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Editorial: The world stands with Ukraine

Not since 9/11 has an unprovoked hostility been so clearly defined as good versus evil. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has, if nothing else, sidestepped the usual vagaries of who started what or who is the victim and who is the aggressor. On the one side is Ukraine, a sovereign…

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

George Skelton: Recalling a '90s Ukraine on the verge of hard-won independence

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thirty-two years ago, I saw something in Odessa, Ukraine, that still fascinates me.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: How Western sanctions may demolish Putin's 'Fortress Russia'

For years, Vladimir Putin worked assiduously to strengthen what was known as "Fortress Russia," reducing its government debt and building up its reserves of gold and foreign currency as a bulwark against political and economic challenges.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Russia nuclear threat explained - from 30-minute warning to where Putin keeps codes

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon and Anthony Glees answer your questions about Russia's nuclear weapons after Vladimir Putin threatened the West

Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Vladimir Putin accused of war crimes in Ukraine as PM blasts him for ‘barbaric tactics against innocent civilians’

Russia is ‘unleashing indiscriminate air strikes and horrific weapons’

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2022

Fund managers ditch Russian assets, global stocks slide, bitcoin rises after latest sanctions – as it happened

European stocks slide further while Moscow stock exchange remains closed for second day; rouble steadies and Brent crude rises above $100 a barrel

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

Chilling old Vladimir Putin comment has many worried the Russian leader could press nuclear button

On Sunday, Putin told state TV that NATO powers have made "aggressive statements" along with the West imposing hard-hitting financial sanctions against Russia, including the president himself.

Irish Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Reading Putin: Unbalanced or Cagily Preying on West’s Fears?

For two decades, Vladimir Putin has struck rivals as reckless, impulsive. But his behavior in ordering an invasion of Ukraine — and now putting Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert — has some in the West questioning whether the Russian president has become dangerously unstable. In recent days, Putin has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2022

Russian billionaire Fridman to contest 'groundless' EU sanctions

After some of Russia's richest oligarchs were cut out the global financial system, billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven vowed to contest European Union sanctions imposed in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022

Vladimir Putin accused of using illegal thermobaric vacuum bombs that set off devastating supersonic waves

The bombs, which are filled with explosive fuel and chemicals, have been banned by the Geneva convention

Wales Online · Mar 1, 2022