RUSSIA EVACUATES DIPLOMATS FROM UKRAINE; TENSIONS BUILD

Markets head faked early on and I was wise enough to not be lured into the trap. The west has applied meaningless sanctions on Russia thus far, excluding the purchase of gas and oil and all of the things that are important. The reason for this is the west, namely Europe, are mostly interested in comfort and do not want to sacrifice anything for the sake of human lives, if we’re being honest. They will not hurt themselves to help the nation of Ukraine — period and end of story.

Here are some recent headlines worth of attention:

French FM LeDrian cancels meeting with Lavrov scheduled for end of the week

EC PRES. VON DER LEYEN: THE CRISIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE EU IS OVERLY RELIANT ON RUSSIAN GAS AND THAT IT NEEDS TO DIVERSIFY ITS SUPPLIERS AND INVEST HEAVILY IN RENEWABLES.

EU’S BORRELL: PUTIN NOT ON SANCTIONS LIST

MILITARY CONVOY OF MORE THAN 100 TRUCKS WITH SOLDIERS SEEN ON ITS WAY TOWARDS UKRAINIAN BORDER IN RUSSIA’S BELGOROD REGION

EU’S FOREIGN MIN. BORRELL: SANCTIONS ARE ONLY ONE PART OF OUR RESPONSE

PUTIN RECOGNIZES ENTIRE AREA AS BREAKAWAY REPUBLICS. GREEN AREA IS CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY UKRAINE pic.twitter.com/Qj9qPd00Be

— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) February 22, 2022

Clearly Putin isn’t done eating up Ukraine. Markets were again disillusioned with the perverted idea that dips should be bought and enjoyed, whilst Russian troops were on the move.

Removing myself from all of this: How fucking fucked is this timeline — jumping out from the grill right into the boiling cauldron?

I think into the bell long oils, short small caps makes sense.