April 12, 2022 NBC News mocked for echoing White House talking point on blaming Russia for record-high inflation rates NBC News Business came under fire for writing that the 8.5% inflation increase was due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rather than any of President Biden’s policies.
April 12, 2022 Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza given 15 days in jail Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza was just given 15 days in jail for trying to evade capture by police.
April 12, 2022 US, UK to continue providing assistance to Ukraine, welcome imposition of 'severe costs' on Russia President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke Tuesday to affirm their joint commitment to continue providing security and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine amid Russia’s ongoing war against the country and welcomed the imposition of "severe costs" on Moscow.
April 12, 2022 Ukraine official says 'everything possible' being done to help Mariupol soldiers President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the country's military are doing "everything possible" to help soldiers dealing with supply issues in the besieged city of Mariupol, an official wrote on Twitter.
April 12, 2022 Russian convoy heads for eastern Ukraine, defense official says weather will force troops to stick to roads A senior defense official said a convoy of Russian vehicles headed south towards eastern Ukraine appears to be slow-moving and will likely be forced to stick to the roads due to the spring weather.
April 12, 2022 The New York Times must come clean about its own dark history reporting on Ukraine Most of us have heard about the infamy of Walter Duranty, the New York Times Russia correspondent who (so the story goes) went "rogue" by denying the existence of a devastating famine in Ukraine between 1932 and 1933.
April 12, 2022 Putin, in rare trip outside Moscow, says Ukraine invasion was 'right decision' Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his country’s invasion of Ukraine was the "right decision" during his first known trip outside of Moscow since the bloody assault began on Feb. 24.
April 12, 2022 Ukraine Marine unit in Mariupol: 'Gradually we are coming to an end' Ukrainian Marines trying to defend Mariupol from Russia's onslaught says it's been fighting for more than a month without resupply – but now the “mountain of wounded makes up almost half of the crew.”
April 12, 2022 Obama reacts to Russia's Ukraine invasion: 'Putin has always been ruthless’ Former President Barack Obama has revealed in a recent interview about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that Vladimir Putin “has always been ruthless against his own people as well as others.”
April 12, 2022 Ukraine releases video of Russia drone dismantling – and here's what they found Ukraine's Defense Ministry released a video purportedly showing that a Russian drone isn’t very high-tech, with features like a taped-on camera and a fuel tank sealed with a plastic water bottle cap.
