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War criminal: Biden criticizes Putin in harshest terms from any US official so far
• Slovakia preliminarily agrees to send key air defense system to Ukraine • Six takeaways from Zelensky's address to Congress and Biden's response • Opinion: Why the US is flirting with authoritarians in countering Putin
[ cnn.com ]Russian POWs voice disquiet, shame over war in Ukraine
• Opinion: Weaknesses in Russia's military revealed, says Petraeus
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Weaknesses in Russia's military revealed, writes Petraeus
Retired Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded US forces in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, says the Russians are facing a Ukraine military that is exceptionally determined, surprisingly capable and innovative, and one that is fighting on its home territory for its very survival.
[ cnn.com ]China has expressed some openness to providing military and financial aid to Russia, US cable suggests
• Russia could default on its debt within days • Opinion: What keeps China from stopping Russia's war
[ cnn.com ]Russia could default on its debt within days
• Russia is trying to install pro-Kremlin officials in occupied cities, but Ukrainians are fighting back • Russia has requested military and economic assistance from China, US officials say • Opinion: What keeps China from stopping Russia's war
[ cnn.com ]Russia requested military assistance from China, US officials say
• Washington to warn Beijing of dangers of Russian support • China's promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie • Opinion: What keeps China from stopping Russia's war
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The flaw in Putin's strategy
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: This is how Ukrainians win the long war
Up until February 24, 2022, I was a lot of things -- a student at Stanford University, a friend, a roommate, a classmate, a music lover, an arts fanatic. Being Ukrainian was just one descriptor among many. But after that day, when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, that part of my identity became the most important descriptor.
[ cnn.com ]Why are US gas prices soaring when America barely uses Russian oil?
• Harris avoids public discord in one of the most intense moments of her vice presidency • Opinion: Biden should ignore the lawmakers beating the drum of war
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: This is no time to drop the ball on Covid-19
The failure to include a $15.6 billion pandemic aid package in the omnibus spending bill the House passed on Wednesday is a collective mistake that could come back to haunt us.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Will this be the image to change the course of war?
In wartime, the mind plays strange tricks. On Wednesday evening in Lviv, I was jolted awake by what I thought were nearby explosions. Instead, news alerts on my phone lit up with the unimaginable horror unfolding in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
[ cnn.com ]These are the missile defense systems the US sent to Poland
• Opinion: If this isn't a red line on Ukraine, what is?
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: A turning point in the fight against right-wing extremism
The first federal trial for a rioter at the January 6 insurrection ended Tuesday when the jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all five counts related to the attack on the Capitol.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Russia is threatening to throw sand in the gears of Iran nuclear deal
Russia is threatening to throw serious sand in the gears of the Iran nuclear talks that had seemed poised to come to a successful conclusion this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his negotiators are now talking about walking from any agreement unless the West agrees it can be exempted from any restrictions on business dealings with Iran.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: We moved to a forest in Finland. It changed our perception of women
Finland's 36-year-old female Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, heads a governing coalition of five political parties -- all led by women and almost all aged in their 30s. It is a nation largely run by women.
[ cnn.com ]Russian takeover of nuclear plant triggers new exodus
• Opinion: The double standards of Europe's refugee response • Analysis: Russia's attack reveals political fault lines in Asia • Opinion: Why Putin will regret this war
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Why Vladimir Putin will regret launching this war
Has Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine outrun the resources he's committed to it? That's the view of retired US Army Major General Mike Repass, who has an informed vantage point on the conflict, having worked in the Ukrainian security sector since 2016. The former commander of the US Special Operations Command in Europe, Repass provides education and advisory support to the Ukrainian military on a US government contract.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The voices who warned us about Putin
As a commander of US Army troops that defeated the Nazi regime in Germany 77 years ago, Gen. Omar Bradley knew a lot about war. Three years after the Second World War ended, he warned, "The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Putin, the emperor with no clothes
Has Vladimir Putin gone mad? How else could the Russian President have so recklessly placed the world on the precipice of the unthinkable, with what outside the Kremlin is seen as an unjustified and unwinnable war in Ukraine?
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: How 'Euphoria' depicts drug use isn't 'problematic' -- it's extraordinary
Note: This op-ed contains mild spoilers for HBO's "Euphoria." HBO and CNN share a parent company.
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