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I think it's time that NATO makes it clear that, while they have no direct military involvement so far, any entry into Ukraine by another country will be perceived as that country declaring war on Ukraine, and result in NATO directly aiding Ukraine to repulse that attack, allowing Ukraine to continue concentrating on the Russians while NATO uses its air power, and long range missiles, to halt the other country's invasion, and attack any bases it was launched from in that country. Formally declare it now before it kicks off.

Assuming they currently have Non B visas, then they don't need to change visa types, just change the reason for extension to Retirement. If they have the money in the bank for the minimum period prior to doing this, then there's no need to exit the country. Cancel the work permit and immediately go to immigration for a retirement extension. I have done this twice over the years, once around 1995, from a Non B with work permit to non B with marriage extension, and again in 2018, from a Non B with work permit to a Non B with retirement extension. The current visa stamped in my passport, and transferred to my new one, is still the original Non B I got in Singapore in 2014. The annual extension is a retirement one. The experience was fairly painless both times.

Here's another one for y'all to work out...

The Moscow Times is reporting that General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy chief of staff of Russia's armed forces has been arrested for alleged involvement in the rebellion. The mistrust, suspicion, and subsequent purge beginning to bite Putin?

Technically, yes, but America is currently not at war with Russia in Ukraine in the same way that the USSR was not at war with America in Vietnam.

And the Wagner Group is actively involved in Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic, while other Russian private militias (including Wagner in all but name) are active in the rest. It is a cancer upon the Earth. Russia's Wagner Group: Where is it active? – DW – 06/25/2023