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Washington Post:
The war in Ukraine isn't working out the way Russia intended … The war in Ukraine isn't going Russia's way. — Videos posted on social media show whole columns of tanks and armored vehicles have been wiped out. Others have been stopped in their tracks by ordinary Ukrainians standing on the street to block their advance.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A presidency transformed — DRIVING THE DAY — DAY FIVE — The latest on the ground in Ukraine, via the NYT's blog-style running updates: “With a three-mile-long convoy of Russian military vehicles pressing down on Kyiv, a Ukrainian delegation arrived at the border …
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Finds Himself Isolated, Out of Touch as Invasion of Ukraine Sputters — Russia's leader is peddling an alternative narrative to suit his needs, and his behavior is making his inner circle appear uncomfortable — With much of the world moving against him, economic sanctions piling …
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CBS News and Foreign Policy
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Ukraine and Russia Meet as Kyiv Remains in Cross Hairs — The Treasury Department announced a freeze on Russian Central Bank assets. Delegations from Kyiv and Moscow were meeting for talks in Belarus, even as Ukraine said dozens were killed in a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.
Washington Post:
Historic sanctions on Russia had roots in emotional appeal from Zelensky … As the leaders of the European Union gathered for an emergency summit on Thursday night, momentum was already moving toward imposing tough new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Sources: Belarus to join Russia's war on Ukraine within hours
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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Leads the World
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Associated Press:
Ukraine slows Russian advance under shadow of nuclear threat
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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, NBC News, Associated Press, New Statesman, The Chronicles of DeusX, Al Jazeera and Metro.co.uk
Associated Press:
Live updates: US official: Belarus may join Ukraine invasion
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Putin's war of aggression has mobilized the strongest international outrage since 9/11
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Prohibits Transactions with Central Bank of Russia and Imposes Sanctions on Key Sources of Russia's Wealth — In Coordination with Allies and Partners, Treasury Actions Restrict Access to Billions in Central Bank Assets and Sovereign Wealth Fund — Treasury Sanctions Russian …
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Bans Transactions With Russian Central Bank, Wealth Fund — President Joe Biden's administration on Monday banned U.S. people and companies from doing business with the Bank of Russia, the Russian National Wealth Fund and the Ministry of Finance. — The moves by the U.S. Treasury's Office …
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Caitlin Ostroff / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Ruble, Financial Markets Are Hammered by Sanctions — Central bank doubles interest rates to protect the banking system as the ruble plunges — Powerful Western sanctions rocked Russia's financial system and triggered a spiral in the ruble, drawing the central bank into an emergency doubling of interest rates.
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New York Times:
The West's Plan to Isolate Putin: Undermine the Ruble — Measures announced over the weekend aimed at restricting the Russian central bank's ability to support the ruble appear to be having an immediate impact. — By targeting Russia's central bank with sanctions, experts said …
Stephanie Nebehay / Reuters:
Neutral Swiss poised to freeze Russian assets - president … Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said on Sunday that it was “very probable” that neutral Switzerland would follow the European Union (EU) on Monday in sanctioning Russia and freezing Russian assets in the Alpine country.
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Euractiv, Associated Press, Euro Weekly News Spain, Yahoo News and Daily Kos
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Gal Beckerman / The Atlantic:
How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero
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Reuters, Associated Press and New York Times
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. protests Israel's refusal to back UN resolution condemning Russia
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Reuters, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, The Times of Israel and Fox News
Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
In Foreign Policy U-turn, Germany Ups Military Spending, Arms Ukraine
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Relax, Democrats, Biden's presidency isn't screwed — After Democrats got routed in the 2010 elections, a reporter asked President Barack Obama if the results were a sign that voters considered him “out of touch” with their concerns and whether he was willing to change his leadership style in response.
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New York Times:
Climate Change's Effects Outpacing Ability to Adapt, I.P.C.C. Warns — Countries aren't doing nearly enough to protect against the disasters to come as the planet keeps heating up, a major new scientific report concludes. — The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly …
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Grist, Politico, CBS News, Mother Jones, UPI, CNBC, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Japan Times and Financial Times
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
UN climate report: ‘Atlas of human suffering’ worse, bigger — Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” …
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NBC News:
Facebook, Twitter remove disinformation accounts targeting Ukrainians — Facebook and Twitter removed two anti-Ukrainian “covert influence operations” over the weekend, one tied to Russia and another with connections to Belarus, the companies said. — One of the operations …
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Manveen Rana / The Times:
Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian mercenaries ordered to kill Ukraine's president … More than 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in Kyiv with orders from the Kremlin to assassinate President Zelensky and his government and prepare the ground for Moscow to take control, The Times has learnt.
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The Times of Israel, The Kyiv Independent and emptywheel
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Two members of Congress spoke at a white nationalist convention. These corporations are supporting their reelection. — Over the weekend, two members of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ), addressed a white nationalist convention.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Romney: Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘moron’ for speaking at white nationalist event
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