Russia May Be Rethinking Its Ukraine Goals: Weekend Reads
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The Russian military’s announcement that it’s focusing on taking full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region after a month-old invasion that’s encountered fierce resistance may signal Moscow is backing away from hopes of taking larger swathes of the country.
President Joe Biden met with U.S. troops in eastern Poland not far from the Ukrainian border on a day when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Washington and the European Union of trying to “destroy” Russia.
Earlier, the U.S. and EU unveiled an agreement to help Europe wean itself off Russian fuel imports.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson encountered harsh Republican questioning and false claims about her record before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as she inches closer to becoming the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.