Dozens wounded in shelling of Kharkiv, as Russia strikes buildings with suspected cluster munitions

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13. You might be surprised what the cutoff of $$$ to the nouveau oligarchs can do

It's not a matter of "waiting" for Russia to be "hurt". They had to close their stock market today, the ruble is toast, nations around the world are now cutting off air travel to/from there and over their airspace, and a huge shipping company is looking at cutting shipments from their company, destined to go there - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142879272

If you think the supply chain backups are an issue, well that will make it infinitely worse for them.

The main face-saving "exit strategy" lies in what goes on with the "negotiations" whenever they resume, and how some kind of "agreement" can be forged with wording that will at least initiate a cease-fire.

The U.N. is currently meeting in an extraordinary session - https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017716011

I expect many other countries will initiate their own sanctions but because they are not "Europe", they won't get much press.