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I've been going to donate to the Red Cross, but hadn't gotten around to it yet. But I'm going to do it right now.All I can suggest is prayer and donations to the international red cross we will keep our heads down
"Thanks for your mail," - THANK YOU for checking in and letting us know you are ok!!! You, Alina, Aza, Belle, Cora and your family are constantly in my thoughts and in my prayers.Thanks for your mail, it means a lot to hear this support. Aza and Cora are still getting along amazingly well I was trying to feed Cora tonight at one end of the kitchen while Alina was getting ready to feed Aza and Belle at the door but I ended up with Cora and Aza wrapping themselves around my legs, very sweet. Cora is still hissing at Belle every time they see each other but as long as we watch nothing has escalated. We need to be very aware that it's Belle who is being the aggressor and when Cora is trying to get away it sounds absolutely dreadful but Cora can jump onto the fridge and the kitchen units where Belle only gets up there if we put a scratching post in place for her to use as a ladder so Cora has a safe place to retreat to and it's high level for superiority. We will keep trying to wear them down as much as we can in case we have to take to the underground parking but at present we are ok in our apartment.
The vermin repellent is working and the Russian Rats and their Belarusian fleas are still outside the city thanks God!
Paul and Alina
Kiev
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THANK YOU!!! If we all do what we can we can help.I have been to the International Red Cross site, and made a donation. Not nearly as much as I would wish, but all that I could. Remember that all of us here are keeping you and your entire family (including, of course, the cats) close in our hearts. Let us know you are safe as you can. We are with you. I have never, in 69 years, been so proud of another country as I am of Ukraine.
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Paul,Back in 2014 when the euro maidan movement started trying to overthrow Yanokovitch we were shocked and disgusted at the western politicians and reporters, so he leaned towards Russia they were ukraines biggest trading partner so he was a crook every Ukrainian politician with the pro able exception of Zelenski has been crooked and how would America have reacted if the Russian ambassador turned up at an anti president demo in DC. We supported the lpr and dpr because the majority of those regions are ethnic Russians we supported the crime and referendum because we knew that until 1955 Crimea was Russian territory we experienced the anti Russian attitudes cutting us off from our favourite TV channels and so on and it all seemed reasonable even 2 weeks ago we were sure Putinwas just going to reinforce the Dpr and Lpr very few people believed the warnings and now we are stuffed like a thanksgiving turkey. We can't run even if we want to because you can't buy gas so we are going to stay and pray. Today we went to vologagradski Street to deliver catfood and kitty litter to a friend who had run out and we passed roadblocks with tank traps and signs saying mines so everything is a bit more alarming than yesterday having said that our home in Levanevskogo Street is not very close to any strategic targets and unless Putin decides to level the whole city we should be ok. I am not afraid to die but I am afraid to die leaving Alina or the cats alone
Paul
"Thanks to you all for your support," - You are welcome, I WISH it was more.Thanks to you all for your support, please boycott allrussian products and services, before you fill up with gas contact the company and see if they use Russian oil, if they do boycott them and TELL THEM WHY! please don't complain about increased gas and energy prices if you are in Europe cutting off Russian income from the rest of the world is as important as sending weapons and medicine to Ukraine
Please spread this across the world as wide as you can
Paul
"One of our neighbors has left Kiev for their dascha in a village to the south about 30 mins away, we are now feeding their 3 Scottish folds," - You are WONDERFUL to do that, to care for the cats. I am seeing a lot of Scottish Folds in Ukraine on the Television. PLEASE be safe.One of our neighbors has left Kiev for their dascha in a village to the south about 30 mins away, we are now feeding their 3 Scottish folds, Artillery is louder but the BBC tells us that it's no closer. President Zelenski is asking for a no fly zone or air defense systems to even things up a bit, please ask your governments for help.
In addition I learnt yesterday that SHELL are still buying Russian crude oil, please can you boycott them AND TELL THEM WHY.
I am not yet scared but very concerned, praying constantly for the military support the EU has promised and hoping that the civilised world will not abandon us
Paul
Kiev