The days of Russia’s
Anschluss of Crimea,
the annexation of the Black Sea,
claiming Sevastopol for their fleet, forever,
as if this was their destiny, their right.
The days of Russia’s
Anschluss of Crimea,
Now ten years later, the anguish,
Not union but terror, sorrow,
The people imprisoned, subjugated.
The days of Russia’s
Anschluss of Crimea,
Have reached their apex, their end, a catharsis,
It may not be days or hours, weeks even,
But that day will certainly come…
-------------
Edited February 3, 2024
The days of Russia’s Anschluss of Crimea – v2
February 3, 2024
The days of the Russia’s Anschluss of Crimea
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-days-of-russias-anschluss-of-crimea.html
Crimea was annexed in 2014 by Russia,
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine was in 2022.
The cracks in the hegemony of the military,
Especially the Black Sea Fleet,
Point to the end of the occupation and
Defeat in Russia’s war of terror., of conquest.
&
Edited November 19, 2023
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v3.html
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2.html
Edited September 3, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine.html
April 11, 2014
crying for Crimea
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/crying-for-crimea.html
&
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.html
Edited February 21, 2023
Now more than ever – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v3.html
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden Ahead of the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine, delivered in Warsaw, Poland
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-ahead-of-the-one-year-anniversary-of-russias-brutal-and-unprovoked-invasion-of-ukraine/
&
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland After Bilateral Meeting
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-andrzej-duda-of-poland-after-bilateral-meeting/
&
Edited February 20, 2023
Now more than ever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v2.html
February 20, 2023
Now more than ever
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-now-more-than-ever.html
after President Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv,
before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
&
February 20, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in Joint Statement
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/20/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-in-joint-statement/
&
February 20, 2023
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-travel-to-kyiv-ukraine/
&
Edited January 18, 2023
We have made our choice – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice-v2.html
January 18, 2023
We have made our choice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice.html
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyrto Kuleba
Interview by Mary Louise Kelly
On NPR’s Consider This
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1149167871
&
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v4.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v3.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v2.html
May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon.html
&
edited May 5, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds-v2.html
May 4, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds.html
two C130s overhead
on Route 17
downtown Green Cove Springs
&
edited April 4, 2022
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v2.html
April 4, 2022
The blood of the dead in Bucha
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha.html
&
reposted April 1, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1510028769184124928
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html
March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
&
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
&
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
&
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
&
March 4, 2022
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War
cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
March 4, 2022
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
March 1, 2022
Gripped by this moment of conflict
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/gripped-by-this-moment-of-conflict.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/6437456/7793324946138352974
February 27, 2022
A run on the banks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks.html
edited February 27, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
edits adding last stanza, about ICJ filing
edited February 26, 2022
Signs of the End Times – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times-v2.html
merged February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
The insanity of these minutes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes-v2.html
edited February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v2.html
February 25, 2022
The insanity of these minutes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes.html
February 25, 2022
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
&
February 25, 2022
Signs of the End Times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times.html
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the annexation of the Black Sea,
claiming Sevastopol for their fleet, forever,
as if this was their destiny, their right.
Now ten years later, the anguish,
Not union but terror, sorrow,
The people imprisoned, subjugated.
Have reached their apex, their end, a catharsis,
It may not be days or hours, weeks even,
But that day will certainly come…
Edited February 3, 2024
The days of Russia’s Anschluss of Crimea – v2
The days of the Russia’s Anschluss of Crimea
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-days-of-russias-anschluss-of-crimea.html
Crimea was annexed in 2014 by Russia,
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine was in 2022.
The cracks in the hegemony of the military,
Especially the Black Sea Fleet,
Point to the end of the occupation and
Defeat in Russia’s war of terror., of conquest.
&
Edited November 19, 2023
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v3.html
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2.html
Edited September 3, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine.html
April 11, 2014
crying for Crimea
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/crying-for-crimea.html
&
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.html
Edited February 21, 2023
Now more than ever – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v3.html
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden Ahead of the One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Brutal and Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine, delivered in Warsaw, Poland
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-ahead-of-the-one-year-anniversary-of-russias-brutal-and-unprovoked-invasion-of-ukraine/
&
February 21, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland After Bilateral Meeting
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/21/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-andrzej-duda-of-poland-after-bilateral-meeting/
&
Edited February 20, 2023
Now more than ever – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-v2.html
February 20, 2023
Now more than ever
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/now-more-than-ever-now-more-than-ever.html
after President Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv,
before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
&
February 20, 2023
Remarks by President Biden and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in Joint Statement
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/20/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-in-joint-statement/
&
February 20, 2023
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-travel-to-kyiv-ukraine/
&
Edited January 18, 2023
We have made our choice – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice-v2.html
January 18, 2023
We have made our choice
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/01/we-have-made-our-choice.html
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyrto Kuleba
Interview by Mary Louise Kelly
On NPR’s Consider This
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1149167871
&
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v4.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v3.html
edited May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon-v2.html
May 8, 2022
The Bear and the Dragon
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-bear-and-dragon.html
&
edited May 5, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds-v2.html
May 4, 2022
Under the shadow of the birds
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/under-shadow-of-birds.html
two C130s overhead
on Route 17
downtown Green Cove Springs
&
edited April 4, 2022
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v2.html
April 4, 2022
The blood of the dead in Bucha
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha.html
&
reposted April 1, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1510028769184124928
edited March 19, 2022
Save Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine-v2.html
Save Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/save-ukraine.html
&
edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
&
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
&
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
&
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
&
March 4, 2022
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War
cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
Gripped by this moment of conflict
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/gripped-by-this-moment-of-conflict.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/6437456/7793324946138352974
A run on the banks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks.html
edited February 27, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
edits adding last stanza, about ICJ filing
edited February 26, 2022
Signs of the End Times – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times-v2.html
merged February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
The insanity of these minutes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes-v2.html
edited February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v2.html
February 25, 2022
The insanity of these minutes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes.html
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
&
February 25, 2022
Signs of the End Times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times.html