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Schaftlein Report | Humanitarian Crisis in Mariupol


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Topics: 1) No food, water or medicine in Mariupol as over 200K residents are at risk - Bodies in the streets - Russia shoots at unarmed civilians *International rules of law are being systematically disregarded - Even rules of war! 2) Russian airstrike kills 35 at military base in western Ukraine 3) 2.8M have left the country out of 45M people 4) Biden gives $200M of aid to Ukraine and congress passes $13B in additional aid *Bi-partisan members of Congress want airplanes delivered 5) So far the war has been a Strategic Disaster for Putin - He is escalating atrocities 6) Poll: 52% believe Biden's actions are not enough toward Russia, 36% say OK and 12% say too strong 7) Poll: 59% support No Fly Zone, while 41% Oppose 8) Poll: 65% want tougher Economic Sanctions, 61% more weapons but only 21% support direct military action against Russia 9) Poll: Summary 46% approve of Biden's handling of the war and 54% Do Not 10) Germans have doubled their defense budget 11) Commentary: a. Why are only 70% of Russian banks off the SWIFT system? It should be 100% b. Europe needs to rapidly reduce dependency on Russian gas c. More Oligarchs need to to have their assets frozen d. Recognize the fact that Putin is a murderous Dictator and potentially a psychopath 12) Retired General Barry McCaffery: "Russia would be squashed by an attack on a NATO country" 13) Spill over effect - China warns of consequences for military support for Taiwan 14) Tom Brady unretires and the NCAA Basketball Tournament Field is set

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The Schaftlein ReportBy Mark Schaftlein