Russia hits
Ukraine power grid and gains ground in east; Biden to visit Poland
US clears Poland
to buy HIMARS, ATACMS, ammunition worth $10 billion
Russia accuses
U.S. embassy of 'fake news' over Ukraine, threatens expulsions
How to help Kyiv
go on a drone offensive
https://www.defensenews.com/thought-leadership/2023/02/07/how-to-help-kyiv-go-on-a-drone-offensive/
European
coalition to give refurbished Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine
US says China
balloon could collect intelligence signals
https://apnews.com/article/chinese-balloon-military-involvement-e45c759cb00294e83989fa35970935bc
Pentagon says Austin rebuffed when he sought to reach out
to Beijing over Chinese spy balloon
Navy admiral
expresses ‘concern’ with Pentagon’s ability to detect Chinese spy balloons
Navy Releases
First Photos of Chinese Balloon Recovery
Post #363: More
on the China Balloon Episode: Much Ado About Very Little
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 350. As the
Russia-Ukraine war enters its 350th day, we take a look at the main
developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/8/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-350
Defiant Ortega
frees political prisoners in Nicaragua, expels them to U.S.
SpaceX admits
blocking Ukrainian troops from using satellite technology
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/09/politics/spacex-ukrainian-troops-satellite-technology/index.html
Russia Hits
Targets Across Ukraine with Missiles, Drones
Russia Retaliates
for Sanctions By Announcing Oil Output Cut
Ukraine says two
Russian missiles crossed into Romania and Moldova
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 352: As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 352nd
day, we take a look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/10/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-352
Ukraine’s rocket
campaign reliant on US precision targeting, officials say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/ukraine-himars-rocket-artillery-russia/
The Tragic Mind:
Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power
How the Pentagon
shot down an unidentified object over Alaska, echoing Chinese spy balloon
U.S. fighter
shoots down object over Canada, Trudeau says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/11/military-shootdown-alaska-flying-object/
Russia attacks
power grid across Ukraine in ongoing offensive
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drone-strikes.html
Biden to visit
Poland around Ukraine war anniversary
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/politics/biden-poland-trip/index.html
Pentagon: US jet shot
down high-altitude object near Lake Huron – Feb 12, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKW7WZhfps
Will Europe
Survive This Moment? The greatest
illusion inculcated in Europeans is that Europe, once amputated from Russia,
will be able to regain its integrity with the U.S.’s help.
https://www.laprogressive.com/europe/will-europe-survive
New US
Immigration Policies’ Effect on Nicaragua: Brain Drain and Deportation: Biden
and the corporate media mouthpiece for the government have been trying to convince
the US public that the Nicaraguan government is an “unusual and extraordinary
threat” to national security.
https://www.laprogressive.com/latin-america-2/nicaragua-brain-drain
Never Closer to
Nuclear Catastrophe—Who Gains by Ignoring It?
Antiwar and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott warns that
policymakers who understate the danger of nuclear weapons don’t have the
public’s best interest at heart.
Montana airspace
briefly closed, FAA blames radar anomaly
Russia continues
to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east
Israel president
floats plan to prevent 'constitutional collapse'
An uncrewed
Russian spacecraft docked at the space station loses pressure
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/11/1156315438/space-station-russian-craft-loses-pressure
Russia has lost
‘strategically, operationally and tactically,’ top US general says – Feb 14,
2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK9PzKrk_UQ
How Assad Blocked
Aid to Syrian Earthquake Victims: In the country’s rebel-held northwest, none
of the assistance delivered so far has included rescue equipment.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/how-assad-blocked-aid-to-syrian-earthquake-victims
Moldovan leader
outlines Russian ‘plan’ to topple government
Americans in
Russia could be forced to fight in Ukraine war, U.S. warns
Thousands protest
Netanyahu's plan to overhaul Israel's judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/world/middleeast/israel-judicial-protests-netanyahu.html
The China Balloon
Episode: Much Ado About Very Little: In an effort to move from defense to
offense, Beijing media are stressing the American overreaction, the misguided
emphasis on the “China threat,” and the effort to “fan the flames” of conflict.
https://www.laprogressive.com/asia/china-balloon-episode
Ukraine: All
Spin, All Lies. The American people must
demand that U.S. political and military leaders tell the truth about this
horrific war and our country's role in it.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/ukraine-all-spin-all-lies
Cuba Is Not a
State Sponsor of Terrorism: Despite this embargo, Cuba’s people have been able
to transcend the indignities of hunger, ill health, and illiteracy
https://www.laprogressive.com/latin-america-2/cuba-is-not-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism
Paying Homage to
Russian War Resisters: Given the Russian government’s brutal repression of
dissent, the level of Russian resistance to the Putin regime’s war on Ukraine
is quite remarkable.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/russian-war-resisters
Reporter says
Putin is now traveling by armored train. Hear why – Feb 16, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBUKfVR3fgU
Silencing Critics
of Israel: Biden Pulls Nomination of Human Rights Lawyer For Decrying Apartheid
– Feb 17, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfslgTvNymk
US: Russia has
committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine
North Korea fires
ballistic missile as U.S. and South Korea ready for military drills: The launch
came a day after North Korea’s Foreign Ministry threatened “unprecedently”
strong action against its rivals.
