WHAT PRICE VICTORY?
Ukrainian president needs to persuade not just Western allies but his own soldiers that they can beat Vladimir Putin’s invaders.
Anna Conkling is a U.S. journalist based in Berlin and contributor to The Daily Beast. Her work focuses on conflict, human rights violations, and the war in Ukraine. She has been featured in The Sunday Times, Business Insider, and Rolling Stone.
PRICE OF FREEDOM
Thousands of Ukrainian convicts are swapping their prison cells for a place on the front lines of the war with Russia.
ON THE BRINK
The most explosive day of attacks in 10 months between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon could spill over into a full, terrifying conflict.
DONE DEAL
The pair were included in a major prisoner swap between Russia and the West.
MARS OR BUST
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, SpaceX wants to launch its Starship rockets up to 25 times a year from its “Starbase” in Brownsville.
‘IMPERMISSIBLE’
“We continue to consider it absolutely unacceptable and impermissible behavior for a head of state to make such disrespectful remarks about other heads of state,” the Kremlin said.
‘BAD F***ING WEEK’
A House Democrat says a high-powered group of “super friends” is being assembled to head to the White House and tell Biden it’s time to go.
BLESSED BE THE FRUIT
In a speech before the House that seemed lifted right out of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he wants the U.S. to go back to 1960.
VERY GENEROUS!
The mercurial billionaire has reportedly asked employees to work on plans for a city on Mars and explore whether humans can procreate there—using his own sperm for research.
OH-BAMA
The former president reportedly got a heads up in a call from the actor about his tough New York Times op-ed calling on Biden to drop out of the 2024 race—and did not push back.