I still receive money from company based in Russia. This block was announced on the first day of three-day public holidays in Russia, when banks do not process corporate transactions.
Even if on Wednesday morning my company will arrange an advance payment, it won’t get to me in time to withdraw cash via ATM (Visa ban will become active on Wednesday night, and Mastercard has already stopped working for many people earlier today)
I don’t know if that was planned, or was just an unlucky coincidence, but there is no buffer to really do anything.
We are on different levels, and it is not comparable at all. I have no idea what it means to hear the sirens.
But several of my close friends from Ukraine do, as they hide from the same exact bombs as you.
I cry because I have so little impact on this, I cannot stop the bombings, and the least I can do is help people flee for their lives. And this feels like so little, but that’s all I can do right now.
Putin's demands seem reasonable. he wants ethnic Russians in the east of the country to stop being terrorised and murdered and he wants to be assured NATO can't create a security threat for Russia in Ukraine. Is there much public support in Ukraine to end the invasion by agreeing to his terms?
NATO is creating a security threat? The countries from the Eastern Bloc have run towards NATO because they're afraid of Russia and potential annexation. The only security threat is in Putin's head.
I still receive money from company based in Russia. This block was announced on the first day of three-day public holidays in Russia, when banks do not process corporate transactions.
Even if on Wednesday morning my company will arrange an advance payment, it won’t get to me in time to withdraw cash via ATM (Visa ban will become active on Wednesday night, and Mastercard has already stopped working for many people earlier today)
I don’t know if that was planned, or was just an unlucky coincidence, but there is no buffer to really do anything.