https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03 ... order.html
Thousands of Ukrainians queued in long lines on Friday at the last three border crossings with Poland that remain open to get to their homeland before Ukraine closes its borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. Footage from private broadcaster TVN 24 showed crowds of people, many wearing face masks, waiting outside the railway station in the city of Przemysl to cross the border. "All this doesn't meet the Sanepid (Sanitary Epidemiological Service) or Health Ministry recommendations. The expanded restrictions ban gatherings of more than two people, allow only essential travel, and look what you see behind," the mayor of Przemysl, Wojciech Bakun, said.
Long story short, Ukraine's Government most brilliant, forced thousands of Ukrainians to stand at border crossing, touching each other and not really following the distancing guidelines, before admitting them to Ukraine and letting them carry COVID-19 to their apartment buildings. Here's how not to practice social distancing:
While the country struggled to help, and heavily favored the West over the East, the Russian aid came. Much like Russia's aid to Italy, the initial aid came without preconditions. Soon the local propaganda started: "join Russia, we have medicine!" Local cries for a Referendum began in earnest, and while the Western World watched as the stock market collapsed and rebounded, a strong movement to join Russia began in Eastern Ukraine. Here's a map for those of you wondering where Eastern Ukraine is:
President Putin made the announcement that Russia will consider Eastern Ukraine's application to join the Russian Federation
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