed to be registered with its organisation outside of Russia.
    The rules will be in place until the end of May, when they will be reviewed.
    It added that it would dedicate a part of its budget to support cat breeders in Ukraine who are suffering because of the current situation.

  31. 31.

    Miss Bianca

    @SiubhanDuinne: WCK seems to be the far and away favorite with the jackaltariat, so far, which makes sense, considering what foodies we all seem to be. Maybe that one could be the thermometer bleg! Or we could do more than one!

  33. 33.

    Scout211

    Is this real or a stunt?

    A Russian investor has put a $1 million bounty on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head, asking for Russian military officers to arrest Putin as a war criminal.

    “I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws,” said crypto investor and California-based businessman Alex Konanykhin in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

    Konanykhin claimed that Putin had violated the Russian constitution by “eliminating free elections” and “murdering his opponents.”

  34. 34.

    Miss Bianca

    @Scout211: If it’s only $1 million, probably a stunt. Still…I appreciate the sentiment. (Sunflower) Seed has been planted…

  35. 35.

    WaterGirl

    I am back and catching up.  I was cooking and following the post, forgot about a scheduled meeting at 3pm and then got a call from a client in the middle of all that.

    But i’m back now and I’ll catch up on anything anyone needed from me.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    @Miss Bianca: I think maybe 2 or 3 different people all trying to find out if there is anything organized to help with pets might be a good idea, so if a couple more people want to volunteer, that would be great.

    If we (collectively) identify an option or multiple options I will certainly put up a post, as well as adding them to the lists at WAR IN UKRAINE.  (in the category bar)

  39. 39.

    Sebastian

    @Mike in DC:

    So that was the plan. Have DoorDash.ru deliver all that military hardware, then cut them off, take a shitload of POWs, an even bigger shitton of hardware, and give hardware to the 80-100k folks that just returned from abroad?

    Instant Army! Holy shit lol

    If this is the plan and if this plan works, we are looking at the most badass strategic move in the history of warfare.

  41. 41.

    Dan B

    OT About another set of monsters.  Thousands of schoolchildren in Florida staged a walkout to oppose the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and were loud enough to be heard in the chamber (Senate?) where it was being debated.

  44. 44.

    Cowgirl in the Sandi

    I donated to WCK several  days ago and have been donating to them often in the past.  Chef Jose is amazing.  A thermometer dedicated to WCK would be cool!!

  47. 47.

    WaterGirl

    I will see what I can do about a thermometer.  It’s not like Act Blue that does it for you, but I can see if I can rig something up.

    If anyone has experience with doing that, send me an email message?  thanks.

  48. 48.

    Lyrebird

    @WaterGirl: I saw one on DKos I think, they have an ActBlue with a couple options, one was for an animal welfare group helping there…  Will look this evening.

  49. 49.

    Sandia Blanca

    Thank you, WaterGirl. Like many above, we have also donated to World Central Kitchen, and will support some of the other groups you’ve listed above.

    One question I have: some folks have suggested leaving “restaurant reviews” for Moscow restaurants that consist of pleas from Ukrainians and/or captured Russian soldiers. Does anyone know if that really works?

  55. 55.

    debbie

    @Butch:

    I saw a post on my FB page for a rescue group, so I’m sure you could Google. Sorry I don’t remember the name of the organization.

  56. 56.

    trollhattan

    Of course he is.

    March 3, 2022 at 4:18 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “is fundraising off a recent viral video depicting the Republican governor bluntly asking a group of high school students to take off their masks ahead of a public event, which drew outrage among Democrats,” Politico reports.

  57. 57.

    debbie

    My work had a matching donation day for Ukraine yesterday. For me, it was a toss up between World Kitchen and UNICEF, and because the night before I’d seen a photo on Twitter of a room filled with little kids sitting on benches (and an oversized crib with seven babies), I went with UNICEF.

  58. 58.

    Almost Retired

    The Ukrainian American I know best is a Jewish woman (and her husband) who both emigrated from Kyiv to Los Angeles late in the Soviet era.  She will cut you if you say “the Ukraine.”

