The Update with Brandon Julien

We truly have a lot to cover on #TheUpdate this Tuesday. There's been terror on the subway in Brooklyn. At least 16 people have been either shot or injured by gunfire and shrapnel after a lone gunman in a reflective vest and possibly a gas mask threw smoke bombs on a N express train and began shooting. A manhunt for the suspect is now underway. The suspect was described as a black male, 5'5, weigh...

On #TheUpdate this Monday, Slovakia says that it can't confirm that air defense systems it's provided to Ukraine have been destroyed by the Russian armed forces. Meanwhile, The World Bank says that Ukraine's economy will shrink by over 45% this year because of the invasion, which has shit down half of the country's businesses, choked off imports and exports, and damaged a vast amount of critical i...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

The latest details in the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian prosecutor general's office says approximately 67 bodies were buried in a mass grave near a church in Bucha, a northern Kyiv suburb where journalists and returning Ukrainians discovered scores of bodies on streets and elsewhere after a Russian troops withdrew. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktov...

On #TheUpdate this Friday, the European Union has returned its ambassador to Ukraine to the capital, Kyiv, in a move that underscores the improved security situation there and the 27-nation bloc's commitment to the beleaguered country. Meanwhile, the United Nations says that prices for worle food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have reached their highest levels ever because of the war....

We have the latest details (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. European Union nations have approved new sanctions against Russia, including an EU embargo on coal imports in the wake of evidence if torture and killings emerging from war zones outside Kyiv. The ban on coal imports will be the first EU sanctions targeting Russia's lucrative energy industry over the war, accordin...

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, Russia's top diplomat has accused Ukraine of derailing talks with Moscow by changing its negotiating stance. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Ukraine had walked back its proposal that international guarantees of its security don't apply to Crimea. Meanwhile, a new report from Facebook owner Meta finds a big jump this year in disinformation and propaganda linked...

We have the latest details (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Britain says that it will end imports if Russian oil and coal by the end of the year, and ban U.K investment in Russia as part of a new set of sanctions in response to the invasion. The British government also announced a freeze on the assets of Credit Bank of Moscow and Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, and slappe...

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that negotiations with Ukraine are continuing despite allegations of war crimes against civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha. Peskov said that the talks continued, but that the Bucha revelations- which he referred to as a "staging"- had happened talks and there was a "fairly long road ahead." Meanwhile, the Dutch government says t...

We have the latest details (at the wine of recording Monday) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged all Spanish companies to completely halt business with Russia and called for tougher western sanctions against Moscow that would include a ban on Russian oil imports. Speaking in a video address to the Spanish parliament, Zelenskyy denounced the Russian atro...

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to address the U.N Security Council after more evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian forces recently left. Western nations expelled dozens more of Moscow's diplomats and weighed further sanctions as the expressed their revulsion at what they say are war crimes. Meanwhile, the U.N migration agency now...

We have the latest details (at the time of recording Monday) on the Russian war in Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 The French foreign ministry announced that France has decided to expel "numerous" Russian diplomats, saying their "activities were contrary to our security interests." The announcement came hours after Germany said it was expelling 40 diplomats, and Lithuania said that it has expelled the Russian ambas...

On Monday's edition of #TheUpdate, Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation after new evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some western leaders called for further sanctions on response, even as moscow continues to press its offensive in the east. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to a...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording Sunday) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a interview with CBS' "Face The Nation" that Russian attacks in Ukraine amount to genocide. He says that there are more than 100 nationalities in Ukraine and "this is about the destruction and extermination of all these nationalities. We are citizens of U...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording Saturday) on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 We'll explain what's vbext for Europe's national gas during this war, and also how according to the Russian space chief, sanctions could imperil the international space station. ⛽🛰️👨🏽‍🚀

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording Friday) on the Russian war in Ukraine. The secretary of Ukraine'e national security has denied the country was responsible for a reported attack on a Russian fuel depot. Moscow had earlier placed the blame on Ukraine. There was no independent confirmation of details about the incident. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 We'll tell you about how the war fuels fears among...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On #TheUpdate this Friday, talks between Russia and Ukraine have resumed via video link. Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky published a picture of the talks underway, saying that "our positions on Crimes and the Donbas are unchanged." Meanwhile, African refugees say the recent decision to grant refugee starts and other humanitarian protections to Ukranian fleeing war underscores the racial...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 We'll tell you about how the seafood industry is bracing for the loss of jobs and fish due to the economic sanctions.🦞🍤🐟💵 Also, as Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations are hoping to gain from it. 🇷🇺👨🏽‍💻 And, the war has transformed a Ukrainian brothers' YouTube channel. 🎮🎥

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, Britain has imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Russian media figures and organizations accused of spreading propaganda and disinformation about the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, a U.K intelligence chief says that demoralized Russian soldiers in Ukraine are refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and accidentally shot down their own aircraft. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇷...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces pounded areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv overnight. The attacks came hours after Moscow pledged to scale back millitary operations in those places. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 We'll also tell you about how Ukrainians that are stranded in Hawaii are getting some help from canoe paddlers. 🇺🇦...

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, the Kremlin says that there was no breakthrough bin the latest round of talks with Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it was a "positive factor" that Ukraine submitted its written proposals, but added that "we can't say there has been something promising or any breakthroughs." Meanwhile, the U.N food chief is warning that the war in Ukraine has created...