In Yemen, a Debt
That Can Never Be Repaid: Saudi Arabia and its allies have been remarkably
unsuccessful in defeating the Houthi insurgents who now control much of a
country
https://www.laprogressive.com/the-middle-east/in-yemen
How Ukraine war
has shaped US planning for a China conflict
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 359. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 359th
day, we take a look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-359
Harris headlines
summit as world braces for fighting surge in Ukraine: The vice president will
express continuing U.S. support for Kyiv, despite fears that support could flag
in the coming months
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/16/harris-munich-security-conference-ukraine/
Naval Intelligence
admiral: ‘Naïve’ American public has a ‘China blindness’ problem: Rear Adm.
Mike Studeman, the commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence, also pushed
back on the idea the US should discontinue its policy of "strategic
ambiguity" regarding Taiwan.
Russia to
lengthen submarine patrols, says Norwegian intel report
Israeli FM visits
Kyiv as pressure mounts over military aid
U.S. tries to woo
India away from Russia with display of F-35s, bombers
Rage Against The
War Machine - Chris Hedges – Feb 16, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R760Be6TzUY&t=65s
Liberals Working
Overtime To Undermine Anti-War Rally – Feb 17, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLXCkBQ2TY&t=321s
Wagner chief
openly blasts Russia’s official military leadership – Feb 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdJ1xeSRjM
Retired colonel
predicts what could happen if China supports Russia – Feb 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWcYHYXEsec
Anne Applebaum:
“This war will end when Russia has understood it was a mistake” – Feb 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKOk0nOzWzA
Ukraine MP:
"There is no peace end to this war...only a military end.” – Feb 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcq0sSLtxVU
Velshi: Trump
created the opportunity for Putin in Ukraine – Feb 18, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGUGMKYBpmg
Netherlands
orders expulsion of Russian diplomats: Dutch government said it will close its
consulate general in St. Petersburg and the Russian Trade Office in Amsterdam.
https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-expel-russia-diplomat-espionage/
Italian PM Meloni
to visit Kyiv on Monday to meet Zelenskiy
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italian-pm-meloni-visit-kyiv-monday-meet-zelenskiy-2023-02-19/
The Impact of the
Anti-War Movement 20 Years After the US Invaded Iraq: It’s a reminder that
protest can and does matter.
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/iraq-war-invasion-protest-peace/
War Fever: The
crusade against civil liberties during World War I.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/adam-hochschild-american-midnight/
Beyond the
‘Border Crisis’: Reducing a humanitarian crisis to an issue of “border
security” puts real solutions out of reach.
https://www.populist.com/29.03.Hassen.html
Putin and the
Presidents: Timothy Snyder (interview) | FRONTLINE – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-SEQDQidM
Putin and the
Presidents: William Taylor (interview) | FRONTLINE – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOTx7HxVDsM
Fiona Hill and
John Sullivan on Russia and Ukraine – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIKyzPmGuw
Full interview:
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on "Face the Nation" – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLm0fkhxQ9c
Retired colonel
says this factor gives an advantage to Russia – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjlMo2EF8s
Ukraine war
experts Alexander Vindman, William Taylor discuss when Putin will stop military
attacks – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7OG5BwKkBo
Fmr. Amb. to
Ukraine Yovanovitch: “Russia is preparing for the long term” – Feb 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGoInGKcSEY
A Year of Putin’s
Wartime Lies: Every credible analyst of the invasion of Ukraine has been
stunned by the scale of the Russian President’s folly—and his failure extends
well beyond the battlefield.
Biden declares
‘Kyiv stands’ in surprise visit to Ukraine
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-biden-f00af220669457d5ba07127c7e57a27b
Biden Visits
Ukraine Ahead of War Anniversary: 'Kyiv Stands'
US has spent
billions on Ukraine war aid. But is that money landing in corrupt pockets?
U.S. ambassador
to U.N. warns China would be crossing a ‘red line’ if it provides lethal aid to
Russia
Secretary of
State Antony Blinken has said China is considering providing lethal support to
Russia in its war in Ukraine.
North Korea Fires
More Ballistic Missiles as It Warns US
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-19/north-korea-fires-suspected-ballistic-missile
4 US Troops
Wounded During Raid that Killed ISIS Leader in Syria
Ukrainian foreign
minister responds to Amanpour's 'painful' question about war – Feb 20, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShC67Xp8m8
Promoters of
Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ukraine-freedom-hospital-true-the-vote-phillips-engelbrecht
South Korea Looks
at Getting Its Own Nukes
https://www.populist.com/29.04.Sibert.html
US Sec. of State
Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right
Israeli Gov’t
https://www.juancole.com/2023/02/anesthesia-palestinians-operated.html
The Ukraine War
and International Law
https://www.populist.com/29.04.Wittner.html
A new life, a
death and an escape: Three hours in the line of Russian fire
Putin raises
tension on Ukraine, suspends START nuclear pact
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-politics-de0af48be7ea480ccb0175f55a065363
Biden in Warsaw:
'Freedom' at stake in Ukraine war
https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1021179/biden-in-warsaw-freedom-at-stake-in-ukraine-war
Biden in Poland:
US, allies ‘will never waver’ in Ukraine
Treasury Deputy:
Russia Sanctions Are Degrading its Military
One Year Into
War, Putin Is Crafting the Russia He Craves: In Ukraine, President Vladimir V.
Putin’s invasion has met setback after setback. But its effect at home has been
very different.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/19/world/europe/ukraine-war-russia-putin.html
A Year of Putin’s
Wartime Lies: Every credible analyst of the invasion of Ukraine has been
stunned by the scale of the Russian President’s folly—and his failure extends
well beyond the battlefield.
