News briefs North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn is seen on video calling Zelenskyy a ‘thug’ and Ukraine’s government ‘evil’ Tribune News Service · Mar 11, 2022
North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn is seen on video calling Zelenskyy a ‘thug’ and Ukraine’s government ‘evil’ CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug,” according to video posted by Raleigh station WRAL-TV. Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022
Latest Ukraine updates: UN stresses ‘urgent’ need for talks Ukraine-Russia news from March 11: UN says it is not aware of Ukraine biological weapons programme. Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2022
Madison Cawthorn: Zelenskyy's a "thug" "Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug," Cawthorn said, claiming that he is trying to lead the U.S. into war Salon · Mar 10, 2022
Ukraine streets full of corpses as 1,200 die and locals dig mass grave in Mariupol Grim images have emerged of a 25 metres long long trench being filled with bodies, wrapped in carpets and sacking. As many as 1,200 have died during a brutal nine-day siege Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2022
Two weeks into Ukraine war, faint glimmers of compromise emerge (This was refiled to add attribution to headline in March 10 story.) Reuters · Mar 10, 2022
US, UK fear Russia may use chemical weapons in Ukraine as EU accuses Moscow of war crimes for hospital strike The US and UK say Russia is seeking to establish a "false flag" to justify possible use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, as EU officials say a deadly Russian strike on a maternity hospital constitutes a war crime. ABC News · Mar 10, 2022
Morning mail: Mariupol ‘genocide’, Sydney Harbour turns brown, airfares soar Friday: Volodymyr Zelenskiy has condemned a Russian attack on a children’s hospital. Plus: Pollution washed into NSW beaches could linger for days The Guardian - AU · Mar 10, 2022
Ukraine War Damage Tops $100 Billion So Far Ukraine's top government economic adviser Oleg Ustenko said on Thursday that invading Russian forces have so far destroyed at least $100 billion worth of infrastructure, buildings and other physical assets. Ustenko, chief economic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told an online event hosted by the Peterson Institute for International… Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022
There is no “Putin wing” of the GOP Republicans may say they oppose Putin, but they keep siding with the Russian dictator over Democrats and democracy Salon · Mar 10, 2022
Will the EU start to take Ukraine’s membership seriously? Analysis: Zelenskiy once played a TV president turned down by Merkel, but how real are his country’s prospects? The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy played comedy gig in Ireland in 2018 'My understanding is that a couple of months afterwards he decided to go into politics and rest, as they say, is history' Irish Mirror · Mar 10, 2022
Zelenskiy to address Israeli parliament, asks to speak to Holocaust centre Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address Israel's parliament about the Russian invasion of his country and has asked to deliver remarks by video to its main Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, officials said on Thursday. Reuters · Mar 10, 2022
Johnson promises Zelenskyy to boost sanctions against Russia British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that London would boost sanctions against Russia over the military operation in Ukraine, the Downing Street said on Wednesday. Dynamite News · Mar 10, 2022
Al Jazeera · Mar 10, 2022 As bombs fall on Ukraine, memes ridicule Russian aggression People hiding from violence in subterranean shelters exchange jokes on their phones as a release from the darkness.
Reuters · Mar 10, 2022 Mariupol hospital bombing killed three people, including a child - Ukraine's president Three people including a child were killed in Wednesday's air strike on a maternity and children's hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022 First Thing: US’s $13bn Ukraine aid bill passes first hurdle House passes huge aid package as Volodymyr Zelenskiy accuses Russia of carrying out ‘genocide’ against Ukrainians. Plus, how pipeline groups are posing as Indigenous champions
Financial Times · Mar 10, 2022 Russia, Ukraine and the spectre of 1941 Putin’s army is inadvertently highlighting the parallels, bombing a Holocaust memorial and rerunning the destruction of Kharkiv
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022 Ukraine’s Zelensky has survived more than a dozen assassination attempts, adviser claims ‘Volodymyr Zelensky remains the main target,’ presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak says
Axios · Mar 10, 2022 Possible Putin-Zelensky meeting discussed at high-level Ukraine talks Russia said the attack will continue until Ukraine agrees to its demands.
Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2022 Russian state TV spouts deranged propaganda calling President Zelensky 'puppet of MI6' Pro-Russia Ukrainian MP Ilya Kyva made a number of outrageous claims of President Zelensky, saying he has fled Ukraine for the safety of Poland and is addicted to drugs
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022 35,000 Civilians Evacuated from Ukrainian Cities on Wednesday, Says Zelensky At least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a video address late Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader said three humanitarian corridors had allowed residents to leave the cities of Sumy, Enerhodar and areas around Kyiv. He said he hoped the evacuations would…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022 World Clamors to Air Ukrainian President's Hit TV Series First one, then two, then 20: a small Stockholm agency has in recent days been deluged with bids for the rights to air the hit comedy series starring Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former actor turned wartime hero. "It's been very, very busy.
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022 Live updates: Russia, Ukraine foreign ministers to meet Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says that a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers in Turkey on Thursday aims pave the way for a meeting between the leaders of the two countries
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2022 PM pledges to step up sanctions as Truss calls for ‘paradigm shift’ In a speech in the US today, Ms Truss will make comparisons between the Russian president’s actions and September 11.