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NBC News:
Frustrated Putin may order escalation of violence in Ukraine, U.S. officials say  —  U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin is growing increasingly frustrated by his military struggles in Ukraine, and may see his only option as doubling down on violence …
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New York Times:
500,000 Refugees Flee; Tightening Sanctions Isolate Moscow  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Monday for an international tribunal to investigate Russia for war crimes.  Delegations from Kyiv and Moscow failed to make progress in Belarus.
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Ukraine invasion opens faint, but once unthinkable, fissures between Putin and Russian oligarchs … LONDON — Fissures appear to be forming between Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of the oligarch class who made billions of dollars while showing fealty to the autocratic leader …
Discussion: The Guardian
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Ukrainian pilots arrive in Poland to pick up donated fighter jets  —  Ukrainian pilots have arrived in Poland to start the process of taking control of fighter planes they expect to be donated by European countries, a Ukrainian government official told POLITICO.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Associated Press:
Live updates: Official: Artillery kills 70 Ukraine soldiers  —  The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war:  —  KYIV, Ukraine—More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the head of the region wrote on Telegram.
Politico:
Ukraine pleads with Congress for more aid and weapons
Discussion: Fox News and UPI
Charles Riley / CNN:
Two Russian oligarchs call for an end to Putin's war
Discussion: The Guardian and Vanity Fair
Axios:
Scoop: Biden to deny executive privilege for Flynn and Navarro  —  President Biden will deny the shield of executive privilege for two top advisers to former President Donald Trump — his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and former trade adviser Peter Navarro …
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Reuters:
Monaco clamps down on Russian assets after Ukraine invasion … Monaco, a tax haven often favoured by the super-wealthy, will proceed with freezing assets and imposing sanctions on certain Russians following President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the Monaco Royal Palace said on Monday.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Russian oligarchs move yachts as U.S. looks to ‘hunt down’ and freeze assets  — Some of Russia's wealthiest are moving their superyachts, potentially with the hope they can avoid having those items seized.  — Data reviewed by CNBC from Marine Traffic shows that at least four massive yachts owned …
Mark Ogden / ESPN:
FIFA suspends Russia from World Cup, UEFA throws teams out of European competition
Justin Bronk / RUSI:
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force  —  On the fifth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of many unanswered questions is why Russia has launched a military campaign at huge cost with maximalist objectives, and then declined to use the vast majority of its fixed wing combat aircraft.
Discussion: National Review
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Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
The West Is Winning, Russia Is Losing, and Biden Is Doing a Good Job
Discussion: Washington Post and HotAir
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Watching the Russian Economy Collapse before Our Eyes
Maura Reynolds / Politico:
‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes  —  For many people, watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine has felt like a series of “He can't be doing this” moments.  Russia's Vladimir Putin has launched the largest ground war in Europe since the Second World War.  It is, quite literally, mind-boggling.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The tide has turned against the Russia apologists — and the neutrals  —  For the better part of five-plus years, Donald Trump attempted to inject some nuance into the GOP's posture toward Russia.  It was a partially a strategy of necessity — given how Russia's 2016 election interference loomed …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Stern: Trump shouldn't praise ‘f—ing animal’ Putin
Discussion: Variety and Breitbart
David Remnick / New Yorker:
How Russia's Nobel-Winning Newspaper Is Covering Ukraine  —  “We continue to call war war,” Dmitry Muratov, the editor of Novaya Gazeta, said.  “We are waiting for the consequences.”  —  Last year, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta …
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Washington Post:
In just 72 hours, Europe overhauled its entire post-Cold War relationship with Russia  —  Just last week, many European countries were still so somnolent about the threat Russia posed to Ukraine that Germany's spy chief was caught unawares in Kyiv when the Kremlin invasion started.
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
House centrists: Tlaib “keying your own car”  —  Centrist House Democrats are unloading on Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for her plan to give a response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday.  — “It's like keying your own car and slashing your own tires,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) told Axios.
Scott Wong / NBC News:
GOP leaders denounce Greene, Gosar for speaking at white nationalist event  —  WASHINGTON — GOP leaders in the House and the Senate on Monday denounced a pair of far-right Trump allies — Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. — for speaking at a gathering of white nationalists in Florida over the weekend.
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Politico:
Greene and Gosar increasingly isolated in Hill GOP after speaking at white nationalist event
Los Angeles Times:
Five dead, including three children, in Sacramento County church shooting  —  A man killed four people, including three of his children, before turning the gun on himself inside a church in the Sacramento suburbs on Monday evening, authorities said.  —  The explosion of gunfire took place …
Reuters:
Hungary will not allow lethal weapons for Ukraine to transit its territory - FM … Hungary will not send troops or weapons to Ukraine and will not allow lethal weapons to transit its territory in order to keep the country safe, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday during a visit to Kosovo.
ICC:
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC, on the Situation in Ukraine: “I have decided to proceed with opening an investigation.”  —  Last Friday, I expressed my increasing concern, echoing those of world leaders and citizens of the world alike, over the events unfolding in Ukraine.
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
GOP Sen. Roger Wicker Calls For No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine  —  The Mississippi Republican says “a strong coalition of like-minded nations should step in and seriously consider this.”  —  Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) endorsed the idea of creating a no-fly zone over Ukraine amid the Russian invasion …
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Axios:
Scoop: Zelensky pushes Biden on no-fly zone
Michael K. Lavers / Washington Blade:
Warlord who persecuted gay Chechens killed in Ukraine fighting  —  Magomed Tushayev killed during Ukrainian military skirmish  —  Magomed Tushayev, (L) & Ramzan Kadyrov (Photo via Illia Ponomarenko, defense reporter, The Kyiv Independent)  —  One of the top warlords and close advisor …
Discussion: Insider and Al Jazeera
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:   A Syrian rebel commander's advice to Ukrainians on how to fight Russian invaders
NBC News:
Senate rejects Democratic bill to codify abortion rights  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 46-48 Monday to block a bill pushed by Democrats to codify abortion rights into federal law ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision that could limit access to the procedure.
 
 
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