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We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his country's troops at a huge rally at a Moscow stadium as Russian forces continue to press their attacks in Ukranian cities with shelling and missiles. Russian forces pounded the capital of Kyiv and the country's west with missiles, and the U.N migration agency estat...

On #TheUpdate this Friday, Russian forces have struck Ukrainian cities from a distance once again, hitting sites in Kyiv and the west as their ground offensive continues to inch forward under fierce Ukrainian resistance. The war launched by Russian President Putin is grinding into its fourth week as his troops have failed to take Kyiv- a major objective in their hopes of forcing a settlement or di...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Russian forces were largely bogged downoutside the major cities in Ukraine have turned to shelling them from a distance, including dozens of confirmed attacks in hospitals and health facilities during the war, now in week 4. The World Health Organization'e director-general said that the organization had verif...

On #TheUpdate this St. Patrick's Day, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has entered week 4, with Russian forces largely bogged down outside major cities and shelling them from a distance, raining havoc on civilians. A Russian airstrike destroyed a theater where hundreds of people were sheltering in the besieged port city of Mariupol. The number of casualties remain unclear. Meanwhile, President Biden f...

We have the latest details (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invoked Pearl Harbor and 9/11 during a rare and urgent appeal to U.S Congress for more weapons to stem the Russian assault. He's also projecting optimism that Moscow's demands for haunting the nearly three-week war were becoming "more realistic." The remarks came on a day th...

On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, as Russia's offensive presses closer to Ukraine's seat of government, missiles and artillery have slammed into high-rise apartment towers in Kyiv, leaving buildings ablaze and smoke hanging over the capital and its suburbs. But diplomatic activity is quickening, as well. Russian and Ukranian negotiators agreed to meet again today after a fourth round of talks that Ukr...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Russian forces continued to pound Ukranian cities and edge closer to Kyiv, in a relentless bombardment that keeps deepening the war's humanitarian crisis. Diplomatic efforts appear to be improving however, with Russia circulating a proposed U.N Security Council resolution calling for protections for civilians...

On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, Russian forces continued to pound Ukranian cities in a bombardment that deepened the war's humanitarian crisis as the countries kept open a narrow diplomatic channel with more planned talks. The U.N says that the number of Ukranians forces the flee the country has surpassed 3 million. A projectile slammed into a 15-story apartment building, killing at least one. Meanwhi...

We have the latest details (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Russian forces continue their assault, firing in suburbs around Kyiv and attacking other cities, even as the two countries held another round of diplomatic talks. They ended today without a breakthrough, but more negotiations are scheduled for tomorrow. Now in week 3, thousands of civilians and soldiers have died,...

On #TheUpdate this Monday, Russian troops are keeping up pressure on Kyiv and air raid sirens we're heard activated the country overnight, even as both nations were expected to resume diplomatic talks. The attacks in the capital come a day after Russia escalated its offensive by shelling areas close to the Polish border. The war has also taking a human cost as a pregnant woman and her baby died af...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Russia has escalated their attacks in the west, striking a millitary base in Ukraine where its troops has drained with NATO forces and bringing the conflict closer to Poland and the bloc. The Ukrainians said that over 30 cruise missiles were fired at the base located 19 miles northwest of the regional hub Lvi...

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We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Now in week 3, Russian forces continued their relentless assault on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, shelling the city's downtown. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Russia is bombing Mariupol "24 hours a day." And as Russian units also fanned out to prepare for an assault on Kyiv, Ze...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording Friday) on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. Russian forces expanded their offensive in Ukraine today, striking new areas in the west, while President Vladimir Putin approved the recruitment of "volunteers" from Syria and elsewhere to join the fight. Sanctions against Russia are mounting, and the U.S and its allies downgraded Russia's tra...

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On Friday's editon of #TheUpdate, as the Russian war in Ukraine enters week 3, President Vladimir Putin approved bringing "volunteer" fighters from the Middle Easy and elsewhere to join the war. Russian forces appeared to be expanding their offensive, striking new areas in the west. As the war grinds on, Ukraine says 100,000 people were evacuated over the past two days in a total of seven cities i...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. It now enters week 3, with Russian forces continuing to bombard major cities and desperate civilians hoping to escape through agreed-upon safe corridors. Thousands of people have been killed, and more than 2.3 million have filed since the invasion began. Encircled cities have been suffering from shortages of...

It's Day 99 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Thursday, civilians trapped in besieged or destroyed cities and towns in Ukraine are suffering from electricity outages, food shortages and other vital services. Thousands are hoping to find relief through safe exits today agreed upon by Ukraine and Russia. 35,000 people already have been able to flee through these safe corridors. But, a Russ...

We have the lastest details (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Ukraine authorities bsat that a Russian airstrike hit a maternity hospital in the besieged port city of Mariupol, wounding at least 17 people in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called "an atrocity". The attack today came amid hopes for mass-evacuations of civilians from several Ukrainian cities, incl...

It's Day 98 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, efforts are still ongoing to coordinate safe routes of escape for Ukrainian civilians out of besieged cities as the invasion rounds out its second week. In the time since the invasion began, some 2 million people have filed Ukraine. Officials say that more people will be able to leave the port of Sumy today through a humanitarian c...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. U.N. officials say 2 million people have fled Ukraine in the two weeks since the invasion began. As the cross-border exodus from Ukraine continued today, the humanitarian situation in the country’s besieged cities is growing worse, including in Mariupol, where bodies lay uncollected in the streets and hopes f...

Happy International Women's Day to the women in our lives, and those who made- and continue to make- history every day! ♀️ It's also Day 97 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, A U.N agency and others tracking migration say that 2 million people have filed Ukraine in the two weeks since the invasion began. Russia and Ukraine agreed on establishing safe corridors for epole to escape...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian delegations resumed talks following failed attempts to begin evacuating civilians from besieged Ukrainian cities. After the first two attempts failed over the weekend, Russia announced another limited cease-fire that would allow desperate civilians to flee encircled cities through humani...

This is the first time without me wearing a mask since April 15, 2020. It's been a long time coming. 😷 It's also Day 96 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Monday, Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters Day 12 following what Ukrainian authorities described as increased shelling of encircled cities and another failed attempt to evacuate civilians from the port of Mariupol. Russia announced ye...