I listened carefully to Blinken's statement last night ... that is not what he officially told the world ... be careful not to spread information or you will be silenced ... or worse.

Taking the moral high ground, Blinken's carefully chosen words to justify further escalation scared the hell out of me ... just a few steps to showdown at O.K. Corrall ... Tombstone territory.

Have a peaceful cultural summer

The target was a big TV tower that happens to be next door to the Babi Yar memorial (300 m said the Israeli fellow you quoted above). Ukrainian propaganda, which has been running circles around the Russian one for the past week, has turned this into: Attack on Babi Yar.

Not that Jewish people in Kyiv are reassured:

Chief Rabbi of Kyiv's Brodsky Synagogue's impassioned plea:

Never in even the most awful dream did I think I could die from bombs coming from Russia. From the place where I was born. From the place I went to school. The place where I have lots of friends...who don't say a word. pic.twitter.com/WELboAKSa2

— Glenn Kates (@gkates) March 1, 2022