    Therefore, one of my donations was to Project Kesher.  Project Kesher’s primary mission focuses on empowering Jewish women and girls in Eastern Europe, but they set up a separate relief fund for women and girls:

    https://www.projectkesher.org/emergencyfundforukraine

  59. 59.

    debbie

    @Scout211:

    I just heard a report on NPR. Apparently, Putin thought he’d insulated Russia from sanctions beforehand. Ha! If nothing else, the damage done by sanctions proves Vova’s not the brightest bulb in the package.

  60. 60.

    debbie

    These are the criminals detained during a demonstration:

     

    มอสโก เด็ก 5 คน อายุระหว่าง 7 ถึง 11 ปี ถูกจับฐานประท้วงต่อต้านสงคราม พอทนายมาก็ถูกปล่อยตัวMoscow, 5 children between 7 and 11 have been detained for protesting against the war. They came with parents. After a lawyer came, they were released #ยูเครน #StandWithUkraine #ukraine pic.twitter.com/wQ9j7rAgnI— Thomasz (@Thomasz88654053) March 2, 2022

  61. 61.

    Madeleine

    I’ve just donated to three organizations to provide support to medical, military, and civilian needs: Sunflowers for Peace, Revive Soldiers for Ukraine, and Razom. I tried to send a donation to the National Bank of Ukraine’s military support fund but ran into a problem with confirmation, probably from my credit union.

  63. 63.

    Martin

    So, I’d been focused on the EU and NATO as the main coalitions here, but apparently the G7 is as well. (This is Biden consensus building, restoring US reputation, and doing it in a VERY low-key manner).

    Apparently the G7 have a direct goal of toppling Russias economy. More than a ‘create pain for Putin’ plan, a straight up economic collapse. This seems like a good strategy for me. It creates a 2nd front for Putin to have to fight – his own people. It makes it almost impossible to fund the war as the currency he needs to pay troops and whatnot is also needed to import literally anything in the country now that all of their foreign reserves have been frozen. And the cost of importing anything has gone through the roof with the collapse of the ruble.

    I’m guessing the Russian troops aren’t going to get paid starting soon. So the Ukrainian offer of 40K Euro (5 million ruble) and asylum if they surrender is going to get really attractive, really soon. Willing to bet every western country is happy to pay for that program. That’s cheap as shit. Russia is probably going to need to start tasking the military with domestic control due to the economic problems. If nothing else this limits his ability to reinforce the Ukraine operation. If things get bad enough, he might need to pull those forces back to quell uprising at home.

    Right now I think the only major shipping company still serving Russia is China’s COSCO, and Russia will have trouble paying them. None of the air freight can operate due to the varying airspace restrictions. Russias domestic airlines are almost certain to go under in about a month. All of the finance companies are out because they can’t process transactions. Russian banks need cash to keep from going under stretching that currency even further.

  64. 64.

    Calouste

    @Mike in DC: The Guardian reported earlier today that EU officials thought the Ukrainian number for Russian casualties (9,000 killed at that time) was accurate. If it is (and it is probably more accurate than the Russian number of 500), and it keeps going like this, it’s looking pretty dire for Russia. It means they’ve probably lost 15-20% of their force (killed, wounded, deserted) in a week.

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    @Almost Retired: I will add that to the list that’s on WAR IN UKRAINE in the category bar.

    For folks who haven’t clicked yet… after the list of good newspapers, good twitter peeps to follow for Ukraine and the lists of how you can help, all the Ukraine posts show up on that page, from most recent to oldest.

  67. 67.

    Martin

    @Mike in DC: I think this might answer my question for Adam last night when he mentioned Ukrainian troops had passed Luhansk and reached the Russian border. Part of the strategy, just as Russian forces are largely bypassing cities in order to control more territory, at least some Ukrainian forces are bypassing the front troops and focusing on attacking supply lines instead.

    Best as I can tell, Ukraine has taken more tanks off the board by them running out of gas or getting stuck in the mud than by anti-tank weapons. And that’s great – free tank. Save the anti-tank weapons for when you really need them.

  71. 71.

