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Evening Standard Comment: Britain must step up to help Ukrainian refugees

Today’s front page illustrates why people are fleeing Ukraine. We took the decision to show this harrowing image to drive home that no one — not even young children — is safe from Vladimir Putin’s war.

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2022

Commentary: Ukraine reminds us of what we already knew

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine somehow managed to be shocking despite having been predicted, repeatedly, by President Joe Biden and members of his administration. Even the people making the predictions didn’t seem to believe them. Now that it’s happened and the implications are sinking in, the gap between the reality of…

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2022

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich speaking with Ukraine in peace bid after Russia attack

Abramovich handed over stewardship of Chelsea to the club's trustees on Saturday amid increased scrutiny over his alleged links with Russia president Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2022

Dutch PM Rutte says "Putin's aggression must be stopped"

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday called for international unity to end Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

Will Bunch: War in Ukraine demands that all of us pick a side — democracy or decadence

They dress like students, or dress like housewives, or in a suit and a tie. Life during wartime in Ukraine — the kind of conflict that Europe thought it would never see in the 21st century — is less than a week old, and producing some shocking images that practically…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 28, 2022

LZ Granderson: Trump’s adulation for Putin has gone way too far

I enjoy reading books about former presidents. One of my favorites is 2012’s “The Presidents Club” by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. It’s a peek into the world’s most exclusive fraternity — U.S. presidents — and shares what members have accomplished together and why.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 28, 2022

Doyle McManus: Welcome to Cold War 2.0. It won't be easy

No matter how Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine ends, it already marks a turning point in history: the end of a 30-year period of relative peace in Europe and a return to hostility between Russia and its neighbors — a kind of Cold War 2.0.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 28, 2022

John M. Crisp: Ukrainian patriots are fighting for what we believe in

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine last week happened to coincide with my reading of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Harry S. Truman, our 33rd president. Clearly, Russia has been a problem for a long time.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2022

Letter from Kyiv: ‘We are weary but morale is high - Putin did not expect it to be so tough’

Ukraine’s motley defence forces have put up stiff resistance and so far managed to keep the Russians from breaking into the capital, writes Bohdan Nahaylo

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2022

'Putin must fail': New sanctions imposed on Russia after Ukraine invasion

The UK, US and European Union have acted to stop Russia plundering foreign reserves to mitigate effect of existing sanctions

Manchester Evening News · Feb 28, 2022