by jpitney | Jun 13, 2022 | Democracy, Russia, Ukraine
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca at the Bush Institute: Vladimir Putin’s brutal, unprovoked, and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine is an affront to the basic rights of the Ukrainian people and on democracy itself. But frighteningly, the ruthlessness behind the indiscriminate...
by jpitney | May 31, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Meryl Kornfield and Tara Bahrampour at The Washington Post: A French photojournalist covering evacuation efforts in eastern Ukraine was killed during a Russian strike that hit the humanitarian truck he was in, officials say. Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, who was carrying...
by jpitney | May 13, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Poland, Russia, Ukraine
Greg Norman at Fox News: A Russian lawmaker is warning Friday that recent comments from Poland’s leaders are encouraging Moscow to “put it in first place in the queue for denazification after Ukraine.” Russian State Duma Deputy Oleg Morozov,...
by jpitney | May 1, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
“Because this is America…and here, RIGHT MATTERS.” https://t.co/zm7p7hAVrP — Rachel Vindman 🌻 (@natsechobbyist) May 1, 2022
by jpitney | Apr 30, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: RFE/RL journalist Vira Hyrych has died in Kyiv after a Russian missile strike hit the residential building where she lived in the Ukrainian capital. Hyrych’s body was found early in the morning on April 29 amid the wreckage...
by jpitney | Apr 4, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Religion, Russia, Ukraine
Philip Pullella at Reuters: Pope Francis paid tribute on Sunday to journalists killed during the Ukraine war saying he hoped God would reward them for serving the common good whatever side they were on. Speaking to journalists aboard the plane returning from Malta,...