    Sebastian

    @WaterGirl:

    This is a deliberate tactic used against oppressive regimes.

    You send a grandma or children first, the regime reacts the way it reacts, and people see the absurd and it punches through the veil of bullshit.

    You noticed. So did Russians.

  73. 73.

    Spanky

    For the little that it’s worth, CNN is reporting that “RT America ceases productions and lays off most of its staff”.

  74. 74.

    Calouste

    @Martin: 40K Euro times 200,000 soldiers is 8 billion. Which is as good as free in the grand scheme of things. You could even toss in a million for every Russian military pilot who deserts with their plane or just ditches it in the Black Sea.

  75. 75.

    Sebastian

    @Martin:

    Thank you for writing it up so eloquently. Joe really fucked Putin with a rusty pitchfork here. Masterclass.

    See, Vova? This is how it feels when America fucks YOU!

  77. 77.

    Sebastian

    @Calouste:

    Brilliant idea! Flood the frequencies:

    $5m and Green Card :

    Land in Turkey or any NATO country

    Repaint, refuel, rearm, put Ukrainian pilot inside, bomb Russian artillery.

  80. 80.

    Martin

    @Calouste: Oh, there are some Russian weapons I don’t think the US has had time to take apart. Pretty sure an Su-57 landed intact will get you a lifetime pension and a free house in the US state of your choice. Same might go for a T-14 tank.

    Not sure Putin is willing to risk the shiny toys here. I’ve certainly not seen mention of either of these in photos, etc. There are some newer T-90s showing up though. US will probably offer a free John Deere to whichever farmer tows one to the Polish border.

  81. 81.

    trollhattan

    We claim to have fished the lost F-35 off the bottom of the South China Sea, before the Chinese did.

    The US Navy has said it has retrieved a stealth fighter jet from the depths of the South China Sea where it sank after a “mishap” in January.

    A major operation was launched to recover the $100m (£74m) F-35C jet – the newest, most advanced in the US force.

    The aircraft ended up in at the bottom of the South China Sea following a landing problem on the USS Carl Vinson. The region has been a source of rising US-China tensions in recent years.

    The F-35C Lightning II was retrieved on Wednesday from a depth of 12,400 feet (3,780 metres) using a remotely operated vehicle that fastened rigging and lift lines to the aircraft. A hook was lowered from a diving support ship’s crane to the sea floor, which was attached to the rigging. The jet was then lifted to the surface and hoisted aboard the vessel.

    “The recovery effort shows the US Navy’s commitment to its assets, and a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy said in a statement.

    Seven sailors were injured in the crash earlier this year, when the F-35C struck the deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in a crash landing made during a military exercise.

    The single-engine stealth fighter impacted the flight deck of the 100,00-tonne aircraft carrier and then fell into the sea, the Navy said. The pilot was ejected to safety and rescued in a helicopter.

    “Landing problem” is such a nice alternative to “crashed.” No word if any pilots named McCain were involved.

  83. 83.

    WaterGirl

    @Martin: The Rs would have us go the way of Putin if it meant they could retain power and money and control everything.

    Republicans have become monsters, and any Republican that doesn’t disavow authoritarianism needs to be voted out of office or arrested for their crimes.

  84. 84.

    Martin

    @trollhattan: I still fail to understand how this was difficult for the US. Just park an attack sub on it until you can get the salvage crew out there. The attack sub can sit there for months.

  86. 86.

    Chief Oshkosh

    I contacted all of my reps from House to White House and donated to the Kitchen. Can I haz sunflower sticker?

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  87. 87.

    Miss Bianca

    @trollhattan: “Yeah, I really showed those kids who’s boss!”

    You would think that even Republicans would draw the line at bullying kids, but oh, who am I kidding. They think bullying builds character or some such shit.

  88. 88.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    @trollhattan:

    A lot of pharmacists are abject morons, and he’s from a particularly dumbassed corner of this benighted state.

  89. 89.

    CaseyL

    @VeniceRiley: Something a little weird with their donation page – or maybe it’s my computer? I want to make a single donation, not monthly, but when I filled out the form and clicked on the [Submit] button, the monthly donation option checked itself off (i.e., indicated that I would be making a monthly contribution).  Did it twice, so I sadly didn’t complete the transaction.

