Some positive developments

 Good on ya, Sweden and Finland:

[Duma chair] Volodin and other parliamentarians were on their way home from a visit to Cuba and Nicaragua when the pilots allegedly were told that the state-owned aircraft would not be allowed to enter Swedish and Finnish airspace.

The deviation of the plane from its original planned route is widely reported in Russian media on Saturday, as several reporters from the parliament press pool were traveling together with the delegation. Among them was Edward Chesnokov with Komsomolskaya Pravda, a reporter who detailed the flight pattern as the route was changed.

Flights between the largest city in Russia and tourist destinations in Central America are frequent and routes normally cross over Scandinavia a few hundreds of kilometers south of the Arctic Circle before the trans-Atlantic leg. 

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have closed their airspaces to Russian flights generally speaking. 

 And Germany's stepping up to respond to President Zelensky's "I need ammunition, not a ride" remark:

In a significant shift, the German government said Saturday it will send weapons and other supplies directly to Ukraine and supports some restrictions of the SWIFT global banking system for Russia.

Germany’s chancellery announced it will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 “Stinger” surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine “as quickly as possible.”

“The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point. It threatens our entire post-war order,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement. “In this situation, it is our duty to help Ukraine, to the best of our ability, to defend itself against Vladimir Putin’s invading army.”

In addition, the German economy and climate ministry said Germany is allowing the Netherlands to ship 400 German-made anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.

And Alexander Vindman, who blew the whistle on the Very Stable Genius's attempt to bribe Zelensky with the sending of $400 million in military aid that Congress had already approved if he'd get the VSG some dirt on Biden - and who is Ukrainian by birth - got a standing ovation at the Principles First Summit in Washington today. 

It's late in the day, but there's still light.