One More Thing to Worry About: Putin May Be Paving the Way to Use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
Kremlin Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It is difficult to imagine ways for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to get worse, but Vladimir Putin is giving us new reasons to try. After putting Russian nuclear forces on “special alert” last week, Putin’s government…
Photos Show Devastation Against Civilians in Ukraine
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. As families continue to flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s military has stepped up its violence against civilians seeking safety. On Sunday, Russian soldiers advancing on Kyiv fired mortar shells at a bridge that evacuees…
No, That Putin Video Didn’t Use a Green Screen
Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday afternoon, Reddit’s top-performing post claimed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was green-screened into a video. It was later deleted and flagged by moderators as “misinformation”—but casual viewers could be forgiven for believing…
She Escaped From Ukraine. Now She’s Haunted by Guilt About Those She Left Behind.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Olha Martynyuk had purchased a plane ticket to Switzerland for Wednesday, February 23. The 36-year-old professor of the history of science and technology at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute had long planned the three-week working vacation in Basel…
Biden Rallies Congress With a Furious Rebuke of Putin in His First State of the Union
President Biden forcefully denounced Vladimir Putin during his first State of the Union address, outlining further steps to damage the Russian economy and declaring that, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the European Union this week, “Light will win over darkness.” “Six days ago, Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the…
There Are Many Words for Vladimir Putin. Is “Strongman” One?
Cemal Yurttas/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Calling Vladimir Putin a “strongman” has a long history and fresh meaning as blood is spilled in his name across Ukraine. In recent days, he has been called a “strongman” by the New York Times,…