- Why the American Right Admires Putin’s Russia (thomaszimmer.substack.com)
- 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)
- How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City (nytimes.com)Ukrainians struggle to find and reclaim children taken by Russia (washingtonpost.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)
- Putin’s Poodle? Elon Musk threatens to stop funding Starlink internet Ukraine relies on in war (washingtonpost.com)
- 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)
