In your rectum. I hear it's better than the coffee enema.
CNN team reports hearing loud explosions in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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In your rectum. I hear it's better than the coffee enema.
That's a holy shitload of planes.
It's staggering, right?
Yep.
Two pro-tips:
1: Do this position
2: Have something to lift your back up to get it all in
You'll feel better guaranteed. The Snicker bar you ate last year will finally be let free.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, chair of the Center for Civil Liberties in Kyiv, told CNN on Thursday she fears the Russian attack on Ukraine will cause a "refugee crisis."
"I am in Kyiv. And a lot of people stay in Kyiv and will fight for our country and for our city, and for our dignity," she said. "But people with children, people without parents, people who are scared (will) try to leave (the) city."
She added that she fears Russia's attack will also target journalists, civil activists, human rights defenders, and volunteers "who are ... resistant to the occupation."
When asked what could possibly prompt Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull back, Matviichuk responded, "Now, it all depends onto immediate reaction of the West."
"I am in Kyiv. And a lot of people stay in Kyiv and will fight for our country and for our city, and for our dignity," she said. "But people with children, people without parents, people who are scared (will) try to leave (the) city."
She added that she fears Russia's attack will also target journalists, civil activists, human rights defenders, and volunteers "who are ... resistant to the occupation."
When asked what could possibly prompt Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull back, Matviichuk responded, "Now, it all depends onto immediate reaction of the West."
"We, as Ukrainians, will win," she said. "I don't know how my personal story will end but I have no doubt Ukraine will stand. But we need time, and (the) West can provide this time, with their immediate reaction."
“France strongly condemns Russia's decision to wage war on Ukraine. Russia must end its military operations immediately,” he said in a tweet on Thursday. “France stands in solidarity with Ukraine. It stands with Ukrainians and is working with its partners and allies to end the war.”
European markets opened sharply lower on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine.
In the opening minutes of trade the FTSE 100 fell 2.5%, the French CAC 40 dropped 4% and Germany's Dax was 4% lower.
Earlier, Asian markets and US stock futures plunged on Thursday as news of the military action emerged. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 3%. Korea's Kospi dropped 2.6%. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost nearly 2% after coming back from a holiday. China's Shanghai Composite moved 1.7% lower.
US stocks futures also tumbled: Dow futures were down as much as 780 points, or 2.4%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were down 2.3% and 3% respectively.
In the opening minutes of trade the FTSE 100 fell 2.5%, the French CAC 40 dropped 4% and Germany's Dax was 4% lower.
Earlier, Asian markets and US stock futures plunged on Thursday as news of the military action emerged. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declined 3%. Korea's Kospi dropped 2.6%. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost nearly 2% after coming back from a holiday. China's Shanghai Composite moved 1.7% lower.
US stocks futures also tumbled: Dow futures were down as much as 780 points, or 2.4%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were down 2.3% and 3% respectively.
“These are among the darkest hours for Europe since the end of World War II,” EU High Representative Josep Borrell told reporters.
Before the crack of dawn, just before explosions began in cities across Ukraine, Russian state television unexpectedly broadcast an address by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The two self-proclaimed "people's republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk, in the breakaway Ukrainian region of Donbas, which he had officially recognized as independent less than two days before, had "turned to Russia with a request for help," he said. To answer that call he was launching a "special military operation." Its purpose: to "demilitarize" and "denazifiy" Ukraine.
Within minutes, Russian missiles began hitting targets in Ukraine. "Our actions are self-defense against threats," he told his fellow Russians, claiming Moscow had no plans to occupy Ukraine. "We do not plan to impose ourselves on anyone," he insisted.
Putin described the "special military operation" in limited terms, to protect people living in Donbas who, he claimed, had been subjected to "genocide," a charge that Ukraine has strenuously denied. But in the next breath, he lashed out more broadly: "NATO supports Ukrainian neo-Nazis ... our actions are self-defense against threats."
Then, in an extraordinary passage, he spoke directly to members of Ukraine's military, at that very moment in the crosshairs of the Russian military. Addressing them as "dear comrades," he told them they had taken an "oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people, and not to the anti-people junta that is robbing Ukraine and abuses those same people."
"Don't follow its criminal orders!" he demanded. "I urge you to lay down your weapons and go home."
As he has done so many times before, Putin claimed Russia had no choice but to defend itself. With a hard-edged tone in his voice, he seemed to threaten the US, Europe and NATO which, in just a few minutes, would witness his armed forces opening fire on Ukraine, something the Kremlin had consistently dismissed as western "hysterics."
"Whoever tries to interfere with us, and even more so, to create threats for our country, for our people, should know that Russia's response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences that you have never experienced in your history.
"We are ready for any development of events. All necessary decisions in this regard have been made."
Putin, who for years had criticized the West for ignoring his complaints about NATO's expansion toward Russia's borders, was finally striking back with fury. "I hope," he concluded his short address, "that I have been heard."
Two pro-tips:
1: Do this position
2: Have something to lift your back up to get it all in
You'll feel better guaranteed. The Snicker bar you ate last year will finally be let free.
Sounds like you have personal experience. I say, no thanks, it's all you.
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We could send social workers.