My sister-in-law talked to my husband and said that on the Czech news she heard that there is a 12-hour wait of Ukrainians at the Slovak Republic border. It's just awful what is happening! Imagine fearing to the degree of leaving your country? Once they get into Slovak Republic, many of the refugees will surely come to Czech Republic. Czech Republic ready to take in refugees from Ukraine | Radio Prague International Unlike between Ukraine and Slovak Republic, where there is an official border, there is no border crossing between Slovak Republics and Czech Republics. Slovak Republic and Czech Republics are both EU members. Ukraine is not. EU members do not have border crossings between them.

I saw the Ukrainian president giving a speech directed at the Russian people. He was telling them that what Putin was saying was false. The sad part is that most Russians would not see the speech as Putin pretty much controls the media. They flat out wouldn't show the speech. So, Zelenskyy was mostly speaking to the Russians that live within Ukraine's borders. Zelenskky is a very pleasant kind of man who was elected as the first "descent" kind of man after dishonest criminal types. When he gave the speech he looked very disturbed and on the verge of tears. The good thing is that apparently many Russian people are not in favor of the evil cr*p Putin is doing. Let's hope that at some point that makes a positive difference.

The other day, my sister wrote me that my brother heard that China might invade Taiwan someday. This is a possibility I've known about for a long time. I lived in Taiwan and know that such an invasion would be dreaded by them. I feel worried as they've been unable to secure definite powerful allies around the world. It's all about international relations. When I was in Taiwan, Hong Kong was not yet under the thumb of China P.R.C.