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10:55 PM ET, February 26, 2022

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The White House:
Joint Statement on Further Restrictive Economic Measures  —  We, the leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States condemn Putin's war of choice and attacks on the sovereign nation and people of Ukraine.
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
A Prayer for Volodymyr Zelensky  —  Before he became the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky played the part on television.  He created and starred in a comedy series, Servant of the People.  His character, a high-school history teacher, is surreptitiously recorded by one of his students …
Tara Copp / Defense One:
US Racing $350 Million in ‘Immediate’ Arms to Ukraine; Includes Javelins, Ammo, Armor  —  Some Russian ground units are now 20 miles from Kyiv, but about half are still waiting outside Ukraine.  —  SENIOR PENTAGON REPORTER, DEFENSE ONE  —  The United States has approved an additional $350 million …
Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
Putin's miscalculation  —  Watching Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine play out, it seems the Russian president has vastly underestimated and misunderstood Ukrainians and their president.  —  Putin, a one-time KGB operative who in 2004 said “there is no such thing as a former KGB man,” has made clear that he lives in a world of the past.
Washington Post:
U.S. and Europe take aim at Russian central bank reserves, threatening blow to economy
NBC News:
Ukraine's leader defiant as Kyiv holds firm against Russian attacks
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:   3 years ago Zelenskyy was a TV comedian. Now he's standing up to Putin's army.
Miburo:
Russia's Lies in Four Directions: The Kremlin's Strategy to Misinform About Ukraine
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
Western Nations Escalate Efforts to Impose Economic Costs on Russia  —  There was intense street fighting across the capital on Saturday, and the latest Western intelligence reports indicated that the Russian advance had been slowed, if only for the moment.  The Russian priority remained the capture of Kyiv.
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New York Times:
Russia's War With Ukraine Already Costing Russian Economy  —  Despite the Kremlin's efforts to obscure the offensive in Ukraine, the costs of the war were already evident in both economic and social turmoil.  —  MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin has ushered in a crisis for his country — in its economy and identity.
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Premise Mobile-Phone App Suspends Ukraine Activities After Accusations Fly  —  WASHINGTON—A mobile-phone app that pays users to perform basic observational tasks such as photography and has U.S. defense and intelligence clients suspended its activities in Ukraine on Friday after the Kyiv government accused …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Telegraph
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Putin's Aggression Leaves His Right-Wing Fan Club Squirming  —  The Russian strongman has for years been idolized by a Who's Who of populist, nationalist leaders.  They are now stumbling over what to say.  —  ROME — For years, a global choir of right-wing politicians have sung the praises of Vladimir V. Putin.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Germany to send thousands of weapons to Ukraine in major reversal  —  Germany will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine, marking a complete reversal in Berlin's restrictive arms export policy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Saturday.
Discussion: CW39 Houston and Anti-bellum
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Politico:
Germany to send Ukraine weapons in historic shift on military aid
Anita Komuves / Reuters:
At the Ukrainian border, a mother brings a stranger's children to safety … Clutching a mobile phone number of a woman she had never met, Nataliya Ableyeva crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary on Saturday, entrusted with a precious cargo.  —  A stranger's children.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Ukrainian border guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island  —  Ukrainian border guards who insulted Russian forces this week in a recorded exchange that went viral may not have been killed, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, contradicting an earlier claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Axios:
Scoop: CNN to dull its liberal edge  —  Under new chief Chris Licht, CNN will dial down the prime-time partisanship and double down on the network's news-gathering muscle, top sources tell me.  —  Why it matters: Ratings are secondary to credibility, in the view of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who's taking over CNN.
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
House GOP Leaders Must Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene (QAnon, Ga.) might be a preternatural dope, but that still doesn't excuse her speaking at the junior varsity Ku Klux Klan jamboree this weekend.  Greene pleaded ignorance, claiming she was merely there to …
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Lt. Col. Vindman: Trump ‘Absolutely’ at Fault for Russia's Ukraine Invasion  —  “It's because of Trump's corruption that we have a less capable, less prepared Ukraine,” retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman told VICE News.  —  CJ  —  The man who played a key role in then-President Donald Trump's …
Politico:
‘He loved every minute of this’— How Biden decided on Ketanji Brown Jackson  —  As President Biden considered a handful of Black women for the Supreme Court, two things drew him to U.S. Circuit Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, according to those familiar with his decision making process.
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BBC:
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Reuters:
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Washington Post:
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Putin Has Made Sure the World Will Never Be the Same
Discussion: CNN