Mar 13 Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine By Pamela Sampson, Associated Press The 50-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas, native was gathering material for a report about refugees when his vehicle was hit at a checkpoint in Irpin, just outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 8:21 Russian invasion of Ukraine underscores Putin’s long-held goals By PBS NewsHour Weekend President Vladimir Putin has long believed that the disintegration of the Soviet Union was a mistake and that Ukraine is not a ‘legitimate country’. Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss what the invasion reveals… Continue watching
Mar 04 Pence to urge there’s no room in GOP ‘for apologists for Putin’ By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Excerpts from his speech were shared ahead of his remarks. Pence has been working to differentiate himself from Trump as he lays the groundwork for a possible 2024 presidential run. Continue reading
Mar 04 How Russia’s attack on Ukraine violates international law By John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations Russia’s invasion of Ukraine violates the U.N. Charter and cannot be justified under international law as an act of self-defense or humanitarian intervention. Continue reading
Feb 28 Analysis: Putin’s claim that war on Ukraine is to target Nazis is absurd. Here’s why By Jeffrey Veidlinger, The Conversation Russian President Vladimir Putin’s selective telling of the past exaggerates the legacy of Nazism in Ukraine while ignoring the state’s historic struggle for pluralism and democracy. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 6:11 Sanctions, protests: How Putin’s war is impacting ordinary Russians By PBS NewsHour Hundreds of Russians have been arrested for demonstrating against Ukraine’s invasion across the country. Meanwhile, sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s economy are slowly having an impact: the ruble is fluctuating, people are queuing up outside ATMs and prices are rising. Continue watching
Feb 27 Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on alert. What does that mean for the risk of nuclear war? By Robert Burns, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin's implied threat to turn the Ukraine war into a broader nuclear conflict presents President Joe Biden with choices rarely contemplated in the atomic age, including whether to raise the alert level of U.S. nuclear forces. Continue reading
Feb 27 In Russia, economic consequences of invasion begin to emerge By Associated Press Videos from Russia showed long lines of Russians trying to withdraw cash from ATMs, while the Russian Central Bank issued a statement calling for calm, in an effort to avoid bank runs. Continue reading
Feb 27 Ukraine agrees to talks with Russian officials By Associated Press The two sides will reportedly meet at an unspecified location on the Belarusian border. Continue reading
Feb 27 EU shuts airspace to Russian airlines, plans to fund weapons purchases to Ukraine By Emily Schultheis, Lorne Cook, Associated Press The European Union’s chief executive says the 27-nation bloc will close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund supplies of weapons to Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in response to Russia’s invasion. Continue reading