CN Live! was joined by Mark Sleboba in Moscow and Scott Ritter in the U.S. to discuss the current situation on the ground in Ukraine, and the economic and information war that is raging along with the guns.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Ukraine Update’
Ukraine & Nukes
After a New York Times reporter grossly distorted what Putin and Zelensky have said and done about nuclear weapons, Steven Starr corrects the record and deplores Western media, in general, for misinforming and leading the entire world in a dangerous direction.
Caitlin Johnstone: Freedom & Democracy Via Censorship
You’d think a free society would have no objection to people trying to learn about the other side of a war in which NATO powers very plainly had a hand in starting.
The Ideological Vacuum in Kenyan Politics
A group of young, Kenyan intellectuals is intent on magnifying the legacies of freedom fighters such as Pio Gama Pinto, the first political leader in their country to be assassinated after independence.
Ban on Russian Cats
Hunger Strike in Egypt
Under the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi regime, tens of thousands of political prisoners have faced harrowing conditions, especially medical negligence.
Britain’s Occupied Territory
Richard Norton-Taylor flags the U.K.’s dispute with Mauritius over sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, where the largest island hosts a major U.S. bomber base.
Putin: Crazy Like a Fox
Scott Ritter says the Russian president is working from a 2007 playbook, when he warned European leaders of the need for a new security framework to replace the system built by the U.S. and NATO.
Munich Philharmonic Conductor Sacked for Remaining Silent
The esteemed Russian conductor was fired because he would not publicly condemn Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. Rotterdam, Vienna, Carnegie Hall also let him go.
Craig Murray: How Can the War End?
Rather than find Putin a ladder to climb down, the NATO leadership will strike heroic poses, wave Ukrainian flags and send more weapons.
Jail Time for Czechs Agreeing With Russian Intervention
The supreme state prosecutor’s office of the Czech Republic has warned Czech citizens that they can be imprisoned for agreeing with Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, reports Joe Lauria.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Whistleblower System Doesn’t Work
Joe Carson, a nuclear safety engineer, flagged waste, fraud, abuse and illegality at the Department of Energy again and again and again. His story should show Congress what needs to get fixed.
WATCH: UN General Assembly Concludes on Ukraine
The 193-nation General Assembly resumes its debate on the crisis in Ukraine. Watch it here live.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Single Most Important Question In The World Right Now
The more tense things get, the greater the likelihood of an unthinkable chain of events from which there is no coming back.
White Ukrainian Refugees Accepted by Nations Who Shut Out Others
The country receiving the most so far is Poland, where over 280,000 people entered, according to a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency.
Chris Hedges: The Greatest Evil
Text of Putin’s Announcement of Military Action
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday morning announced the start of military action in Ukraine. For information purposes only, we publish here the text of his address.
WATCH: UN General Assembly on Ukraine
The U.N. General Assembly is holding a special session Monday on Ukraine. Watch it here (begins at 8-minute mark.)
The Consequences of Humiliating Russia
Russia’s actions in Ukraine are to a great extent the culmination of the numerous humiliations that the West has inflicted on Russia over the past 30 years, writes Michael Brenner.
Atlantic Council Praised Ukraine’s Nazi Azov Battalion
The Atlantic Council report was little more than a press release for Azov, written by a reporter who embedded inside the neo-Nazi militia, reports Ben Norton.