Generation Putin
US Amb Bridget Brink: ‘I see no break in support’ to help Ukraine prevail against Russia
The United States announced an additional $1.2 billion in military assistance for Ukraine on Tuesday. To get more perspective on US support for Ukraine, The World's Daniel Ofman spoke with US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink.
Belgium faces pressure to support sanctions on Russian diamonds
'I thought we were going to die': A Ukrainian woman speaks out about her ordeal as a prisoner of war
Desperate Ukrainians crossing into Latvia while Russians are blocked
Russia must change its power structure to get back on a democratic path, opposition figure says
NATO to boost reaction force, Ukraine support
As Western leaders come together for a series of meetings, NATO says it plans to increase the number of its rapid reaction forces, and that allies will agree to deliver further military support to Ukraine when they convene on Tuesday in Spain.
Hungary's Orban wins exemption in EU Russian oil embargo
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban wins significant concessions with the EU, allowing his country to continue purchasing Russian crude, despite the bloc saying that it plans to cut off 90% of Russian oil imports by the end of the year.
'I know that he will not stop fighting,' wife of Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says
Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara Murza was arrested earlier this week in Moscow. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail in Moscow Tuesday for "disobeying a police order." Kara-Murza is a Kremlin critic and has publicly spoken out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Host Marco Werman with Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife, Evgenia Kara-Murza.
Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities
Russia faces a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged of what appears to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. European allies, though united in outrage, appear split on how to respond.
Ukraine: The humanitarian catastrophe
As part of our regular series of conversations with Harvard University’s T.H. Chan’s School of Public Health, The World’s reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Michael VanRooyen, director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, about the dire situation and the multiple health risks that refugees from Ukraine, and from around the world, face. VanRooyen is also the chairman of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (@HHI).
The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says
Russia currently supplies about 40% of Europe's natural gas. Gregory Brew, who studies energy policy at Yale University, says that the Russian invasion into Ukraine has triggered "a crisis in longterm European energy security."
Putin’s public approval is soaring during the Russia-Ukraine crisis — but it’s unlikely to last
Approximately 69% of Russians approve of President Vladimir Putin. But a costly war is likely to chip away at his popularity, history and data tell us.
Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed — and opening a window onto Russian military activity around Ukraine
National security professionals and armchair sleuths alike are taking advantage of vast amounts of publicly available information and software tools to monitor geopolitical events around the world.
Russia could unleash disruptive cyberattacks against the US — but efforts to sow confusion and division are more likely
Russia probably has the means to attack US electrical grids and otherwise create havoc but probably won’t go that far. Instead, watch for disinformation aimed at undermining the US and NATO.
It’s just a ‘panic attack’ – Russian media blames US for escalating Ukraine crisis
The United States is being "hysterical" about Russian troop buildups near the Ukrainian border. That’s the official news in Russia, where citizens are getting the government’s preferred view of the Ukraine crisis.