Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

[Labster]

They probably had coronavirus on the ship, and are now in Davy Jones' lockdown.

-- Russian economy more under water than warship
-- Sweden will reveal new defense plan in May, unless Finland does it first and then they'll release it early.
-- Sweden's PM suggests they will likely join NATO by June, a day after Finland said something similar
-- Russian reaction predictably belligerent
-- Dmitry Medvedev says, ominously: "There can be no more talk of any nuclear-free status for the Baltic — the balance must be restored!"
-- Lithuania PM: "Nothing new."  Kalininigrad already full of nukes
-- Belarus to join Ukraine war any day now
-- International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan declares, "Ukraine is a crime scene."  Hope Russia decides not to trespass in the crime scene.
-- Russians very upset that Ukraine attacked inside of Russia.  Or did it?  Either way, it's definitely an excuse for more war crimes, if not a cromulent one.
-- Turkey trying to get the Presidents to negotiate in person
-- Russia says that Putin will come in person as soon as Ukraine is ready to sign the surrender
-- United States running low on Javelin missiles, enough to make defense peeps nervous.  It will take 3-4 years to replace what we just gave Ukraine for free.
-- US sending helicopters and howitzers to help fight in the Donbas steppes
-- 36th Marines link up with Azov Regiment in Mariupol, thanks to bravery, functional C&C
-- Roughly 180k citizens of Mariupol still in war zone without utilities


This is a real thing I saw on CNN.