Statement by President Biden on Russia's Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine  —  The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces.  President Putin has chosen a premeditated war …

Calamity Again … The poem is called “Calamity Again.”  The original version was written in Ukrainian, in 1859, and the author, Taras Shevchenko, was not speaking metaphorically when he wrote about slavery.  Shevchenko was born into a family of serfs—slaves—on an estate in what is now central Ukraine …

Michael Kofman, an expert on Russia's armed forces, explains why the Kremlin will seek regime change in Ukraine  —  Scenarios involving only limited fighting make little sense militarily  —  AFTER A LENGTHY and ominous speech, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chose to recognise …

Blasts rock Ukrainian cities as Putin declares war  —  KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a special “special military operation” in Ukraine, unleashing a bombardment of Ukrainian cities that threatens to push Europe into its biggest conflict since World War II.

Zelensky says Putin has ordered invasion  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an impassioned address on Wednesday night that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered an invasion of his country but that if Russia attacks, “you will see our faces, not our backs.”

Arm the Ukrainians Now  —  A rule of thumb in the theater is that if someone produces a pistol in the first act, it will be used by the end of the third.  Vladimir Putin put the pistol on the table last April as he began deploying Russian forces to the Ukrainian border.  And now he has used it.

The Latest: Biden condemns Russia for ‘unjustified attack’  —  The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis:  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden is condemning Russia for an “unprovoked and unjustified attack” on Ukraine.  He promises that the U.S. and its allies “will hold Russia accountable.”