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9:35 AM ET, February 28, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 …
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Putin Declares a Nuclear Alert, and Biden Seeks De-escalation  —  When the Russian leader ordered his nuclear forces into “special combat readiness,” the U.S. could have gone on high alert.  Instead, the administration tried not to inflame him.  —  WASHINGTON — When Vladimir V. Putin declared Sunday …
Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Sources: Belarus to join Russia's war on Ukraine within hours  —  As Russia fails to inflict quick defeat upon Ukraine after four days of fierce hostilities, Vladimir Putin is about to pull his Belarusian ally, dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko into his war of occupation.
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.
Washington Post:
Belarus preparing to join Russian invasion of Ukraine, U.S. official says
Associated Press:
Live updates: US official: Belarus may join Ukraine invasion
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Putin's war of aggression has mobilized the strongest international outrage since 9/11
Noah Smith / Noahpinion:
The big sanctions: A quick explainer
Francesca Ebel / Associated Press:
Kyiv's mayor: ‘We are encircled’ but full of fight
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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.
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 …
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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Gal Beckerman / The Atlantic:
How Zelensky Gave the World a Jewish Hero
Elizabeth Piper / Reuters:   Britain widens Russian ‘dirty money’ crackdown with new law
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.
Discussion: New York Times
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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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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” …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Washington Post
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: CBS News, Newsweek and The Racket News
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Romney: Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘moron’ for speaking at white nationalist event
Washington Post:
Barr calls prospect of Trump running for president again ‘dismaying,’ says GOP should ‘look forward’ to others  —  Former attorney general William P. Barr says in a new book that the prospect of Donald Trump running for president again is “dismaying” and urges the Republican Party to …
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Jennifer Szalai / New York Times:   William P. Barr's Memoir Is Part Lawyerly Defense, Part Culture-War Diatribe
 
 
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CNN:
CNN poll: Most Americans want US to do more to stop Russia, but most also oppose direct military action
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
‘Blood Red’: How Lopsided New District Lines Are Deepening America's Divide
Nataliya Gumenyuk / Rolling Stone:
The Pop Star and The Film Student Now Defending Kyiv
Shannon Osaka / Grist:
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has left a hole in the global energy market
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Guardian
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Website of the Federal Government:
Policy statement by Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Member of the German Bundestag, 27 February 2022 in Berlin
Discussion: Financial Times and Berlin Takes
Wall Street Journal:
Car Parts, Chips, Sunflower Oil: War in Ukraine Threatens New Shortages
Matt Bagwell / Yahoo News:
Saturday Night Live Viewers Moved To Tears Over ‘Majestic’ Ukrainian Choir Performance
BBC:
BP to offload stake in Rosneft amid Ukraine conflict
Reuters:
Kosovo asks U.S. for permanent military base, speedier NATO membership
 

 
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