The latest news on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Posted inNation & World
Here’s what’s fact and what’s misinformation in the Russian war on Ukraine
Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Ukrainian refugee count tops 1 million as Russians besiege ports and U.N. demands end of invasion
The tally from the U.N. refugee agency amounts to more than 2% of Ukraine’s population being forced out of the country in less than a week.
Posted inNation & World
Some Russian oligarchs speak out, cautiously, against war
Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves through the global community of wealthy Russians, who face sanctions that threaten their London mansions, Mediterranean yachts and children’s places at elite European private schools.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Does Ukraine have courage to be a country worth fighting for?
Even when people are at their most noble, dark-skinned refugees from the country are being singled out for mistreatment.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Putin uses Big Lie to shape popular narrative on Ukraine
A former KGB officer, the Russian president has resurrected Lenin’s and Stalin’s approach as a policy tool. Here are six examples.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: With Facebook cut off, beware an isolated Russia’s ‘splinternet’
While it makes geopolitical sense to sting the Kremlin with sanctions, blocking information tools hurts Russian citizens.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics
Ukrainian woman from Maine joins Rep. Pingree as virtual guest for State of the Union address
Acknowledging the escalating war in Ukraine, Rep. Chellie Pingree honored a Ukrainian-American woman from Old Orchard Beach as her virtual guest to Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Democrats, Republicans begin to rally around large Ukraine aid package
In a Capitol often wracked by partisanship, the two parties have found early common ground this week in calling for prompt passage of an emergency spending measure.
Posted inNation & World
Russian attack on Ukraine: Here’s what’s true and what’s misinformation
Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive.