- Ukrainian Forces Patrol Strategic City of Lyman After Russia’s Hasty Retreat (nytimes.com)U.S., U.K. say Russia’s retreat from Lyman ‘significant,’ hurts ability to resupply troops (washingtonpost.com)In Washington, Putin’s Nuclear Threats Stir Growing Alarm (nytimes.com)‘It feels inevitable’: Ukraine starts to believe it can win back Crimea (theguardian.com)Searching for bodies with the Ukrainian captain collecting Russian corpses (washingtonpost.com)
- Ukrainian strikes into Russia’s border towns compound Putin’s troubles (washingtonpost.com)Biden Warns Russia, Facing Losses, Against Using Unconventional Weapons (nytimes.com)‘Look, these are our boys’: Ukrainian troops drive Russian tanks on new front line (washingtonpost.com)Strikes and Fighting in Ukraine’s South Put Additional Pressure on Russian Forces (nytimes.com)
- Putin’s pre-war moves against U.S. tech giants laid groundwork for crackdown on free expression (washingtonpost.com)
- Putin’s forces seize Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after shelling (theguardian.com)Russia Accused of Nuclear ‘Terrorism’ as World Looks on AghastFire in Nuclear Facility's Training Building Extinguished (nytimes.com)Antony Blinken warns Russia: we don’t seek conflict but are ready for it (theguardian.com)Biden Is Sharing Intel With Ukraine Within 30-60 Minutes Of Getting It (politicususa.com)NATO chief says ‘Putin failed to divide us,’ as Blinken tours Europe (washingtonpost.com)Demoralised Russian soldiers tell of anger at being ‘duped’ into war (theguardian.com)Behind Sandbags, Volodomyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s President, Meets the Media (nytimes.com)Property of Russian elites could be handed to Ukrainian refugees, says Raab (theguardian.com)China Embraces Russian Propaganda and Its Version of Ukraine War (nytimes.com)Putin's destruction of Ukraine is driven by religious fervor, not lunacy: columnist (rawstory.com)Putin's self-inflicted nightmare: Russian soldiers revolt, security forces overwhelmed at home (rawstory.com)
- Putin’s Newest Useful Idiot, Charlie Kirk, Rails Against US Government, Claims It Is ‘Guilty Until Proven Innocent’ of Nord (mediaite.com)
- 2,389 children from Donetsk and Luhansk ‘kidnapped’ by Putin’s forces, US embassy says (theguardian.com)Zelenskiy: Ukraine on brink of surviving war (bbc.com)Russia Struggles for Momentum; West Fears Next Step (nytimes.com)Ukraine says it recaptured Kyiv suburb; Zelensky says cities bombed beyond recognition (washingtonpost.com)How Ukraine’s Outgunned Air Force Is Fighting Back Against Russian Jets (nytimes.com)‘Clear sign’ Putin is weighing up use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, says Biden (theguardian.com)Aleksei Navalny, Fiery Putin Critic, Given Additional 9-Year Prison Sentence (nytimes.com)‘I will not be held prisoner’: the trans women turned back at Ukraine’s borders (theguardian.com)How One Oligarch Used Shell Companies and Wall Street Ties to Invest in the U.S. (nytimes.com)
- Inside Putin’s circle — meet the real Russian elite (ft.com)
Spoiler: it isn't the "oligarchs"
- Is Vladimir Putin’s ‘partial’ Ukraine War mobilization a step too far for Russians? (theweek.com)Russia reveals exemptions as men flee Ukraine call-up (bbc.com)U.N. experts find that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine (nytimes.com)U.S. has sent private warnings to Russia against using a nuclear weapon (washingtonpost.com)Russia Begins Orchestrating Staged Voting in Occupied Territories (nytimes.com)Americans in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap wondered if death was near (washingtonpost.com)
- Russian mercenaries have landed in West Africa, pushing Putin’s goals as Kremlin is increasingly isolated (washingtonpost.com)
- Vladimir Putin’s World War Z Has Created a New Swastika