Israeli troops
kill 11 Palestinians in West Bank clash, medics say
The Nonviolent
Iranian Revolution 44 Years Later: Today, there is another movement in Iran. A
movement sparked by the death of Mahsa “Jina” Amini this past September.
https://www.laprogressive.com/the-middle-east/nonviolent-iranian-revolution-44-years-later
Poland has long
been one of the world’s most ethnically and culturally homogeneous countries,
and has a tangled, often painful history with Ukraine. This is how Poland has accommodated more
Ukrainian refugees than any other nation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/world/europe/poland-ukraine-war-refugees.html
5 Ways War in
Ukraine Has Changed the World
The West Tried to
Isolate Russia. It Didn’t Work.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/23/world/russia-ukraine-geopolitics.html
Putin the Green?
The Unintended Consequences of Russia's Energy War on Europe
Will Russia
Survive Until 2084?
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/12/will-russia-survive-until-2084/
Bear Market
Brief: Russia's Economy and Politics. In Brief
Moscow’s Mind
Games: Finding Ideology in Putin’s Russia
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/02/moscows-mind-games-finding-ideology-in-putins-russia/
Russia Is Down,
But Not Out, in Central Asia
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/02/russia-is-down-but-not-out-in-central-asia/
The Confrontation
with Russia and US Grand Strategy
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/02/the-confrontation-with-russia-and-us-grand-strategy/
Tanks a Lot (Well, Actually Not That
Many for Ukraine)
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/02/tanks-a-lot-well-actually-not-that-many-for-ukraine/
Wagner Group Redefined: Threats and
Responses
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/01/wagner-group-redefined-threats-and-responses/
How the Battle
for the Donbas Shaped Ukraine’s Success
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/12/how-the-battle-for-the-donbas-shaped-ukraines-success/
The Realist Case
for Ukraine
https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/01/the-realist-case-for-ukraine/
'This is a good
war' | Former US Navy Senior Chief – Feb 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvkqSdtVo5Y
Migrant shipwreck
in Italy kills at least 59, including 12 children
Israelis,
Palestinians pledge to curb violence at Jordan meeting
The American
Heiress Who Risked Everything to Resist the Nazis | History| Smithsonian
Magazine
Inbox
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/american-heiress-risked-everything-resist-nazis-180981554/
The war in Ukraine
and how to stop it
https://www.wsws.org/en/special/pages/how-to-stop-war-ukraine-socialist-strategy.html
The War in
Ukraine and How to Stop It - An online discussion of socialist anti-war
strategy – Feb 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K18kWZFaZ90
The Republican
Grand Immigration Con Job: America, it turns out, doesn’t have an “illegal
immigrant” problem: we have an “illegal employer” problem.
https://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/the-republican-grand-immigration-con-job
Top Biden
official SHUTS DOWN pro-Putin Republicans – Feb 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSboXAdWUOY
What About the
Foreign Fighters on the Front Lines in Ukraine?
Thousands of foreign volunteers have traveled to Ukraine to support both
Ukrainian and Russian war efforts. Their arrival has not been without
controversy and could result in a wider escalation of the war.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/foreign-fighters
Western unity
could have consequences beyond Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Yellen visits
Ukraine, underscores US economic support
Belarus activists
say they blew up Russian military aircraft near Minsk
US Army veteran
killed fighting in Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 370. As the
Russia-Ukraine war enters its 370th day, we take a look at the main
developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/28/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-370
An awkward
tension lies beneath the West’s support for Ukraine: In public, U.S. and
European leaders vow unwavering support for Ukraine’s total victory. In
private, a more cynical realism is starting to emerge.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/27/tension-ukraine-public-private-support-west/
U.S. Lacked
‘Political Will’, Resources To Build Up Afghan Forces, Report Finds: Biden,
Trump administrations didn’t account for low morale, which was “one of the main
contributors” to the collapse of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
amid the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021.
Why US-backed
Afghanistan security forces collapsed, according to SIGAR
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/afghanistan-security-forces-collapse-sigar-report/
U.S. citizen
killed in West Bank amid escalating Mideast violence
SECNAV Del Toro
Says Changes to Immigration Law, Policy Could Help with Shipyard Workforce
Shortage
Biden's New
Border Crackdown Flouts US Treaty Obligations: A law professor explains how.
We must treat
cyber wars the same as we treat conventional military encounters
To Save Ukraine,
End the War: With the fighting poised to take an ominous turn, now is the time
to push for a cease-fire.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukraine-diplomacy-escalation-war/
Israeli Settlers
Rampage Through West Bank Town; Palestinians Report One Killed, Dozens Wounded
Putin issues
alert after drone strikes 60 miles from Moscow; Russian death toll surpasses
all wars since WWII: Ukraine updates
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/02/28/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates/11363991002/
Russian soldiers
dying in large groups, pleading to Putin for help – Mar 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTqdnQqLWd0
Russia's
Nightmare: Ukraine Has Destroyed the Largest Logistics Centers of the Russian
Army! – Mar 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMQdEiS1vZk
Iran probes
'deliberate' poisoning of schoolgirls across the country: A wave of new cases
were reported Wednesday after officials said the mysterious incidents may have
been deliberate attacks designed to prevent girls from seeking an education.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-poisoning-schoolgirls-deliberate-islamic-republic-rcna72610
Global South
Refuses to Side With the West on Russia: The global West has drifted away from
the global East in terms of core strategic interests, while the Global South is
reorganizing to pursue its own interests.
https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/global-south-refuses
The Couple Who
Fled Russia for the War in Ukraine: When Alex and Halyna arrived at the
Ukrainian border, a Russian agent looked at them like they were crazy. “Do you
even know what’s going on there?” he asked.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-couple-who-fled-russia-for-the-war-in-ukraine
The Most
Important Bomb Factory of the Russian Defense Industry Is on Fire! – Mar 3,
2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnXZ7k4x2dU
Video shows
critical Bakhmut supply bridge destroyed by Russian forces – Mar 3, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqqlMFZQguI
From prison to
the frontlines: Thousands of Russian convicts sent to fight in Ukraine – Mar 3,
2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOW9kCRD4VM
Ukrainian Drones
Followed Russian Soldiers To Their Secret Bases! Big Bang – Mar 3, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE3hES-lXsA
Iran’s Raisi
Visits Beijing, Signs 20 Agreements, as Iranian Lion and Chinese ‘Yellow
Dragon’ seek to Outflank US Pressure
https://www.juancole.com/2023/02/agreements-outflank-pressure.html
Why Did Biden
Snub China’s Ukraine Peace Plan?
President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in
peace if it means the US concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world untethered
from the all-mighty dollar.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/ukraine-peace-plan
Ukrainian
Dilemmas: The likely outcome, least desired by both sides, would be a
Korean-style armistice, a suspension of hostilities with both sides retaining
only the territories they hold when fighting stops.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/ukrainian-dilemmas
How a Nuclear
Power Plant Became a Tool of War: The nuclear "war" in Ukraine may
not be the one we expect
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/nuclear-power-plant
Iran makes
sweeping pledge of cooperation to IAEA before board meeting
Succumbing to
Putin's blackmail: The U.S. and NATO are still reluctant to give Ukraine what
it needs to win
https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1021480/succumbing-to-putins-blackmail
In an Epic Battle
of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes: A three-week fight in
the town of Vuhledar in southern Ukraine produced what Ukrainian officials say
was the biggest tank battle of the war so far, and a stinging setback for the
Russians.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-tanks.html
Great Panic In
Russia: Drunk Russian Soldier Blew Himself Up! – Mar 5, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDpxDafbjd0
The Russia Navy
Suffers a Heavy Loss The Russia Navy is in Disarray! – Mar 5, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29E0MN4ZEA
Crisis over
suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates
https://apnews.com/article/iran-schoolgirl-poisonings-investigation-2168f9ad672cd361f27654df205cbea3
US Exceptionalism
and the Wars in Syria and Ukraine: It is high time to end US delusions of
superiority and exceptionalism. The USA should become a normal nation.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/us-exceptionalism
In Nicaragua,
Reconciliation Does Not Mean Forgetting: The Nicaraguan people are still facing
the fallout from five years ago when protests over modest pension reform were
used to launch a violent coup attempt.
https://www.laprogressive.com/latin-america-2/reconciliation-does-not-mean-forgetting
Putin's offensive
has 'petered out' | Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones – Mar 6, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQoka5zJ0Y
We tell you about
a real-life spy caper involving a General Electric engineer and his handler in
Nanjing.
Student gets 8
years in prison for criticizing Ukraine war
End Wars Instead
of Funding Them: As great powers, the United States and China should ask
themselves: what have we done to end or prevent wars, rather than encouraging
or extending them?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/end-wars-instead-funding-them-206262
Whose Red
Lines? Setting red lines for the world
is too important to be left to individual, self-interested countries. They
should be set―and respected―by all.
https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/whose-red-lines
Our Unforgiveable
Cruelty Towards Migrants: The answer to the Crotone disaster is the expansion
of rescue capacities at sea and not their confiscation. The answer is safe and
legal entry routes and not Fortress Europe.
https://www.laprogressive.com/immigration-reform/our-unforgiveable-cruelty-towards-migrants
The fight to hold
Bakhmut: Why are the Russians so keen to capture this city, and how has Ukraine
been able to hold them off?
https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1021556/the-fight-to-hold-bakhmut
Russian missile
barrage slams into Ukrainian cities; 6 dead
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-odesa-kharkiv-40714ec02d628a95458594da6ba8a80e
What you need to know about Russia’s hypersonic missiles
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/21/ukraine-hypersonic-russia-missile/
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 380: As the
Russia-Ukraine war enters its 380th day, we take a
look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/10/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-380
Senate committee
votes to repeal Iraq AUMFs
https://www.legion.org/security/258330/senate-committee-votes-repeal-iraq-aumfs
Direct HIT:
Ukrainian Army Has Shot Russia In The Heart! – Mar 10, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAg-fOWGGxE
Foreign
Governments Are Still Targeting Americans on Social Media, NSA Says. U.S. government efforts to stem these infowar
efforts are meeting resistance.
John Mearsheimer
| What led to the WAR in UKRAINE – Mar 12, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITtDgspsg4k
ONE MILLION
RUSSIAN TROOPS marching to the Polish border – Mar 12, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrgIumecLIQ
Taliban governor
of Afghanistan’s Balkh province killed in blast: Mohammad Dawood Muzammil’s
killing comes a day after he met top government officials visiting from capital
Kabul.
The moment when
Putin turned away from the West. When
people try to comprehend the catastrophe of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion
of Ukraine, they often draw a straight line back to his apprenticeship as a KGB
spy, his nostalgia for a fallen Soviet Union and his rage at NATO enlargement.
And that may indeed be the way future historians read this tragic story.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/09/putin-bush-chechnya-ukraine-war/
Analysis: Nuclear
submarine plan aims to give Australia strategic edge to deter China
‘Downwind’ of
Trinity: Remembering the First Victims of the Atomic Bomb
On the Front Line
of the War for Ukraine w/Phil Ittner – Mar 13, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-hwF5whKQ
How US Military
SMOKED Russian Mercenaries... – Mar 13, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viuUzGGac5M
Russian Generals
Killed: Historic Blow To Russia From The Ukrainian Army! – Mar 14, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMAU6ZO_L8
Ukrainian sniper
on killing Russians: 'Can't think...you just act' – Mar 14, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzIEPziE2w
'We Were
Ignored': Veterans and Troops Detail Horrors of Afghanistan Evacuation as House
Investigation Begins
Russian Jet Bumps
Air Force Drone over Black Sea, Causing Unmanned Aircraft to Crash
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 385. As the
Russia-Ukraine war enters its 385th day, we take a look at the main
developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/15/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-385
As Russian
Shelling Intensifies, True Liberation Eludes Ukrainian City: Months after
Ukrainian forces pushed out Russian occupiers, the city of Kherson remains very
much a war zone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/ukraine-war-kherson.html
A Look Back at
How Fear and False Beliefs Bolstered U.S. Public Support for War in Iraq
Opinion: ‘At my
first meeting with Saddam Hussein, within 30 seconds, he knew two things about
me,’ says FBI interrogat
Islamic State
claims responsibility for east Congo attack that killed 19
Blood Does Not
Wash Away Blood: Those who have an insatiable appetite for war seldom heed the
wreckage they have left behind.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/blood-does-not-wash-away-blood
20 Years After
the Invasion of Iraq: The Urbanity of Evil. What propelled the United States to
start the war on Iraq in March 2003 were dynamics of media and politics that
are still very much with us today.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/urbanity-of-evil
The
Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine: The U.S. record easily matches, or
arguably far outstrips, the illegality and brutality of Russia’s crimes in
Ukraine.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/iraq-to-ukraine
Protest at the
White House, March 18, Against US Proxy War In Ukraine: Protests and Popular
Sentiment growing for “Peace In Ukraine - No weapons, no money for the Ukraine
War.”
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/proxy-war-in-ukraine
Poland to Be 1st
NATO Member to Give Ukraine Fighter Jets
U.N. aviation
council votes to hear MH17 case against Russia
https://www.reuters.com/world/un-aviation-council-votes-hear-mh17-case-against-russia-2023-03-17/
International
Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin over alleged Ukraine war crimes:
The court said Friday that the Russian leader is responsible for overseeing the
forced deportation of children. The Kremlin has previously denied the
accusation.
Don't Defund
Ukraine! – Mar 12, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jABBivljLk
Retired lt. gen.
watched tape of Putin's Mariupol visit. Here's what he saw – Mar 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDM7Ducq3NY
Thousands of
Desperate Russian Soldiers Have Surrendered to Ukrainian Troops! – Mar 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjqT2iXSoUE
Ukrainians
SUCCESSFULLY USE NEW 155mm RAAM PROJECTILES | War in Ukraine Explained -Mar 19,
2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_C7SWYal1w
Ukraine air
chief: my best pilots are dying while we wait for F-16s. General Serhii Holubtsov says his men can
learn to fly western jets in months, dismissing Nato claims that training could
take years
Putin visits
illegally annexed city of Mariupol following ICC warrant
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/world/europe/putin-mariupol-crimea-ukraine.html
Russia agrees to
extend the Ukraine grain deal again
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/18/1164538947/russia-ukraine-grain-deal-extended
How an
international arrest warrant for Putin puts a new spin on Xi visit to Russia
Iraq against the
World: Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/iraq-against-the-world-9780197530153
Where Have All
the Men in Moscow Gone? | The New York Times.
Across the capital, there are noticeably fewer men at restaurants,
stores and social gatherings. Many have been called up to fight in Ukraine.
Others have fled to avoid being drafted.
Protesters to CNN: Don’t Be a Pentagon Stenographer! Hundreds Converge in Hollywood to Challenge
Ukraine War Coverage
https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/pentagon-stenographer
On Missing Dr.
Strangelove: Or How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Forgot the Bomb
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/missing-dr-strangelove
Why China Won’t
Give Russia Weapons w/ Phil Ittner – Mar 23, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryl4XYMZYBw
U.S. strikes deal
with Canada over northern border, asylum seekers
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-03-23/biden-canada-northern-border-agreement-trudeau
Not Stopping
Russia in Ukraine Would Force 'Doubling' of US Defense Budget, Milley Says
Who Fears the International Criminal Court? Washington cheered Putin’s arrest warrant,
but still doesn’t recognize the authority of the ICC.
https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/fearing-international-criminal-court
Attacks on
Iran-linked bases in Syria will draw swift response, spokesperson says
26 Mar: Ukrainians
LURE RUSSIAN ASSAULT INTO A KILL ZONE | War in Ukraine Explained – Mar 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBro7RDaRis
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 397: As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 397th
day, we take a look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/27/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-397
NATO criticises
Putin's 'dangerous and irresponsible' nuclear rhetoric
Banksy's migrant
rescue ship seized by Italy's coast guard in Lampedusa
"An
Insider's View of Setting the Doomsday Clock" with Prof. Robert Socolow –
Mar 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqlclHrB9c0
US and Israeli
Leaders Enjoy Impunity While ICC Charges Putin with War Crimes: The U.S.
celebrates the charges against Putin, but pressures the ICC to refrain from
prosecuting Israelis and Americans.
https://www.laprogressive.com/the-middle-east/us-and-israeli-leaders-enjoy-impunity
We Don’t Have to
Choose Between Nuclear Madmen: There’s always an excuse for nuclear madness, and
the United States has certainly provided ample rationales for the Russian
leader’s display of it.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/nuclear-madmen
Are We Facing a
Second Cold War? Cold War II could
conceivably be a LOT worse than Cold War I if we choose to continue to wage it.
https://www.laprogressive.com/foreign-policy/second-cold-war
Advocates decry
inhumane conditions of Mexico's migrant detention centers after deadly fire
Victims of the
fire inside the migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez were trapped behind
padlocked doors in an overcrowded facility, migrants and immigration groups
say.
Russia is
‘getting hammered’: Top US general on Bakhmut battle – Mar 29, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ8E4GwQ84I
The Daily Agenda:
Time for some accountability. The
University of Arizona failed ... Tweeting is hazardous to your job ... And
you'll do what if someone threatens what?
https://arizonaagenda.substack.com/p/the-daily-agenda-time-for-some-accountability
How to win the
hot war in Ukraine and the cold war that will follow it: After a year of
fighting, what comes next?
Warmongers in
Congress Use Tik-Tok to Justify Aggression towards China: If Congress cares
about our digital privacy, it should first begin by investigating the
surveillance policies of its own US agencies.
https://www.laprogressive.com/the-media-in-the-united-states/tik-tok-to-justify-aggression
Retired Admiral
predicts how Ukraine could possibly win war against Russia – Apr 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb0bFDbUzzw
Biden Has Now
Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration: The administration is enshrining
several Trump-era border policies—even though Biden promised to undo the damage
that Trump had done to the immigration system.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/biden-immigration-asylum/
Dispatch From
Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War: While Ukraine’s capital has mostly returned to
normal, reminders of the brutal fighting are everywhere.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kyiv-ukraine-ballet-dispatch/
The Unlearned
Lessons From the War in Iraq: You don’t have to reflect on a war if that war
doesn’t end, let alone pay reparations for your crimes.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/iraq-war-isis-reparations/
20 Years Ago, the
US Lied Its Way Into War: On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq,
The Nation reprints its plea to Congress to reject Bush’s preemptive assault.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/invasion-iraq-vote-authorize-bush/
How US Policy Has
Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico: Thanks to US border
restrictions, thousands of migrants are stuck indefinitely in Chiapas,
harvesting the fruits that Americans can’t get enough of.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/migrant-workers-mexico-tapachula/
Brittney Griner
urges Biden to bring home reporter Gershkovich
What It Will Take
to Get to a Russian-Ukrainian Ceasefire and Negotiations
https://youtube.com/live/OZABbrn7No0
Biden
administration promises aid to boost Ukraine's air defenses
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/04/us-weapons-ukraine-russia-drones/
Finland Joins
NATO in Historic Move, Sparking Russian Outcry: Moscow’s Ukraine invasion
pushes neighbor to shed neutrality, as Sweden waits to also join alliance
Macron seeks
China's help on Ukraine, Xi 'willing' to call Zelenskiy
https://www.reuters.com/world/high-hopes-china-eu-leaders-prepare-xi-talks-2023-04-06/
Ukraine War Plans
Leak Prompts Pentagon Investigation: Classified documents detailing secret
American and NATO plans have appeared on Twitter and Telegram.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/politics/ukraine-war-plan-russia.html
Russian
technicians appear to have sabotaged MiG-29 fighter jets headed for Ukraine,
Slovakia says
New batch of
classified documents appear on social media sites: The files were found on
Twitter and other sites on Friday, and appear to detail U.S. security secrets
from Ukraine to the Middle East to China.
How Putin
Criminalized Journalism in Russia: The case of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street
Journal reporter being held in Moscow on espionage charges, is only the most
recent example of the Kremlin’s crackdown on reporters.
Biden
administration blames chaotic Afghan pull-out on Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65208663
BREAKING: The war
in Yemen is ending
DOJ opens
investigation into leaks of apparent classified US military documents
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/politics/pentagon-leaked-ukraine-documents/index.html
The story of Evan
Gershkovich, an American reporter who has been imprisoned in Russia.
The Man Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers Is Scared
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/international-world/ellsberg-nuclear-war-ukraine.html
GOP’s Borderline
Failure
https://www.populist.com/29.06.Edit.html
Chinese Balloons
Come and Go Down
https://www.populist.com/29.06.McMillen.html
Robert B. Reich:
Two notable presidential conversations with Zelensky
Israeli Squatter
Terrorists Fire Guns, Set dozens of Fires in Palestinian Town, Killing One and
Wounding 100
https://www.juancole.com/2023/02/squatter-terrorists-palestinian-wounding.html
The Coup in
Israel
https://www.populist.com/29.06.Gurtov.html
Jamie Stiehm:
Thinking hard about Ukraine war and peace
RALPH NADER: 20th
anniversary of the sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney
Boycotters of
Israel were denounced as Antisemites, but now 255 US Jewish Businessmen
Threaten to pull Investments over Netanyahu’s Plan to gut Courts
https://www.juancole.com/2023/03/antisemites-businessmen-investments.html
20 Years On, What
Did the Iraq War Truly Cost? The war
claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost
opportunities. Now, younger generations are demanding them back.
