Opinion : Putin was wrong about everything. But so were U.S. right-wingers.

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War in Ukraine: What you need to know

The latest: The Biden administration announced plans to ban oil imports from Russia, as White House looks to buffer economy. Meanwhile, more than 2 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the invasion.

Oil exports: Russia is the world’s largest oil exporter, sending more than 7 million barrels of crude oil to countries around the world, including to Germany and other E.U. members.

The fight: Casualties are mounting in Ukraine — including civilians, while Moscow is facing allegations that it has used cluster and vacuum weapons. As many as 4,000 Russian soldiers may have died, according to a U.S. general.

Map: Russia’s assault on Ukraine has been extensive with strikes and attacks across the entire country.

The response: Russia’s war could be a global economic “game changer,” with rising gas prices and shifting trade decisions suggesting change that will be felt for years. Meanwhile, in Russia, online access has been significantly curtailed by censors at home and businesses abroad.

How you can help: Here are ways those in the U.S. can help support the Ukrainian people as well as what people around the world have been donating.

Read our full coverage of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

JulesHaggard on March 9th, 2022 at 14:52 UTC »

Authoritarian wannabes in the United States who admire foreign autocrats get conned — just like Putin — into thinking illiberal societies have advantages over liberal ones. They imagine autocracies are stronger, more focused and better able to command their people. In their hero worship for bullies and their contempt for our own democracy, right-wingers fail to grasp that democracies are stronger because of their free citizenries, the free flow of information and their more nimble free-market economies.

Y'all hear that, Repubs?

jjjjjjjjdk on March 9th, 2022 at 14:31 UTC »

Hmmm who could have guessed the least educated people in this country, who have been force fed Russian propaganda for 2.5 years, would be wrong. Big head scratcher there!

OpenImagination9 on March 9th, 2022 at 14:25 UTC »

We’re used to the GOP being wrong - the question is how do we stop their stupidity?