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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia launches attacks across Ukraine; Biden vows ‘consequences’ — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law as explosions were heard throughout the country and Russian forces targeted the capital.
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The White House:
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 …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Now is the time to remember what Fox's own lawyers said about Tucker Carlson … As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, the biggest star on Fox News was busy doing what he does best: being thoroughly and appallingly wrong. — He defended the murderous instigator Vladimir Putin …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: UN chief warns Russian actions could devastate — The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis: — ___ — UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Russia's attack on Ukraine — as he appealed for President Vladimir Putin to stop his troops — was “the saddest moment” of his five-year tenure.
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Wall Street Journal:
Russia Attacks Ukraine, Drawing Broad Condemnation — Missiles and airstrikes hit Kyiv and several other cities in Ukraine, in what President Biden calls an unprovoked attack, pledging further action against Moscow — KYIV, Ukraine—Russian armored columns pushed into Ukraine and airstrikes hit …
New York Times:
Ukraine Says It's Battling Russian Forces in Chernobyl — Ukraine's forces make ‘fierce resistance’ in Chernobyl zone, officials say. — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's interior ministry announced Thursday that Russian troops had pushed from Belarus, north of Ukraine, into the highly radioactive …
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Telegraph:
Russia deploys mobile crematoriums to follow its troops into battle — Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, suggests the vehicle-mounted incinerators will be used to hide evidence of battlefield casualties — Russian forces have prepared a mobile crematorium for use in any future conflict …
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Ukraine leader: Russians checked outside Kyiv — The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis: — ___ — KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensnkyy has urged Moscow to end hostilities, adding that Russian airborne troops have been checked outside Kyiv.
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Politico:
Battles flare across Ukraine after Putin declares war
Battles flare across Ukraine after Putin declares war
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Reuters:
Russia invades Ukraine in Europe's ‘darkest hours’ since WWII
Russia invades Ukraine in Europe's ‘darkest hours’ since WWII
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NATO:
NATO Secretary General statement on Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine
NATO Secretary General statement on Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine
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NBC News:
Russia-Ukraine conflict live updates: Ukraine battles Russian attack on multiple fronts
Russia-Ukraine conflict live updates: Ukraine battles Russian attack on multiple fronts
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Phone Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine
Statement by President Joe Biden on Phone Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine
CNBC:
Oil prices jump 8% as Russia invades Ukraine; Brent tops $100 for first time since 2014
Oil prices jump 8% as Russia invades Ukraine; Brent tops $100 for first time since 2014
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden to impose additional sanctions on Russia now that Ukraine assault is underway
Biden to impose additional sanctions on Russia now that Ukraine assault is underway
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Financial Times:
Former European leaders resign from Russian corporate boards — Previous government heads of Italy, Finland and Austria stand down from company roles after Ukraine invasion — The former prime ministers of Italy and Finland and the ex-chancellor of Austria resigned from the boards …
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Putin's war will shake the world
Putin's war will shake the world
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Wall Street Journal:
How Ukraine Was Betrayed in Budapest
How Ukraine Was Betrayed in Budapest
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Calamity Again … The poem is called “Calamity Again.” The original version was written in Ukrainian …
Calamity Again … The poem is called “Calamity Again.” The original version was written in Ukrainian …
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American Greatness:
Putin's Predictabilities — It is easy to predict what the Russian president will do in any given situation.
Putin's Predictabilities — It is easy to predict what the Russian president will do in any given situation.
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
How Putin's mistakes rallied his enemies
How Putin's mistakes rallied his enemies
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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: War in Europe
POLITICO Playbook: War in Europe
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Michael Kofman / The Economist:
Michael Kofman, an expert on Russia's armed forces, explains why the Kremlin will seek regime change in Ukraine
Michael Kofman, an expert on Russia's armed forces, explains why the Kremlin will seek regime change in Ukraine
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Arm the Ukrainians Now — A rule of thumb in the theater is that if someone produces a pistol …
Arm the Ukrainians Now — A rule of thumb in the theater is that if someone produces a pistol …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump thought US troops are fighting Russians in Ukraine. Really. — The former president's immediate Fox News reaction to Russia's invasion was totally bonkers — and totally sympathetic to Putin. — On Thursday morning in Ukraine — Wednesday evening here in the US …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
The Biden foreign policy doctrine comes under a stress test
The Biden foreign policy doctrine comes under a stress test
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump immediately botches what's happening in Ukraine
Trump immediately botches what's happening in Ukraine
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
A Loss of Prosecutors Isn't Necessarily a Win for Trump — Every investigation of Donald Trump, during and after his presidency, has been freighted with emotion and politics, from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe and two impeachments to ongoing civil and criminal actions in multiple jurisdictions.
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New York Times:
2 Prosecutors Leading N.Y. Trump Inquiry Resign, Clouding Case's Future — The resignations came after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, was said to have expressed doubts about the case. — The two prosecutors leading the Manhattan district attorney's investigation …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A far-right website created 36 days ago is more popular on Facebook than the Washington Post — Brandon Gill “provides strategic marketing direction for Conservative Brief,” the right-wing website whose underhanded tactics were exposed in yesterday's Popular Information.
Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Texas governor calls on citizens to report parents of transgender kids for abuse — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on “licensed professionals” and “members of the general public” to report the parents of transgender minors to state authorities if it appears the minors are receiving gender-affirming medical care.
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Krista Torralva / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas DA John Creuzot bucks Abbott, Paxton and declines to prosecute families for trans youth care
Dallas DA John Creuzot bucks Abbott, Paxton and declines to prosecute families for trans youth care
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russians Now See a New Side to Putin: Dragging Them Into War — The autocrat who has steered Russia for 22 years was embraced by many Russians for what they saw as his rationality and astute risk management. That image has been upended. — MOSCOW — Russians thought they knew their president.
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Sam Adler-Bell / New York Magazine:
The Pandemic Interpreter … Approximately 5 million people start their day with David Leonhardt, the author of the New York Times' morning newsletter. That figure makes Leonhardt one of the most influential writers at the most influential paper in the country.
Olafimihan Oshin / The Hill:
Kaepernick launches initiative to offer autopsies in ‘police-related’ deaths — Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has launched an initiative to offer free second autopsies in “police-related” deaths. — Offered through his Know Your Rights Camp organization, Kaepernick's Autopsy Initiative includes …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Belief in QAnon has strengthened in US since Trump was voted out, study finds — Surveys by the Public Religion Research Institute reveal QAnon believers increased to 17% in September from 14% in March — The QAnon conspiracy myth movement continues to thrive in the US and has even strengthened …