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10:20 AM ET, March 14, 2022

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Mstyslav Chernov / Associated Press:
Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned.  Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance …
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New York Times:
Russia Asked China for Military and Economic Aid for Ukraine War, U.S. Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — Russia asked China to give it military equipment and support for the war in Ukraine after President Vladimir V. Putin began a full-scale invasion last month, according to U.S. officials.
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
US view of Putin: Angry, frustrated, likely to escalate war  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two weeks into a war he expected to dominate in two days, Vladimir Putin is projecting anger, frustration at his military's failures, and a willingness to cause even more violence and destruction in Ukraine …
New York Times:
Finding a Way Out of the War in Ukraine Proves Elusive  —  WASHINGTON — The United States accurately predicted the start of the war in Ukraine, sounding the alarm that an invasion was imminent despite Moscow's denials and Europe's skepticism.  Predicting how it might end is proving far more difficult.
Traci Carl / New York Times:
Ukraine and Russia Set to Meet for Peace Talks
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
America's Hesitation Is Heartbreaking  —  “When you're at war, you're at war,” the saying goes, and if so, you have to accept the implications.  So too in the present circumstance.  The United States and its NATO allies are engaged in a proxy war with Russia.
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Matt Bai / Washington Post:
Our cause in Ukraine is inspiring.  It probably won't stay that way.  —  These opening weeks in Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine have given us two things we hardly thought possible in Washington any longer: clarity of purpose and relative unity.
Jeremy Kryt / The Daily Beast:
Why Putin Is Hell-Bent on Capturing Ukraine's Nuclear Reactors
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ukraine dents ‘America First’ thinking deep in the heart of Trump country  —  “It breaks my heart to see this.  It's hard to sit still and not do something.  What can we do as individuals?” one GOP voter said at a town hall.  —  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Here in the middle …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Andrew Stanton / Newsweek:
Trump Says ‘Lot of Love’ Behind Putin Wanting to ‘Make His Country Larger’  —  Former President Donald Trump said there is “a lot of love” behind Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to make “his country larger” on Sunday as Russian troops continued to invade Ukraine.
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Prosecutors Warn Western Companies of Arrests, Asset Seizures  —  McDonald's and IBM are among those cautioned if leaders there criticize the government or if companies withdraw from the country  —  Russian prosecutors have issued warnings to Western companies in Russia …
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New York Times:
‘Things Will Only Get Worse.’ Putin's War Sends Russians Into Exile.
Discussion: HotAir and ImmigrationProf Blog
New York Post:
Mayors urge homeless to get off streets as ‘cold-blooded killer’ stalks NYC, DC  —  The mayors of New York City and Washington, DC, urged their cities' homeless populations to seek shelter Sunday as a “cold-blooded killer” who had shot at least five vagrants remained on the loose.
Discussion: HotAir, Bloomberg and BizPac Review
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Russia Doesn't Need Trolls This Time  —  Bioweapons conspiracy promoted by likely suspects.  —  During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invested heavily in its global disinformation and propaganda efforts.  And back in 2016, the Russians had to go to the trouble of creating a troll farm …
Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and Mediaite
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia  —  Koch Industries, the conglomerate run by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, has numerous ongoing business operations in Russia.  Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Koch Industries has given no indications that those business operations have been suspended.
Sky News:
Police enter London mansion reportedly owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska after squatters occupy property  —  Deripaska, a 54-year-old industrialist who founded the aluminium giant Rusal, was added to the UK government's sanctions list on 10 March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Guardian
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Katharine Murphy / The Guardian:
Roman Abramovich among Russian oligarchs targeted by new Morrison government sanctions
Discussion: Voice of America
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. Growing Alarmed Over Israel's Safe Harbor for Russian Oligarchs
Discussion: The New Arab and Al Jazeera
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Liz Cheney turns to Democrats to save her hide  —  JACKSON, Wyo. — In 2007, in this blue bastion of one of the reddest states in the country, liberal activists wheeled a giant statue of Dick Cheney through town to protest his star role in the Iraq War — before toppling it, Saddam Hussein style, for good measure.
Discussion: CNN, NBC News and Fox News
Stefan Becket / CBS News:
American journalist Brent Renaud shot and killed by Russian forces in Ukraine, police say  —  Washington — An American journalist was killed and another was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside the capital of Kyiv as they were traveling to film refugees, Ukrainian police said Sunday.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
With cases still rising in Hong Kong, 300,000 people are isolating at home, officials say.  —  BEIJING — Two of China's largest cities, Shenzhen and Shanghai, imposed stringent restrictions on Sunday on the movements of their residents, as a coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across much of mainland China.
Discussion: ChinaDiction and Balloon Juice
Isobel Koshiw / The Guardian:
Tanks, bombs, shootings: Ukrainians describe Russian takeover of villages  —  Witnesses describe soldiers shooting people dead in the street and confiscating phones and laptops  —  Russian soldiers have shot people dead in the street as they took over Ukrainian villages, according to fleeing residents.
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BuzzFeed News:
“I Thought I Was Going To Die”: US and UK Fighters In Ukraine Described The Chaos Of A Russian Missile Attack
Discussion: Ben's Newsletter
 
 
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Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Saeed Shah / Wall Street Journal:
China Pursues Afghanistan's Mineral Wealth After U.S. Exit
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The case for hopeful realism
Song Sang-ho / Yonhap News Agency:
N. Korea seen preparing for another imminent ICBM system test: sources
Discussion: Japan Times
J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Democrats question electability of Black candidates
Robert Costa / CBS News:
'Don't expect the Mueller report': Video to play key part in Jan. 6 hearings and report
Discussion: Talking Points Memo