Checking in before the month flips.

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Since last Thursday (or Wednesday night here) I have been intensely following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I have no Ukrainian ancestry, but several of my friends do. Plus, Lithuania is one of those Baltic states that Putin would probably love to scoop back up in his insane quest to re-create the Soviet Union. Heck, he'd probably prefer Lithuania over Latvia or Estonia because he could just steamroller through Lithuania to get to the Kaliningrad exclave.

So, yeah, Ukraine's problem makes me worry about Lithuania's future.

R. is SO convinced that Russia will take over Lithuania within a year. He keeps telling me I should have gone to visit already, but it's too late now. He never tells me where he got this information, though -- he falls back on his past work in defense contracting. Whatever. I like to know *sources*.

Anyhow, back to mainlining CNN's live coverage....