https://www.populist.com/29.07.Certo.html
20 Years After
the Invasion of Iraq, Bush Administration Lies Still Take Lives
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/3/16/20_years_after_the_invasion_of
Russia's economic
stats are 'pure invention from Putin's imagination,' and its economy is
actually imploding, Yale researchers say
F.B.I. Arrests
Two on Charges Tied to Chinese Police Outpost in New York: Federal prosecutors
in Brooklyn charged the men with conspiring with the People’s Republic of China
and destroying evidence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/nyregion/fbi-chinese-police-outpost-nyc.html
Dozens of POWs
freed as Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-easter-a40d1db42047020ffff370619e08db51
The Cracks in the
Crystal Ball: Existential crises in the Bread Basket of Europe.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/ukraine-russia-shock-doctrine-crimea-nationalism
Will the West
Turn Ukraine into a Nuclear Battlefield?
Using depleted uranium will create an even more lethal, all too
literally radioactive theater of war — and Ukraine will end up paying a price
for it.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/nuclear-battlefield
NATO Bid Puts
Pressure on Sweden’s Domestic Politics
https://mailchi.mp/fpri/spotlight-2023-04-21?e=e9d28a283c
Ukraine live
briefing: NATO chief visits Kyiv, says Ukraine’s ‘rightful place’ is in
alliance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/20/russia-ukraine-war-news/
Has the U.S. Lost
Track of the Spies in Our Midst? In an
era of hacks and breaches, the game of spy vs. spy has changed.
https://newrepublic.com/article/170919/us-lost-track-spies-midst
The Thucydides
Trap: Can the United States and China avoid military conflict?
https://newrepublic.com/article/170954/united-states-china-war-thucydides-trap
U.S. forces
evacuate embassy personnel from Sudan as battles rage on: Operations at the
U.S. Embassy in Khartoum have been temporarily suspended, the State Department
said Saturday night.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-personnel-dependents-evacuated-embassy-sudan-rcna81015
Nations rush
high-risk Sudan evacuation, some foreign citizens hurt and Aid workers stuck in
Sudan after diplomats evacuated
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/us-france-evacuate-diplomats-sudan-battles-rage-2023-04-23/
Paris, Kyiv,
Baltic states dismayed after China envoy questions Ukraine sovereignty
Three arrested as
Spain exhumes fascist movement's founder
China’s
Historical Destiny is to Stand with the Third World – Apr 24, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4c-hAtt9E
Ukraine Dispatch:
Hamlet, Kharkiv. After months in the war
zone, with death all around, life becomes Shakespearean.
China rows back
after envoy denies sovereignty of former Soviet states: Beijing says it
respects status of countries such as Ukraine after ambassador’s comments spark
row
Immigration
Policy Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: For 20 years, the Department of Homeland
Security has made life a nightmare for millions — but Dreamers like me have
seen that there’s another way.
https://www.populist.com/29.08.Lusuegro.html
Can the US Give
Up Primacy?
https://www.populist.com/29.08.Sibert.html
Will There Ever
Be Justice for the Iraq War? A world
without accountability paved the way for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.populist.com/29.08.Hassen.html
Biden gets
bipartisan blowback on getting U.S. tanks to Ukraine faster: “If our tanks
don’t get there until August or September, it may well be too late,” said Sen.
Angus King.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/27/dems-republicans-tanks-transfers-ukraine-00094212
Fighting rages in
Khartoum, but envoy sees sides more open to talks
Russian official:
Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-crimea-drone-29218ed006a79c4b0629688ce4820cc8
Russians seem to
be baiting US jets to dogfight in Syria, general says
Armed U.S. drones
escort evacuation of American citizens in war-torn Sudan: A Pentagon
spokesperson said that U.S. intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
assets were used to support air and land evacuation routes.
US says Chinese
coast guard harassing Philippine vessels
Daniel Ellsberg
Warns Risk of Nuclear War Is Rising as Tension Mounts over Ukraine & Taiwan
– May 1, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RAxEnqZt3w
1,500 troops sent
to US southern border ahead of expected migrant surge | WNT – May 2, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lod-JJ7Qg1A
Palestinian
prisoner dies after hunger strike, igniting violence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/02/khader-adnan-israel-hunger-strike/
Dubya’s “Mission
Accomplished” Boast, 20 Years Later: Years later, some U.S. authorities were
candid about Iraq’s massive oil reserves as an incentive for the war.
https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/mission-accomplished-again
US to send
Ukraine $300 million in military aid
Ukraine denies
Russian claim Kyiv sent drones to hit Kremlin
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 434. As the
war enters its 434th day, we take a look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/3/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-434
Blast causes
another train to derail in Russia near Ukraine: An explosion derailed another
freight train in a Russian region near Ukraine, authorities say, adding there
were no casualties.
