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2:15 PM ET, February 27, 2022

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Associated Press:
Russians advance on Ukraine's ports, meet resistance in city  —  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south Sunday, advances that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion following …
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Reuters:
Two of Russia's billionaires call for peace in Ukraine … Two Russian billionaires, Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska, called for an end to the conflict triggered by President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine, with Fridman calling it a tragedy for both countries' people.
Richard Hall / The Independent:
Trump calls the US a ‘stupid country’ and praises Putin as ‘smart’ in latest Ukraine comments  —  Former president doubles down on praise of Putin even as Russia presses on with invasion  —  Donald Trump calls Putin ‘smart’ and American leaders ‘dumb’ during CPAC speech
New York Times:
Live Updates: Zelensky Agrees to Talks, as Putin Places Nuclear Forces on Alert  —  Zelensky says he has agreed to talks with Russia.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed on Sunday to talks with Russia “without preconditions,” even as President Vladimir V …
Caitlin Talmadge / Washington Post:
The Ukraine crisis is now a nuclear crisis … Russia's publicly announced nuclear alert has turned the Ukraine war from a crisis involving nuclear powers to an actual nuclear crisis.  —  With the caveat that we do not have many details about what the Russian alert entails …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
How Should the U.S. Respond to Putin's Nuclear Provocation?
CBS News:
Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
Commsdirector / Democratic Socialists of America:
On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Discussion: CBS News
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Attorney General William Barr Urges GOP to Move On From Trump  —  Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders  —  Former Attorney General William Barr writes in a new book that former President Donald Trump has …
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Phil Thomas / The Independent:
Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book  —  ‘The absurd lengths to which he took his “stolen election” claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill’  —  Bill Barr says Trump's election fraud claims ‘precipitated’ Capitol riot  —  Former US attorney general Bill Barr has unleashed …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine's Fight Against Russia  —  KYIV - A group of 10 special operations forces veterans are staging in Poland and preparing to cross into Ukraine, where they plan to take up President Volodymyr Zelensky on his offer to …
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Financial Times:
Kremlin propaganda machine struggles to conceal Putin's Ukraine war  —  Moscow spin-doctors and officials try to frame the war in Russian president's terms  —  As Vladimir Putin launched his military assault on Ukraine, the country's media censor issued a series of stark warnings.
Washington Post:
Ukraine's President Zelensky: In the streets of a war-rattled city, a hero is born
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Germany to Raise Defense Spending Above 2% of GDP in Response to Ukraine War  —  Decision breaks with decades of lower investment in defense than peers and a growing energy partnership with Russia  —  BERLIN—Germany will boost defense spending above 2% of GDP and create a strategic natural-gas reserve …
Discussion: Euractiv and Financial Times
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Reuters:
Germany to increase defence spending in response to 'Putin's war' - Scholz
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Guardian and Politico
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Romney Was Right About Putin  —  On October 22, 2012, Mitt Romney sat across a table from President Barack Obama for the final debate of the presidential election.  The theme of the night was foreign policy.  Obama's campaign had been working all year to cast Romney as out of touch and inexperienced …
Discussion: Politico and RedState
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Monique Beals / The Hill:
Romney calls Putin ‘a small, feral-eyed man’
Discussion: Insider
bp global:
bp to exit Rosneft shareholding  — bp will exit its 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft.  — Both bp-nominated directors to resign from Rosneft board with immediate effect.  — bp will no longer report reserves, production or profit for Rosneft.  — Changes in accounting treatment …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and Forbes
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Russian climate delegate apologizes on Ukraine, saying many ‘fail to find any justification for the attack’ … The head of the Russian delegation at a major United Nations climate meeting apologized Sunday for his country's invasion of Ukraine, telling hundreds of government ministers and scientists that …
Discussion: France 24
New York Times:
New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin  —  Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.  Analyzing data from a variety of sources, they concluded that the coronavirus …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
At CPAC, Trump delivers a reminder of his muscle  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Mike Pompeo was swarmed by a throng of reporters and fans as he made his way down the hallway of the luxury resort hosting this year's annual Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  The former secretary of state had just received a standing ovation.
Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll finds a deeply pessimistic nation, worried about the economy and Biden's leadership … President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday to a deeply pessimistic nation, one that largely sees the economy worsening under his watch, disapproves of his leadership …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Donald Trump defends calling Putin ‘smart’, hints at 2024 presidential bid  —  Ex-president tells CPAC he could have stopped ‘appalling’ Russian invasion of Ukraine before giving strongest indication he will run again  —  Donald Trump, the former US president, has defended his description …
Discussion: HillReporter.com and BizPac Review
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Hilary Hanson / HuffPost:
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
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Financial Times:
Efforts to supply weapons to Ukraine face multiple obstacles
Washington Post:
Capitol fencing reinstalled ahead of State of the Union, possible ‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoffs
Discussion: CBS News
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MSNBC:
Why Americans Should Care about the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
Discussion: Twitchy
The Daily Beast:
Ex-Prosecutor Says She Can Prove Trump Committed Two Crimes
Discussion: Stitcher and Raw Story
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
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Discussion: Politico
Financial Times:
Russians search for cash as west imposes sanctions on banks
Jim Small / Arizona Mirror:
Wendy Rogers said white nationalists are ‘patriots’ and called for hanging political enemies
Discussion: Insider and Rolling Stone
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Putin's Aggression Leaves His Right-Wing Fan Club Squirming
 

 
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