Ukrainian Forces Hold the Line in Donbas as Western Heavy Weapons Join the Battle
Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal
With Russia failing to achieve a strategic breakthrough, a long and bloody battle for eastern Ukraine looms.
Ukraine Human Toll Grows, With 14 Million Displaced and 3,500 Civilian Deaths
Joanna Sugden et al., The Wall Street Journal
The U.N. says the number of deaths is likely far higher, and a top EU official says Russia is ‘the most direct threat to the world order.’
Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine Health Centers Show a Vicious Pattern
Lucy King and Jonah M. Kessel, The New York Times
Whether the attacks against Ukraine’s hospitals and medical personnel amount to war crimes may eventually be a matter for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, as well as other courts and special war crimes tribunals, to decide.
Russia accused of industrial-scale farm plunder in Ukraine
Ben Hall, Financial Times
Grain seizures and destruction of tools and buildings evoke painful memories of historic famine.
‘They were furious’: the Russian soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Pjotr Sauer, The Guardian
Troops are saying no to officers, knowing that punishment is light while Russia is not technically at war
After 200 Years of Neutrality, Sweden Weighs Joining NATO
Steven Erlanger, The New York Times
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created new fears, and the Swedes, dragged along by Finland, are expected to apply, reluctantly, to join the alliance and its collective defense.
Odesa residents say will stand defiant in face of Russian attacks
Eiji Furukawa, Nikkei Asia
Putin’s war unites people in multicultural port town under Ukrainian flag.
Germany finds hundreds of Nazi-linked staff in security agencies
Al Jazeera
A German interior ministry report says a three-year-long review found 327 employees linked to right-wing extremism.
