A pair of legal developments suggest the Jan. 6 investigation is closing in on former President Trump's inner circle. / The Washington Post Former US Attorney General Bill Barr says he told Trump that his claims about election fraud were "bullshit." / The Hill Related: Merrick Garland'
Eight experts in public health discuss whether the pandemic is behind us. "For many in the United States: Probably." / Vox Rachel Cohrs: Ending the pandemic is going to be a big headache for the entire health care system. / STAT Russian attacks besiege key cities around Ukraine as war
Russia attacks key cities in Ukraine as the invasion intensifies in its seventh day. / BBC News In Khakiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, "devastated buildings, failing electricity, and constant fear." / The New York Times The city of Lviv, previously a hub for tourism, is now a hub
A summary of what's known on day six of the invasion of Ukraine. Much of the focus is on a Russian military column outside Kyiv that's 40 miles long. / The Guardian, CNN Some analysis from a Russia expert on how the invasion's first 96
The Russian military issues little in the way of reporting on the Ukraine war, suggesting things are not going as planned. / The Washington Post Did Russian state media accidentally publish an essay describing its fantasy of a Kyiv victory? / Twitter Masha Gessen spends a night in Moscow's last
Russian troops pour into Ukraine and launch missile strikes on major cities. Tracking the attack with maps. / The Guardian, BBC News Matthew C. Klein explains why Europe is at greater risk from Russian pressure than the other way around. / The Overshoot From 2012: "Putin is a Soviet person who
The Biden administration is investigating ways to train Ukrainian forces remotely, should the country fall to Russia—though it may not be legal, and may make the US a co-combatant. / Axios, Foregin Policy "My internet went down, and I felt fear crawling in my guts. I had never
The head of NATO: "We now have war in Europe on a scale and of a type we thought belonged to history." / Axios Ukranians flee their country for neighboring Poland. / Reuters Europe now faces risks to Ukrainian gas-transport infrastructure. / The Wall Street Journal China denies backing the
Biden enacts sanctions against Russia in response to Putin sending troops into eastern Ukraine. / BuzzFeed News "Although the day would end with advancing columns of Russian armor in eastern Ukraine, it began almost normally for the fourth graders of Avdiivka's School Number 7." / Foreign Policy See
Russian President Vladimir Putin orders troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, after recognizing them as independent states. / CNN Opinions differ on whether it's an "invasion" of the country. / The Washington Post As the EU prepares to unveil the scale of sanctions to be