  91. 91.

    JimV

    Thanks very much for the links. The Ukrainian National Bank would not accept my credit card, although Amazon does. One of the charities finally did.

  93. 93.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Spanky:

    For the little that it’s worth, CNN is reporting that “RT America ceases productions and lays off most of its staff”. 

    SAD!

  94. 94.

    Geminid

    @trollhattan: A few days after the plane was lost, some closed circuit tv video of the plane hitting the flight deck and spinning off the carrier was put up on the internet. Now a lieutenant and four petty officers are facing charges for uploading the video. The Navy Times has an article about this.

  95. 95.

    Gin & Tonic

    Please note that MSF (Doctors Without Borders,) to whom I regularly contribute anyway, now has several initiatives in Ukraine – including in the besieged city of Mariupol, and on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

  97. 97.

    Calouste

    @Martin: The reason you might not have seen an SU-57 is that production of them is in the low double digits so far, and the first actual production plane crashed before it was even delivered.

  99. 99.

    debbie

    @trollhattan:

    You made me Google, ?

    “Did you know that a Jewish woman has less cancer of the cervix than any other race in this country or this world?” Bentley asked. “And why is that? Because the Jewish women only have one sex partner… They don’t have multiple sex partners. To say that the Jewish people approve of this drug now is wrong.”

    But of course, because he’s a gentleman, he later apologized.

    “I meant absolutely no harm in my comments today and sincerely apologize for any they caused. Last week we received a heartbreakingly sad reminder that anti-Semitism still exists in our society and I apologize if my comments today caused similar pain or any doubt that I stand with the Jewish Community against hatred,” he said. “My intention was to speak as a pharmacist to the history of RU-486 and respond to a proposed amendment. I clearly should have been more sensitive with my comments.”

    Bastard looks very much like Colonel Saunders.

  101. 101.

    Wapiti

    @LongHairedWeirdo: I’ve always thought that a weapon carried by Saddam Hussein when he was captured had a real dollar value as a collector’s piece, higher than the permitted nominal value of a gift to a US Government official. It could be loaned to the Bush library, for example, but should have remained property of the US.

  102. 102.

    Argiope

    Thanks for the post!  I set up a recurring donation to World Central Kitchen since they are always on the ground everywhere it’s raining shit, and sent another single donation to Leleka Foundation for medical supplies.  As a nurse who loves good food, these organizations are doing the kind of good I particularly relate to.  I’d love the Ukrainian flag sticker without so much nail in it later, please!

  104. 104.

    Zelma

    I know there are a lot of options for supporting Ukrainian refugees but I’d like to put in a plug for Lutheran World Relief.  They have lots of experience dealing with refugees, they have a well established disaster relief infrastructure, they work thru local churches (and there are quite a number of Lutherans in Eastern Europe) and 100% of donations will be used for relief.  No overhead.  I’m sending my money to them.  For information you can contact [email protected].

  114. 114.

    debbie

    Someone’s already been arrested for violating sanctions. Guess who he’s connected to:

    Former Fox News Producer for Sean Hannity Indicted for Helping Russia.

    The DOJ revealed that Jack Hanick was quietly arrested in London on Feb. 3 for dodging U.S. sanctions by helping a sanctioned Russian oligarch, Konstantin Malofeyev, start Tsargrad TV.https://t.co/GFOppxNVC1
    — Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 3, 2022

  119. 119.

    CCL

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Please note that MSF (Doctors Without Borders,) to whom I regularly contribute anyway, now has several initiatives in Ukraine – including in the besieged city of Mariupol, and on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

    Thanks for this reminder, G&T… off to donate.

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    Another Scott

    The founder of AndroidPolice was born in Ukraine and still has family there. AndroidPolice stands with the people of Ukraine:

    There are several ways you can help. The Ukrainian Army is accepting donations directly though the National Bank of Ukraine, and can also be aided through the Return Alive Foundation — Ukraine even accepts Dogecoin, as well as other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. With many Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter in Poland, Polish Humanitarian Action and the Polish Center for International Aid could also use your support. And as civilian casualties continue to mount, Doctors Without Borders, the UN Central Emergency Fund, and the Ukrainian Red Cross will need additional resources as well. Even just playing Doom II can help you support the Ukrainian people.

