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AP PHOTOS: First day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine captured in images


The deafening booms of the first airstrikes. Buildings bursting into flames, reduced to rubble. Terrified people hiding in basements. Cries of despair and hugs of support.

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Russia and Ukraine

AP PHOTOS: First day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine captured in images


The deafening booms of the first airstrikes. Buildings bursting into flames, reduced to rubble. Terrified people hiding in basements.

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Weapons for Ukraine

@SaltyPretzel_xo @tahoe_billy @nicksortor Fully 100Bn$ of the ~177Bn$ the Government spent in aid for Ukraine never left the United States. It purchased weapons and equipment from American companies, and paid American companies to transport them to Ukraine.



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Weapons for Ukraine

@DavidPocock @AmbVasyl If Ukraine expects to remain a nation, then it will have to produce its own nuclear weapons again. It is clear it should not have given up nuclear weapons for a pledge of protection. Nothing short of that will work. Get ready for another nuclear arms race.



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Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia


The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands.