Exclusive: So many Canadian fighters in Ukraine, they have their own battalion, source says

I am a hippy at heart, and war makes my insides churn. I grew up a military brat, my Granddad was an engineer in the military, and my younger brother is a Captain in the Navy (I tease him and say my rank of ‘Diva’ is higher), so I am no stranger to military talk. As soon as the tanks rolled in I asked my brother how worries should I be, and he responded in our family chat with “Worried. An 8.

I was talking to a developer colleague of mine today about seeing the women in combat gear, the maternity hospital bombing, and just the fact that you are pitting civilians against a trained army. It is insanity. She is actually talking about heading over to a neighboring country to help with the relief efforts. 

"I’ll research it. See how I can actually help, not just send money. Everyone thinks someone else is going to solve the problem. When do we actually step in and say enough is enough.” Cath said to me, with this desperate, anxiety in her voice.

 I agreed.

“You don’t help yourself to shit that isn’t yours. You don’t try to take it by force, and you don’t destroy something you can’t have just because you can’t have it. Stuff Putin should have learned in kindergarten. God that guy’s a fucking asshole.” I said, and we both nodded in agreement at each other over our Zoom call. 

What catastrophic event has to happen to make the west/NATO stop being blackmailed into inaction by Putin’s insane nuclear threats?

Things that are on my mind as I try to get two sites launched.