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According to the Ukrainian government, some of Ukraine's military suppliers have cryptocurrency accounts.

Russia's state-run media sites, Russia Today and Sputnik, have had a lot of their social media access cut off in the European Union. We've seen the most severe restrictions on RT and Sputnik that social media companies have ever put on them. The moves were announced by social media companies like Facebook and TikTok.

Italy has confiscated luxury yachts and homes worth $156 million from Russian oligarchs, adding to mounting pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his ruthless invasion of Ukraine.

In retaliation for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United States, the European Union, and other Western economies have put harsh sanctions on Russia's central bank. The sanctions have effectively cut off important Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, thereby locking Russia out of the western financial system and putting its enormous oil export business in jeopardy.

On paper, the United States' move to freeze Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal assets appears to be a hollow gesture.

As Moscow's conflict on Ukraine drags on and the Russian economy and currency plummet, Washington is said to be experimenting with a new tactic to put pressure on Putin: sanctions targeting cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum.

The collapse of the ruble has been attributed to the crippling sanctions imposed on Russia after it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is solely to blame for the violence that erupted this week. However, the last four presidential administrations squandered opportunities to deescalate the situation.

To maintain our deterrence abroad, we must tighten our belts at home, pump oil and gas, begin to balance our budget, dismiss wokeism as a nihilistic pleasure, and re-calibrate our military.

While it may be tempting to defend the besieged country against Putin's aggression, nuclear devastation would be disastrous.