Jesus H. Christ. And I thought the US had it bad simply because of our politicians' own stupidity, greed, and wokeness. I apologize for my ignorance. You guys have it far worse and must surely think we're a self-absorbed nation of whiners. Which we are. Geeze.

I suspect Ukraine will have to decisively prevail over Putin's forces before this situation can be improved. The invasion cannot be allowed to drag on. That was a summer luxury.