How the US
government can combat Russian disinformation on Ukraine
The curious
conservative case against defending Ukraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/opinion/republican-ukraine-russia.html
Ukraine says it
used US-made Patriot system to intercept Russian hypersonic missile
8 dead, 10
injured after driver slams SUV into crowd near migrant center in Brownsville,
Texas
Putin blames the
West for Ukraine conflict in Victory Day speech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/09/russia-victory-day-parade-ukraine-putin/
Ukraine war:
Russia launches 'biggest' kamikaze drone attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65524104
Texas driver
charged with manslaughter after deadly Brownsville crash
U.S. seeks to
shore up border as migrants gather ahead of end to Title 42
Israel strikes
kill 3 Islamic Jihad leaders and 10 others
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/08/israel-strike-gaza-attack-jihad/
Migrant bus
arrives in Philadelphia as Title 42 ends
https://www.inquirer.com/news/migrant-bus-immigrant-texas-gov-greg-abbott-philadelphia-20230510.html
Ukrainian
commander: Russian Wagner fighters ran away in Bakhmut – May 11, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qwWkzz6bYI
Ukraine War: 'Any
Russian tank anywhere in Ukraine is now within range' with Storm Shadow
missiles – May 11, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX_c0_SL_Mo
US busts Russian
cyber operation in dozens of countries
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 441: As the war enters its 441st day, we take a
look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/10/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-441
US announces
$1.2B Ukraine aid package ahead of counteroffensive
Ukraine Shoots
Down 35 Drones Over Kyiv as Attacks Kill 4
Cool the China
Rhetoric
https://www.populist.com/29.09.ArtCullen.html
The Epidemic of
School Shootings: More than 300,000 students have experienced gun violence in their
schools since the Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/an-epidemic/
One Runner’s Journey
to Freedom: For 14-year-old Adam, who is waiting at a Libyan shelter for a
clear path to safety, running might be his only way to escape.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/horn-of-africa-athlete-refugees/
H.Res.77 -
Embracing the goals and provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/77
A Diplomatic
Surge Is Needed to Prevent Endless War in Ukraine: Diplomacy provides the only
'off ramp' that will prevent the use of nuclear weapons.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ukraine-diplomacy
The US Should
Be a Force for Peace in the World: A Call for Peace in Ukraine by U.S. National
Security Experts
Slouching
Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline
As Biden meets
with world leaders at G-7 Summit, US puts new sanctions on Russia
Russian forces in
retreat near Bakhmut, Ukraine and Wagner say
Georgia to resume
flights to Russia this week, drawing EU and Ukrainian criticism
Zelenskiy says
Bakhmut still in Ukraine's hands
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-appears-confirm-loss-bakhmut-2023-05-21/
The Left Should
Support Ending Violence in Ukraine: That means supporting a negotiated
settlement in the name of limiting still more horrendous devastation.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukraine-conflict-negotiated-settlement/
Emptying
Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo: Unless the post-9/11 forever
prison is permanently shuttered, it’s only a matter of time before one of
Biden’s successors takes up Trump’s unrealized call to fill it back up with
“some bad dudes.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/guantanamo-biden/
The Political
Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
who has never let a crisis go to waste, hopes to use money and the need for
reconstruction after the quake—not jail sentences—to prevail in this month’s
election. But a united opposition is hoping the ground has shifted.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-election-akp/
Fact Sheet:
Department of State and Department of Homeland Security Announce Additional
Sweeping Measures to Humanely Manage Border through Deterrence, Enforcement,
and Diplomacy
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/05/10/fact-sheet-additional-sweeping-measures-humanely-manage-border
Russia has called
out and banned Erin Burnett from entering the country. See what she has to say
– May 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yppOGpXT998
Ukraine pulls out
of all but 'insignificant' sliver of Bakhmut, pivots to encircling Russian
forces
Russia claims it
has defeated alleged incursion from Ukraine, a day after attack began
Two Weeks at the
Front in Ukraine: In the trenches in the Donbas, infantrymen face unrelenting
horrors, from missiles to grenades to helicopter fire.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/29/two-weeks-at-the-front-in-ukraine
The Dark Truth of
Biden’s Immigration Policy: The administration once promised to close privately
run immigrant detention centers. Instead, it’s packing them full.
https://newrepublic.com/article/171665/biden-immigration-policy-dark-truth
Retire This
Dehumanizing Language About Immigrants.
Human beings fleeing persecution are not a “flood” or “surge.” And it’s
not “illegal” when they cross the border to seek asylum.
https://www.populist.com/29.10.Prieshoff.html
Lula is Right
that the UN Security Council Can’t Resolve Major Conflicts, whether Ukraine or
Palestine
https://www.juancole.com/2023/05/security-conflicts-palestine.html
Cooling Russia’s
Nuclear Threat
https://www.populist.com/29.10.Sibert.html
To Aid Ukraine in
Fight Against Russia, Allies Look to Security Model Like Israel’s. NATO membership isn’t on the table for now,
but U.S. and European allies could provide Kyiv guarantees for weapons,
advanced technology
US greenlights
F-16 fighter jet training for Ukrainian pilots in Europe. “As the training takes place over the coming
months, our coalition of countries participating in this effort will decide
when to actually provide jets, how many we will provide, and who will provide
them,” an administration official wrote.
Russia-Ukraine
war: List of key events, day 453. As the
war enters its 453rd day, we take a look at the main developments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/22/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-453
Body of Marine
vet who went missing in Ukraine in 2022 returns home
Philippine army
head sees China threat ‘every day in South China Sea’: "Whenever we fly in
our own territorial waters, we are challenged by the Chinese, challenged
because they say we are in their territory, when in fact it is our
territory," Lt. Gen. Romeo Browner, commanding general of the Philippine
Army said.
Arms Flow 30%
Faster to Ukraine as US Relearns Cold-War Skills: Logisticians are honing
techniques invented to keep the Soviet Union from seizing Europe.
US calls off aid
program to Afghans amid persistent issues with Taliban
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2023-05-23/us-aid-afghanistan-10208233.html
Air Force
Warthogs patrol Middle East waters in response to Iranian actions
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-23/a10-navy-iran-10207083.html
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