Former ambassador to Ukraine reflects on the past year of the Russian invasion - ABC News
William Taylor, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, talks about the conflict as fighting nears the one-year mark.
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They risk it all to cover war in Ukraine. Are people still watching? - Washington Post
When CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata finished a recent report about Ukrainian and Russian troops fighting “close enough to throw grenades” on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, morning show co-host Gayle King sought to put things in perspective — and may have inadvertently spoken for...
A year in the trenches has hardened Ukraine’s president - The Washington Post
Not long after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, a year ago this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky found himself in a safe room beneath Kyiv’s government complex with the voice of the Belarusian president booming over the phone. Alexander Lukashenko, one of the Kremlin’s key...
Veteran diplomats on the war in Ukraine one year on - The Washington Post
As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears, there are continuing questions about how far Putin will go and how long the war could last. Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul discuss the critical months ahead and Western...
Hear retired colonel's concerns over Putin pulling back from nuclear arms control pact - CNN
Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton and former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor weigh in on President Vladimir Putin's declaration that he is suspending Russia's participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Putin could walk out at any minute if his ego would let him: Former State Dept. official - MSNBC
President Biden has vowed U.S. support for Ukraine in a speech in Warsaw on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin and his regime’s response, as the war of Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, are analyzed by Jason Johnson in for Joy Reid and our panel.
China is considering arming Russian forces in Ukraine, US says - Task and Purpose
With the war in Ukraine entering its second year, China is weighing whether to dramatically escalate the conflict by supplying Russia with arms, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. Blinken told media outlets over the weekend that the Chinese government is considering providing Russia with both...
Syrian Families Long for Answers About Vanished Loved Ones in the War as the UN Plays Politics - PassBlue
A grass-roots coalition of Syrian families and advocacy groups has been lobbying United Nations member states and Secretary-General António Guterres to create an international system to help families across Syria learn the status of their missing relatives who have been arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared or...
Should the world take Putin’s latest nuclear threats seriously? - CBC News
Vladimir Putin has never shied away from nuclear threats. With the world watching his war in Ukraine, CBC's Terence McKenna hears from experts who know Putin to find out how serious those threats are.
Can India Break Away From Russia? - The Grand Tamasha Podcast
Happymon Jacob and Sameer Lalwani join Milan to give their opposing takes on whether India can start to break away from Russia one year after Putin's invasion of Ukraine.