Russian Invasion of Ukraine – Mariupol Evacuation
ATTempts to rescue trapped civilians from the besieged southern city of Mariupol are underway for the second day. Officials from Ukraine stated a new route had been agreed upon with Russian forces and would operational at 12:00 a.m. local time (10:00 GMT). It’s still unclear how this is playing out on the ground. Due to Russian assaults, a planned evacuation path was cancelled yesterday. Ukraine’s president has issued a warning that Russian soldiers are ready to shell Odesa, calling it a “historic atrocity.” According to Ukraine’s senior security officer, there are evidence that Russia’s war command is focusing on the southern front in order to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea. However, there has been heavy combat to the north and west of Kyiv. Irpin, a little town near the capital that is at the head of a massive Russian convoy, has been hit by artillery and air attacks. Kharkiv and Sumy Continue Reading
Putin’s Anti-Corruption Opposition Gets Jail Sentence
Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was taken to court in Moscow on Tuesday under heavy guard where he defiantly pronounced his persecution as a sign of President Putin’s weakness. The Moscow court sentenced Alexei Navalny to two years and eight months in a prison colony in an act that Continue Reading
“Active Measures”–the Trump/Putin Connection
Active Measures is a 2018 documentary film by director Jack Bryan. It is the first major documentary to address the allegations of “collusion” between the Trump campaign and agents of the Russian state. Owen Gleiberman, chief film critic for Variety writes of it : “…Active Measures names the names and Continue Reading
