Russian troops are moving forward inside the territory of Ukraine. Now they are shelling Mariupol, a peaceful Ukrainian city that has the misfortune of being located between Russia and the Crimea.
Peaceful inhabitants of Mariupol are dying.
No action against the Russian invaders is being taken on the basis of the bill passed by Congress and signed by Obama. There is no indication that the Russians are planning to end the hostilities. To the contrary, they are being very open about the plan to keep spreading the hostilities to an ever greater territory of Ukraine.
In the following post, I will explain why economic sanctions against Russia don’t work.