I bet they keep these in their yard which is full of everything from farm equipment to Volvo’s, fridges and stuff. “Just in case.”
From the Guardian live blog:
China asked Russia not to invade Ukraine until after the 2022 winter olympics had concluded, revealing that Chinese officials had some knowledge of Putin’s plans for an invasion of Ukraine, reported the New York Times’s Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes:
A Western intelligence report said senior Chinese officials told senior Russian officials in early February not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to senior Biden administration officials and a European official.
The report indicates that senior Chinese officials had some level of knowledge about Russia’s war plans or intentions before the invasion started last week. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing on Feb. 4 before the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Moscow and Beijing issued a 5,000-word statement at the time declaring that their partnership had “no limits,” denouncing NATO enlargement and asserting that they would establish a new global order with true “democracy.”
The intelligence on the exchange between the Chinese and Russian officials was classified. It was collected by a Western intelligence service and considered credible by officials reviewing it. Senior officials in the United States and allied governments passed it around as they discussed when Mr. Putin might attack Ukraine.
However, different intelligence services had varying interpretations, and it is not clear how widely the information was shared.
Read the full article here (paywall).
I am worried:
Thank goodness, seems weather related:
Shit:
Not good. Same as RU have said about Azov.
i am sure i heard there was another one seized today, i will have a look
i checked it, seems to be true. 
Didn’t the siege of Leningrad end 78yrs ago, and she’s 76?
I have no idea. The woman is a journalist who is normally good (does a lot of reporting on Middle east). What can I say ? Lady looks elderly. But I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the Leningrad claim.
