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We have the latest details (at the time of recording) on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. On Day 11, Russian troops shelled the encircled cities, and it appeared that a second attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol had failed due to the continuing violence. Ukrainian officials had said that the shelling disrupted what was supposed to be a cease-fire beginning at n...

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We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. As it enters day 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin earned that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and pinned the blame for the war on Ukrainian leadership. Undeterred, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians to resist and fight back. He also made a desperate plea to U.S senators to help hi...

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We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. U.N and Ukrainian officials say that no radiation was released from a Russian attack at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and firefighters have extinguished a blaze at the facility. More than 1.2 million people have fled to neighboring countries, according to the U.N refugee agency. 🇺🇳🇺🇦 NATO is...

It's Day 93 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Friday, Russian forces have taken over the strategic port city of Kherson and shelled Europe's largest nuclear power plant in another city, sparking a fire there that was extinguished overnight. In Belarus, Ukrainian and Russian delegates met and agreed to provide safe corridors to evacuate citizens and deliver humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, th...

We have the lastest developments (at time of recording) of the Russian war in Ukraine. The Russians have seized the strategic seaport of Kherson and are besieging another even as the two sides held talks in Belarus. The tealks were the second round of face-to-face discussions since the invasion started, resulting in safe corridors being established to safely evacuate civilians. The Pentagon has es...

It's Day 92 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Thursday, Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold a second round of talks today in Belarus, but there appears to be little common ground between the two sides. The number of people who have filed Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on February 24th has reached 1 million. Meanwhile, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from compet...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine day that they're prepared to hold talks for the second time since the invasion began last week. The talks are expected to take place tomorrow in Belarus, according to the head of the Russian delegation. Meanwhile, the U.N General Assembly condemned the invasion and called on Russia to withd...

It's Day 91 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, the miles-long convoy of Russian tanks and other vehicles continues to slowly advance towards Kyiv. Russia's escalation comes as President Biden in his State Of The Union speech last night warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't "pay a price" for the invasion, the aggression wouldn't stop with just one country. Ukrai...

We have the latest developments (at the time of recording) on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces have stepped up their attacks in several Ukrainian cities, with a huge convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles on a road to Kyiv, and the fighting is intensifying not only there, but in other big cities as well. Ukrainian officials say that Russia shelled several key sites in Kyiv and...

It's Day 90 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a miles-long convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles is inching closer to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, and the fighting had intensified on the ground as Russia stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine. There were reports that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently...

We have the latest developments (at time of recording) in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now into it's fifith day, there was a tense calm in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, but explosions and gunfire we're heard in embattled cities in the eastern part of the country as Russian troops met unexpected resistance. A Ukrainian delegation held talks with Russian officials at the border with Bel...

It's our 5th anniversary! Thanks for supporting us all this time. ❤️ It's also Day 89 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Monday, Ukrainian troops have slowed Russia's advance on key cities, at least for now, while a Ukrainian delegation arrived at the border with Belarus for talks with Russian officials, though prospects looked uncertain at best. EU defense ministers are also meeting to d...

We continue to have the latest developments (at time of recording) in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Greece, authorities say that they're sending ammunition, assault rifles and middle launchers to Ukraine in response to a request by Ukraine's government. 🇬🇷 President Putin has put his nuclear forces on increased alert, in an unprecedented escalation of tension with the West since the collapse...

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

We have the latest developments (at time of recording) on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 We'll talk about how Russian forces are closing in on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as the city is warning of street fighting and urging residents to stay inside. In Russia, more and more are speaking out against the invasion, even as the government's official rhetoric is growing increasingly harsher. A...

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

We have the latest developments on the Russian Invasion Of Ukraine, including how this might impact you and your energy bill. ⛽🔌🛢️

It's Day 86 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Friday, the Russian military claims that it's taken control of an airport just outside of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as Kremlin forces bear down on it, but the claim couldn't be independently verified. The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian airborne forces used 200 helicopters to land in...

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It's Day 85 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Thursday, the invasion has begun overseas. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his military operation in Ukraine, and he's warning other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to "consequences they have never seen ." Meanwhile, President Biden is condemning Russia for an "unprovoked and unjustified a...

It's Day 84 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Cannabis retailer Ascend Wellness says that the legal record will show that its executives did not exert political pressure on Governor Hochul's administration by attending a December fundraiser and then meeting with state officials. Cannabis company MedMen argues in court that Ascend was using "political pressure and undue influen...

It's Day 83 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, New York City's latest plan to tackle both crime and homelessness is rolling into action. Police are going to crack down on sleeping, littering, smoking, doing drugs or hanging out in the subway system. Upstate in Dannemora, an off-duty New York state trooper was killed Sunday in a snowmobile crash. Joshua Gushlaw lost control of the...

It's Day 82 of the MLB Lockout ⚾🔒. On #TheUpdate this President's Day Monday, Mayor Adams has a bold and ambitious plan to tackle the rising homeless crisis and crime in the subways, taking affect today. It wasn't soon enough as three people were stabbed Saturday alone in separate attacks. In Brooklyn, prosecutors say that a man punched an Asian American woman in the face in an unprovoked attack...