Prospects for meaningful diplomacy between the United States and Russia on any number of fronts are grim, with the two countries locked in their worst confrontation since the Soviet-era Cuban missile crisis.
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Russia’s war spurs corporate exodus, exposes business risks
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number of the world’s best known brands to pull out of a country that’s become a global outcast.
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Sen. King warns of Russian cyberattacks against U.S.
Maine’s independent senator says Putin is headed for a grinding, ultimately unwinnable occupation of Ukraine and is likely to lash out with cyberattacks.
Posted inNation & World
Key port of Mariupol under siege: ‘We are being destroyed’
The city of more than 400,000, which lies on the Sea of Azov near the Russian border, remained under Ukrainian control but was encircled by Russian troops.
Posted inNation & World
The facts and misinformation on Russia’s war on Ukraine
Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive.
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Ukraine asked for donations in crypto. Then things got weird.
Skeptics wonder whether the focus on crypto could lead to more illicit activity or inspire authoritarian governments to try a similar approach.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden asks Congress for $32.5 billion in Ukraine, COVID aid
President Biden’s administration has requested $10 billion for Ukraine, money that will be used to address the mounting humanitarian crisis as well as assist its defense against Russia.
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Shelling sets fire to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as Russians aim to control Ukrainian energy hub
The attack triggers phone calls between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Biden and other world leaders, while the U.S. Department of Energy activates its nuclear incident response team as a precaution.
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Riding the ‘evacuation train’: In Kyiv, a scramble to get out as Russians close in
All around their besieged capital, Ukrainians felt a sense that the noose was tightening.
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Assassination plot against Zelensky was foiled; unit sent to kill him was ‘destroyed,’ Ukraine says
The response to the alleged assassination plot comes as Russian forces continue their deadly assault on key Ukrainian cities, prompting some locals officials to warn Wednesday that their cities were near the breaking point.