A Ukraine-born GOP congresswoman voted no on aid. Her hometown feels betrayed. A deep dive into the flip-flop by Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz on helping Ukraine fight the Russian invasion. Dream teaming up with Siobhán O'Grady & Anastacia Galouchka
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Beyond thrilled that Anastacia Galouchka and I have been selected as a Livingston Award finalists Wallace House Center for Journalists for our reporting in Kherson region, Dnipro and Hroza. Our package 'Civilians Under Fire' documented the horrors of the war in Ukraine. wallacehouse.umich.edu/announcing-the…

Ukrainians are rejoicing tonight. This aid is badly needed right now.

Russia ramps up weapons production, using mass quantity to outgun Ukraine, by ⁦Mary Ilyushina⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Just spoke with Matt Gaetz, who just got off the phone with Speaker Johnson. Gaetz said he now anticipates that Ukraine aid will pass — an outcome he has long sought to avoid. He expressed dismay given his influential role in delaying aid thus far. “This was abject surrender.'

NEW: Rep. Ralph. Norman says he, Rep. Chip Roy, and Rep. Thomas Massie all told Speaker Johnson this AM they would vote against the rule in committee, sinking chances of Johnson’s plan getting any votes on the House floor

A Post investigation has found that Israeli vehicles were present in the area and that Israeli weapons likely caused the visible damage in the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab and eight others in Gaza City on January 29.

Before she was killed, Rajab called the Palestinian Red…

Johnson gambles on plan separating Israel aid from Ukraine funds washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

“The most challenging thing to figure out is if it’s Ukrainian or Russian drones.”

Saturated airspace is making it a dangerous gamble for anyone trying to advance. Via Siobhán O'Grady Kostiantyn Khudov Alice Martins washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

New: When Kamala Harris met privately with Volodymyr Zelensky in February, she told him something he didn’t want to hear: Refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries, a tactic U.S. officials believed would raise global energy prices and invite more aggressive Russian…

Germany said today that it’ll provide Ukraine with another Patriot battery. Here was our story on Dmytro Kuleba trying to convince countries to transfer their Patriots washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

The Russians are on the offensive in eastern Ukraine, closing in on Chasiv Yar. A commander fighting in the area told me he thinks Ukraine might pull its forces from the town by the end of the month. Meanwhile, U.S. aid package still stalled in Congress. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

A candid message from Ukraine's chief general Syrsky: the situation along Ukraine's eastern front has 'significantly worsened' in recent days. Russian forces have upped their attacks since Russia's presidential elections, he wrote on Telegram.

“Nice and quiet diplomacy didn’t work.” Our story on Dmytro Kuleba’s push to get more Patriot batteries in Ukraine washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

“Do you sincerely believe that the whole U.S. Army does not have one spare battery of Patriots that is not on combat duty, and that cannot be given to Ukraine? I don’t.” Dmytro Kuleba told us
Great write-up by Isabelle Khurshudyan & portrait by Oksana Parafeniuk washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

“Nice and quiet diplomacy didn’t work.” Our story on Dmytro Kuleba’s push to get more Patriot batteries in Ukraine washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Russia is ramping up propaganda operations as part of a 2nd front that has become almost as important as the military campaign in Ukraine — especially as congressional approval for further aid is critical for Kyiv’s ability to defend itself. w/Joseph Menn washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Kremlin trolls have written 1000s of fabricated news articles, social media posts & comments that promote US isolationism, stir fear over border security & attempt to amplify US economic & racial tensions, according to Kremlin documents. w/Joseph Menn washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

Go Gamecocks 🏆 🏀 🐓

“If [the] West wants peace, it should not only respond to current Ukrainian needs, but use 2024 to provide Ukraine with everything that’s necessary to enter into offensive mode and make substantial gains in 2025,” the Westerm ambassador said Isabelle Khurshudyan washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…