Avlon: Putin’s murderous army has blown a hole in his apologists’ arguments
CNN’s John Avlon explains the global implications of the French elections, which feature the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron poised a runoff against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who’s been described as a “Putin ally.”
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CNN’s John Avlon explains the global implications of the French elections, which feature the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron poised a runoff against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who’s been described as a “Putin ally.”
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Avlon: Putin’s murderous army has blown a hole into his European apologists’ arguments
CNN’s Ben Wedeman shows the scene in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, after at least 50 people, including five children, were killed when Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a railway station that was being used by civilians trying to flee the fighting.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson traveled to the Ukrainan capital of Kyiv to visit President Volodymyr Zelensky in the middle of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Johnson pledged more support for the Ukrainians and walked the streets of the city with Zelensky. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports.
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Michael Bociurkiw, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, discusses Putin’s newly appointed commander in the invasion of Ukraine and what it tells us about Russia’s strategy.
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Expert explains what Putin’s new commander tells us about his strategy
New Maxar satellite images show what appears to be an eight-mile-long Russian military convoy east of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
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Ukrainian officials say there is new audio from intercepted radio traffic revealing Russian soldiers killing and raping civilians. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports.
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‘Kill them all, for f**k sake’: Shocking intercepted audio reveals conversation between Russian soldiers
CNN’s Fred Pleitgen visits the abandoned Russian military positions in Chernobyl where Russian soldiers went into the Red Forest, the most nuclear contaminated area on the planet, and brought back radioactive dust.
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CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports from Chernihiv, Ukraine after Russian forces left the city decimated.
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The mayor of Kramatorsk says that a Russian missile strike on a train station full of evacuees killed at least 30 people and wounded 100 more, but these are just preliminary numbers. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour reports.
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