War

Oil prices soared and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe U.S. government bonds as Russia stepped up its war on Ukraine. The price of oil surged back above $100 a barrel after Russia, a major energy producer, faced further isolation and economic damage because of its invasion of Ukraine.

Read one report representing the Russian side, two reports representing the Ukrainian side.

Russia’s president criticizes the West as the country faces a new massive wave of sanctions, while Ukraine's president asks to be admitted into the European Union.

New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones claims that the media covering Ukraine depicts "incidents of insidious racism."

Russia hasn’t used full might yet, says Department of Defense official.

Moscow-based political scientist claims that Putin put his family in a nuclear bunker located in the Altai Mountains.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he will be releasing convicted criminals who have "real combat experience" to assist in fighting.

Western news outlets and social media accounts spread the story of Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island defiantly telling off the Russian navy before being killed—the story is now confirmed "fake news."

When the Bush Administration announced in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would be eligible for NATO membership, I knew it was a terrible idea. Nearly two decades after the end of both the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War, expanding NATO made no sense. NATO itself made no sense.

Hungary banned lethal weapons from passing through the country on its way to Ukraine, Hungarian officials announced Monday.