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    Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News CALL FOR SUPPORT! The organization is now critically short of funds. As of today more than 450,000 readers have visited Reader Supported News since the funding drive began, fewer than 220 have donated. The situation is serious. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Joshua Yaffa | Putin's Escalation in Ukraine Is a Losing Strategy Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker Yaffa writes: "On Wednesday morning, Vladimir Putin announced that the war in Ukraine is entering a new phase—or, at least, that was his intention." The push to claim new territory and mobilize more troops is unlikely to reverse Russia’s losses on the battlefield—but it could move the war into its most dangerous phase yet. O n Wednesday morning, Vladimir Putin  announced  that the war in Ukraine is entering a new phase—or, at least, that was his intention. His televised address contained three central messages: the K...

September 22, 2022 Heather Cox Richardson Sep 23   Big stories in different parts of the world today. The Russian mobilization—the first since World War II—appears to be aiming at 1 million new soldiers, rather than the 300,000 suggested yesterday. Officials are scouring villages to conscript men, especially ethnic minorities, to fill the quotas the government has established. Stories are circulating of men given only an hour to appear at recruitment centers, students being given draft notices while they were sitting in class, and workers taken off the job.  Meanwhile, the U.S. government has officially condemned Russia’s attacks on the civilian population of Ukraine: the forced deportations, disappearances, detainments, torture, and other abuses. The State Department said that “President Putin must be held accountable for these atrocities.” Indeed, even North Korea has distanced itself from Russia, saying in an official statement that it has never supplied Russia with weapons...