Blog #2 Zelenskiy and Klitschko – Mindblowing Leadership

Below article from the “Daily Mail” UK summarizes why I think Russia underestimated what they will be up against. And the air defense is still in place…? How can Russia have left any air defense systems in place if they wanted to overwhelm Ukraine…even just Eastern Ukraine.

I’m not a fan of what Klitschko did to Hayden Panettiere – dumping her with child – but here he is pretty amazing. But what did Zelenskiy mean when he said “fought off an attack today.” It must have been in the streets…a Russian reconnaissance party? I’ll have to find out exactly. But I’m still in sunny CA attending to Mom, whom we’ve just moved into an assisted living facility. It’s been three weeks since she moved in and we’re still adjusting things. It’s odd—the space, a large studio apartment so foreign compared to “home”—with Mom’s furniture in place and paintings/maps on the walls, herbal teas and cookies in the cabinets, and same tablecloth on the table, it feels like “home.”

Will be leaving back to Moldova next week. No, wait—I’ve just heard the Chisinau airport is closed…well, we’ll figure out how to get back in.

FEB 27 – Daily Mail

It comes after a high-rise apartment block in Kyiv was hit by a devastating missile this morning, while Ukraine's civilian death toll hit 219.

Britain's Ministry of Defence said the bulk of Russian forces involved in the advance on Kyiv were now 30 km (19 miles) from the city centre.

'Russia has yet to gain control of the airspace over Ukraine greatly reducing the effectiveness of the Russian Air Force,' the defence ministry said in an intelligence update posted on Twitter.

But armed forces minister James Heappey said today there was no reason to think a 'happy ending is just around the corner' as he warned the conflict could rumble on for months.

He told BBC Breakfast: 'Nobody should think that this is anywhere near over. What stands in front of Ukraine, its armed forces and very tragically its people, is days, weeks, months more of what we have seen over that last 48 hours.'

A 5pm to 8am curfew in Kyiv is now in force across the capital to ensure the most effective defence of the city and the safety of its people. The previous curfew had run from 10pm to 7am.

Surveillance footage shows a missile hitting a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday morning

Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said: 'All civilians on the street during the curfew will be considered members of the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups.'

As Ukrainian forces said they had fought off a Russian attack on their capital today, Zelensky vowed to stay and fight on in an impassioned video to his people.

'I am here. We will not lay down any weapons. We will defend our state, because our weapons are our truth,' he said outside his office, denouncing as disinformation claims that he had surrendered or fled.

Wearing military garb the president added: 'A lot of fake information has appeared on the internet saying that I allegedly called on our army to lay down its arms and that evacuation is underway.

'Our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children and we will protect all of this. This is what I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine!'

Balls…real balls they’ve got.