When we evaluate how weapons perform, it is important to note the conditions in which they operate. Abrams were committed into the fight this winter at a time when Ukraine had a lack of infantry as well as mines, ATGMs, air defense, and artillery ammunition. This may seem bizarre…

On this day 10 years ago… Ukrainian forces skirmished with Russia-led militants on the H20/T0514 highway between Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, trying to dislodge them from roads and buildings under their control. Another reminder that the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine began a decade…

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First excerpts from Brittney Griner's new memoir are out this morning in TIME

'At a slave camp in Russia in the dead of winter, I found out just how tough I was.'

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'After more than two years of war, Russia’s army has suffered heavy losses among its officer core, and its ability to plan and synchronize large-scale attacks is limited. Russian attacks mainly consist of successive assaults at platoon and company scale, resulting in slow…

Via Reuters: British Foreign Secretary Cameron said Ukraine had a right to use the weapons provided by the UK to strike targets inside Russia. 'Ukraine has that right. Just as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite understand why Ukraine feels the need to make sure it's…

Eduard Ulman, a Russian army officer whose unit murdered 6 civilians in 2002 in one of the most appalling cases of the Second Chechen War, has reportedly died fighting in Ukraine. He had not been seen for 17 years after disappearing from his trial. Officially, he was still wanted

“The Biden administration has backed calls for confiscation [of Russia’s frozen assets], as have Canada and some members of the UK government, especially its foreign secretary, Lord David Cameron. Meanwhile, Japan, France, Germany, Italy — and the EU itself — remain highly…

The clash over whether to commandeer Russia’s frozen assets ft.com/content/0d77f5… via @ft

Honored to have Christopher Miller join the podcast to discuss his new book, The War Came to Us. A truly human portrait of the horrible experiences Ukrainians are going through, told with empathy by one of this generation's best war correspondents.

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Now that the $61 billion Ukraine aid has passed, Biden aides tell Politico his administration will make the US’s commitment to Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion less of a public focus. 🤨

Mind you, Russian troops are on the offensive, taking territory every day and…

Russia’s new economy may end up prolonging its war via Financial Times
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Russia shipped more than 165,000 barrels of refined petroleum to North Korea in March in defiance of UN sanctions, the White House said on Thursday. Felicia Schwartz Chris Cook
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Russian forces appear to have executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who were surrendering or who had surrendered. These incidents should be investigated as war crimes.

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Today marks 400 days since Evan was jailed for doing his job, another grim milestone that we hoped would never come. Evan has missed out on so much, isolated from the world that he loves and covered so well. There is a big hole in our hearts that won’t be filled until he is free

New: How Ukraine broke Russia’s grip in the Black Sea.

Drone attacks have pushed Moscow’s warships to newly protected bases in the east and enabled trade from key ports to return to pre-war levels.

W/Sam Learner Dan Clark Irene de la Torre Arenas Ian Bott

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The sanctions target more than 300 Russian and international entities, including some in China and Turkey, for providing support to Russia’s military as it wages war in Ukraine on.ft.com/4a3dEt6

“I feel no pain. The head, the eye and the body will heal. The fight against the Putinists must continue,” Georgia's main opposition party leader Levan Khabeishvili said after riot police beat him up during the ongoing fight over the country's EU future

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With water cannons, stun grenades and tear gas, Georgian police have brutally cracked down on pro-democracy protesters, marking a significant deterioration of civil rights and a pro-Russia pivot in the EU candidate country.

Anastasia Stognei in Tbilisi: ft.com/content/f2867c…

For the Financial Times, I wrote about the battle of Chasiv Yar and why the town matters for the general Ukrainian defense in the Donbas region. In short: taking Chasiv Yar would give the Russian military a lot of options ft.com/content/01cbf4…