The Ukrainian military is mounting an aggressive campaign to reclaim territory captured by Russia in southern Ukraine, hoping to use public defiance to bolster military efforts, according to Ukrainian and U.S. officials. https://t.co/9kQOKeUTYp
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) March 22, 2022
After days of fighting, Ukrainian forces have regained control of the city of Makariv, west of Kyiv, the Armed Forces of Ukraine said today. Makariv has sustained significant damage from ongoing Russian airstrikes. https://t.co/JUyEEJZdDH
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) March 22, 2022
"The Ukrainians are doing their part. Now is the time to arm them on the scale and with the urgency needed…[And] we must announce a Marshall Plan…to help create a future worth having for a people willing to fight so resolutely for its freedom."https://t.co/1YQdU1R30E
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 22, 2022
Russian soldiers fire on protesters in Kherson, Ukraine https://t.co/U8AAdmHnLG pic.twitter.com/LrZtVzADPs
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 22, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine condemned Russian attacks on protesters in the city of Kherson and strikes in Zaporizhzhia, where four children were hospitalized.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 22, 2022
“The Russian soldiers do not even know what it is like to be free,” he said. https://t.co/nMhSXTNUWK
Talked to @Pontifex. Told His Holiness about the difficult humanitarian situation and the blocking of rescue corridors by Russian troops. The mediating role of the Holy See in ending human suffering would be appreciated. Thanked for the prayers for Ukraine and peace. pic.twitter.com/wj4hmrTRGd
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 22, 2022
President Zelenskyy warns that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could cause famine in other parts of the world. https://t.co/hpmPfvuhGk
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 22, 2022
“The cauldron of post-imperial resentment … infuses Mr. Putin’s worldview and inspires his brutal war.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 22, 2022
The goal, plainly, is empire. And the line will not be drawn at Ukraine.”https://t.co/Tj2LozKHIt
"We have a good idea how Putin (along with plenty of Westerners) thought the invasion would end—with a blitzkrieg that decapitates Ukraine’s government and installs a puppet regime while a fragmented West bickers over puny sanctions.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 22, 2022
That’s off the table."https://t.co/VlM5VJDMUM
As women fleeing the fighting in Ukraine squeeze onto trains, buses, and cars heading west, a smaller contingent is rushing home and into the line of fire, hoping to reunite with their children https://t.co/dAhayCrTdA
— TIME (@TIME) March 22, 2022
President Biden will travel to Europe for talks with some of the U.S.’s closest allies this week, in his most direct effort yet to rally opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/X4PdLNnUrT
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 21, 2022
Ukraine's military said residents should brace for more indiscriminate Russian shelling of critical infrastructure, as U.S. President Joe Biden issued one of his strongest warnings yet that Moscow is considering using chemical weapons https://t.co/VidBZk2JhI pic.twitter.com/mygyoP0owP
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 22, 2022
Analysis: The White House has issued its starkest warning that Russia may be planning cyberattacks against critical-sector U.S. companies amid the Ukraine invasion.https://t.co/gf5IKjBTlj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 22, 2022
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Meanwhile in history….
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face a first round of questioning Tuesday from the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of her confirmation hearings.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 22, 2022
Follow our updates: https://t.co/yA653MmTPZ
Judge Jackson introducing her understandably emotional husband while one of their daughters looks on with pride was a cool moment pic.twitter.com/1NJFGroDOy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 21, 2022
Opinion by Jennifer Rubin: “She is so manifestly qualified, so perfectly embodies the American dream and is so blessed with superior judicial temperament that it is obvious why Republicans are struggling.” https://t.co/Voweo9szpM
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 21, 2022
Ted Cruz calls Brett Kavanaugh's sexual assault allegations "teenage dating habits," as he tries and fails to deliver a 2024 presidential campaign stump speech instead of an opening statement at a Supreme Court nominee confirmation hearing. pic.twitter.com/5AoHRuHvpZ
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2022
The President is leading a coalition to defend Ukraine and confront a dictator threatening a world war. It is the most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Republican Party is focused on swimming. @GOP is a collection of white grievances, not a serious party. https://t.co/pVLFlh0vy7
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) March 22, 2022
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