    You can also contact your local government representatives at all levels to let them know your feelings on the matter, in the hope it might be reflected in their decisions later.

    Good sources of detailed news regarding the ongoing invasion can be hard to come by. The Russian people, in particular, have little choice beyond propaganda, which is why a large portion of them still believe its government’s lies. But several noteworthy Telegram news channels and Putin-opposing dissidents provide more detailed and honest coverage:

    NEXTA Live
    TEAM OSINT
    ТРУХАХарьков + Украина
    Реальная Война
    Михаил Ходорковский
    Aleksandr Nevzorov
    В гостях у Гордона
    TV Rain

    Lastly, if you know anyone who may be personally affected by the tragedy, with friends or family trapped in the country and unable to escape, odds are they could use your support too. Lend them a sympathetic ear if you can.

    See the original for embedded links.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    Calouste

    Russians apparently fleeing their country in the thousands:

    “I got my family together after a friend at the ‘top’ called me about this martial law thing. We booked the first plane available on Tuesday and flew to a random country I have never been before,” said Anton, a senior manager at a major Russian oil and gas firm. “I am not planning to fight in this war that wasn’t my decision to begin with.”

     

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/03/people-leaving-russia-ukraine-war

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    Gin & Tonic

    Reports are that Europe’s largest nuclear reactor is being shelled and is on fire.

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    Calouste

    Another way to help Ukrainians is to book a place in Ukraine via Airbnb, pay for it, and obviously not go.

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    Spanky

    @Gin & Tonic: Winds at the moment throughout Ukraine are from the northwest (per windy.com). Tomorrow they shift to come from due west.

    I don’t think this is such a good idea for Russia.

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    Argiope

    @Gin & Tonic: So much of the past week has been about learning things I didn’t previously perceive a need to know, like “how do you turn off a nuclear reactor that might or might not be on fire at the time?”,  “What’s the best way to make a Molotov cocktail?”, and “What exactly IS a vacuum bomb, anyway?”  I’m going to assume the Ukrainians have this possible disaster confined as much as humanly possible, in order to keep the area habitable for the next 75 years after this stupid unnecessary war is over. The injustice and pain and loss of it all is crazy making. Putin needs trans-cortical lead therapy so the rest of us can breathe.

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    Gin & Tonic

    Please write this down in you diaries, folk. Megan McArgleBargle is right:

    I feel like the point at which the dictator’s troops are shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is the point at which we should probably stop debating whether he is simply a rational actor mounting a calculated, completely understandable response to NATO expansion.
    — Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) March 4, 2022

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    West of the Rockies

    @Martin:

    It is soooo fucking gratifying to watch goblin Putin facing behind-the-scenes (and center stage) rat-fucking after all his propaganda, election tampering, and hacking efforts.

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    japa21

    @Gin & Tonic: ​
      Just totally uninformed guess on my part. And I know the blog master would say I should just shut up. Only two reason s for the shelling to take place.
    First to to cut off a major power source for Ukraine.
    Second, and the one that may be the real one, if radiation is released and heads toward Russia, he will claim the Ukrainians did it and therefore he would be justified using nuclear weapons.

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    Middlelee

    I went with WCK until we get an animal slot.

    Haven’t read all the comments yet so there may be something I missed.

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    WaterGirl

    I will be checking this thread in the morning for more donation and information suggestions, and I will add good suggestions to the list tomorrow.

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    Origuy

    @debbie: Tsargrad, by the way, is the old Russian name for Constantinople. If you read the linked article, Tsargrad TV is an Orthodox channel.

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    One of the Many Jens

    Hey all, there are also a handful Ukraine charity/funds that have been set up on Act Blue, including Nova Ukraine and Razom for Ukraine.  I’d been a little leery about plugging my credit card number into sites I don’t know much about, so I was happy to see this.

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