I’m going to be offline most of tomorrow – I’m going to be doing heavy lifting for the Afghan refugee resettlement folks. Literally: they’ve got a bunch of heavy boxes filled with donated goods that have to be moved so volunteers can sort the items for distribution. Since picking up and putting down heavy objects is my sweet spot, so I’ll be helping them out for a good chunk of the day.
By the time I hit publish on this, dawn will have broken over Ukraine about thirty minutes ago. The news sources I’ve been following in Ukraine are largely quiet, though the air rid sirens have gone off in Kyiv and several other cities.
⚡️Air raid alerts in Kyiv.
Residents must get to the nearest shelter.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 28, 2022
⚡️Blasts heard in Kyiv and Kharkiv early on Monday morning, Ukraine's State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection reported.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 28, 2022
⚡️A missile struck a residential building in Chernihiv, a city 150 km north from Kyiv, according to the State Communications Service.
Two lower floors were set on fire. There is currently no information about casualties.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 28, 2022
I do want to highlight a couple of things. The first is that earlier today on the 27th here in the US, it was reported that a large convoy of Russian forces was moving towards Kyiv.
New ? @Maxar satellite images show a 3.25-mile convoy of Russian ground forces with 100s of military vehicles NE of Ivankiv, Ukraine and moving toward Kyiv (40 miles away). Contains fuel, logistics, armored vehicles (tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery). pic.twitter.com/Z75iNhy7Jw
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 27, 2022