Russia-Ukraine Crisis Mariupol Retreat Does Not Diminish Ukraine's Wins Against Russia Don’t say that Ukraine “gave up” Mariupol, says Chris Miller, professor at Tufts University. This was a retreat of the last bastion of soldiers in the city which Ukraine held out far longer than analysts thought would be possible. “I don’t think we should read this as heralding a major change in the character of the conflict,” Miller tells NBCLX...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Ukraine's Retreat From Mariupol, Explained Ukraine surrendered a steel plant in the city of Mariupol and evacuated troops, giving full control of the battleground city to Russian forces. But experts including Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant secretary of state, worry Russia will “parade around” freed Ukrainian soldiers and not live up to humanitarian agreements. He explains more on LX News.
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Biden's $33B Ukraine Aid Request Signals a Long Conflict Ahead President Biden said his request for an additional $33 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine reflects the importance of the mission. What else does it tell us about what’s ahead? NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker talked to Arik Burakovsky of Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy to put the request in perspective.
military weapons What Weapons Is the U.S. Sending Ukraine and Where Do They Come From? Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. had been sending military equipment to the country for its defense. So where do these weapons come from? And how do these shipments affect our own military readiness? William Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joined NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker to explain.
kenya Meet Team Lioness, the First All-Women Wildlife Ranger Unit in Kenya In southern Kenya, a group of women called Team Lioness are working to protect wildlife on the Maasai land around Amboseli National Park — and, at the same time, expanding the boundaries of what is expected from Maasai women. (By NBCLX Contributors Jake Tupman and Jack Somerville)
Russia-Ukraine Crisis How the War in Ukraine Ends Depends on Whether Russia Wants to Fight or Save Face As the Russian invasion of Ukraine has dragged on, the endgame has become less clear. NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker spoke to Philip Wasielewski of the Foreign Policy Research Institute about the war’s possible outcomes, which hinge on a key question: Does Russia want to fight — or find a way out?
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Russia-Ukraine War Won't End Any Time Soon: Former State Dept. Official Russia’s war with Ukraine continues to drag on as Ukraine receives U.S. aid and Russia hurts from sanctions. Though some say there’s pressure for Putin to end the war before May 9, a significant victory day in Russian history, it looks like there’s no end in sight to the war, says Joel Rubin, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of...
misinformation How the News Media Separates Fact From Disinformation in Ukraine Social media has given journalists and the public access to a huge amount of information from the war in Ukraine, but separating fact from disinformation has never been harder. Members of the NBC Social Newsgathering team joined NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker to walk him through how they vet social media videos to get at the truth.
Russia-Ukraine Crisis When Will Russia Really Feel the Squeeze of Sanctions? The West has used “financial nuclear weapons” against Russia, and its economy will really see the worst effects of sanctions by the end of the year, says George Washington University professor of international affairs and business Scheherazade Rehman. As 2022 continues, Russia’s monetary reserves will run low and there will be shortages and high inflation. That might turn Russians against...
International Space Station How Russia's Ukraine Invasion Puts the International Space Station at Risk The International Space Station (ISS) has been a symbol of international cooperation since it was conceived by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984. But that doesn’t mean the partnership hasn’t been uncomplicated — and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put the decades-long partnership at greater risk than ever before.
