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High threat security and crisis communications expert Kenneth Shockley. (Photo: Kenneth Shockley handout) World Biden administration following a containment strategy to confine war to Ukraine: Security Expert
President Joe Biden announces a ban on Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia's economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, March 8, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP) World US bans Russian energy imports; Europe follows in part; but Saudi, UAE reject US overtures
Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces gathering next to a bus during the evacuation of rebel fighters and their families from the town of Dumayr, Syria, April 19, 2018. (Photo: SANA via AP) World US confirms Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine, as crisis drives Damascus closer to Moscow
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Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya holds up a copy of the charter of the UN while speaking during an emergency meeting of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022. (Photo: Seth Wenig/AP) World Biden hails UN vote demanding Russia halt Ukraine attack; Iraq abstains
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Dr. Elie Abouaoun, Director of MEANA Programs at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). (Photo: Elie Abouaoun handout) World A war of attrition in Ukraine could ‘sink Russia in a quagmire’: USIP MEANA Director
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