9 Best Articles in 2022
The Associated Press
'Why? Why? Why?' Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
The Associated Press
9 min read · · MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling. · Shared by 384, including Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, Michael Barbaro, Eric Pooley, Joshua Benton, Julia Ioffe, teresa bücker, Mark Little, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Marie-José Kolly, Andrew Sullivan, Renee DiResta, Ben Dreyfuss, Armin Wolf, Brian Stelter, Rukmini Callimachi, Alberto Nardelli, Larry Sabato, Jason Zweig, Maryn McKenna, roula khalaf
WIRED
Russia's Cyberwar on Ukraine Is a Blueprint For What's to Come
WIRED
20+ min read · · Blackouts in Ukraine were just a trial run. Russian hackers are learning to sabotage infrastructure---and the US could be next. · Shared by 240, including Casey Smith, Martin Kägi, Andrea Desiato, Ian M Calvert, Howard Getson, Merkstatt, Kim Dik, Mark Kaigwa, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Esther Schindler, Leslie D, William El Kaim, Diogo Mónica, Ste Davies, 瑞拿頭, Alain
Foreign Affairs
What If Ukraine Wins?
Foreign Affairs
8 min read · · Victory in the war would not end the conflict with Russia. · Shared by 487
The Associated Press
We witnessed Mariupol's agony and fled a Russian hit list
The Associated Press
10 min read · · MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in. We had been documenting the siege of the Ukrainian city by Russian… · Shared by 520, including Ole Begemann, Chaotic Goode, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, David Wessel, Jon Cohen, David Smith, Taylor Lorenz, Jason Stanley, Jay Rosen, Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️, Hunter Walker, Christopher Mims 🤌, Akshat Rathi, Danielle! 🌩, Joshua Benton, Prof Hugo Spiers, Mathew Ingram, Paul Graham, Constantin Gurdgiev, Murad Ahmed
The New Yorker
Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine
The New Yorker
5 min read · · For years, the political scientist has claimed that Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine is caused by Western intervention. Have recent events changed his mind? · Shared by 171, including Peter Merholz, Alex Tabarrok, Elizabeth Picciuto, Constantin Gurdgiev, Charles Duhigg, corey robin, Brian T. Edwards, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Greenwald, Frances 'Cassandra' Coppola, Gutly Myrat, Kevin M. Kruse, Chris Bertram
TIME
How Volodymyr Zelensky Defended Ukraine and United the World
TIME
~14 min read · · Ukraine and its leader seemed to transcend their roles as victims of Russia's aggression · Shared by 213, including Arie Goldshlager, Molly Ball, Polina, Samantha Kelly, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Maria Shriver, Steve Case, Leo Polovets, אטילה שומפלבי Attila Somfalvi, Marc Benioff
The New Yorker
How the Kosovo Air War Foreshadowed the Crisis in Ukraine
The New Yorker
6 min read · · Twenty-three years later, Kremlin propagandists still use the NATO bombing campaign to justify their own actions. · Shared by 298, including A. FNIX Hill, C_Emcke, Michael Seemann
NPR
The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world
NPR
2 min read · · Stores running out of cooking oil. Gas prices soaring. Farmers scrambling for fertilizer. Nations rethinking alliances. We zoom in on the war's seismic, far-reaching repercussions. · Shared by 229, including Alyson Hurt
Visual Capitalist
Map Explainer: Key Facts About Ukraine
Visual Capitalist
~11 min read · · The modern state of Ukraine was formed nearly 30 years ago a · Shared by 116, including Stefan Diepolder, Nicolas Babin #CES2023, John Nosta, AI, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
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Vox
How do we know who’s winning in Ukraine?
Vox
~12 min read · · How experts understand what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine — and what the war looks like six months in. · Shared by 99
The New York Times
6 Months Into War, Ukraine and Russia Are Both Reshaped
The New York Times
10 min read · · It has been six months since Russian forces swept into Ukraine. This is what the conflict looks like for the combatants, and to a worried continent trying to maintain solidarity. · Shared by 73, including Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Ed Dolan
Foreign Affairs
Ukraine Holds the Future
Foreign Affairs
20+ min read · · The war between democracy and nihilism. · Shared by 155, including Peter Kolchinsky, Ole Begemann, Jason Stanley, Nico Müller 🇺🇦
Grid
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the world: the biggest surprises, six months in
Grid
~12 min read · · How the war in Ukraine has changed the world — a look beyond the front lines and battlegrounds themselves at some of the most profound consequences and ripple effects of the war to date. · Shared by 71
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Vox
How do we know who’s winning in Ukraine?
Vox
~12 min read · · How experts understand what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine — and what the war looks like six months in. · Shared by 99
The Guardian
Why Vladimir Putin has already lost this war
The Guardian
4 min read · · The Russians may yet conquer Ukraine. But Ukrainians have shown that they will not let them hold it, says historian and author Yuval Noah Harari · Shared by 285, including Miguel Angel Escotet, jessewilson, Aral Balkan, hardmaru, Bernadette Jiwa, Scott Galloway, Armin Wolf, Gerd Leonhard, Yuval Noah Harari, 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Hunter Lovins, Dorothy Bishop, Steven Pinker, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Bruce Lawson, Nando de Freitas 🏳️🌈, Alf Rehn, Sascha Venohr, AGI.Eth | AIKing.Eth
Vox
Why it’s more difficult to flee Ukraine if you’re not from Ukraine
Vox
10 min read · · Non-Ukrainian refugees are trapped between racism and Cold War geopolitics. · Shared by 118, including Philanthropy News Digest
MIT Technology Review
How to avoid sharing bad information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
MIT Technology Review
2 min read · · Even well-meaning attempts to participate in the news can play into bad actors’ campaigns. · Shared by 173, including Jennifer Ouellette, Allison Arieff, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Mark Little, Dr Catherine Breslin
BBC News (World)
Ukraine: Watching the war on Russian TV
BBC News (World)
6 min read · · The war in Ukraine has led to outrage in the West, but in Russia TV viewers see a very different story. · Shared by 86, including Anne Thompson
rollingstone.co.uk
How Ukraine Won the Battle for Kyiv
rollingstone.co.uk
9 min read · · Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to ravage the country. But it is far from the swift victory Putin no doubt anticipated · Shared by 86
POLITICO
‘Yes, He Would’: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes
POLITICO
20+ min read · · Putin is trying to take down the entire world order, the veteran Russia watcher said in an interview. But there are ways even ordinary Americans can fight back. · Shared by 505, including Katharina Borchert, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Carolyn Porco, Anil, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Eghosa Omoigui, Peter Steinberger, Tuur Demeester, Chris Bertram, Kelsey D. Atherton, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Edward Harrison, M.G. Siegler, Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦, rachel binx, Data Pointed, Scott Monty, Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️, Jason Stanley, Gergely Orosz
Rest of World
Amateur open-source researchers went viral unpacking the war in Ukraine
Rest of World
5 min read · · From college sophomores to 9-to-5 IT workers, hobbyist OSINT accounts are reconstructing events on the ground. · Shared by 210, including Clemens M. Schuster, Tactical Tech, Kelsey Jones
Vox
The new Russian offensive in Ukraine isn’t going much better than the previous one
Vox
9 min read · · Russia has scaled down its objectives in Ukraine. It’s still struggling to achieve them. · Shared by 80
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