As Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, Russia’s troops remain bogged down outside Kyiv and other major cities, unable to advance and plagued by low morale and logistical failures.
U.S. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, is in Europe with stops in Brussels and Warsaw to bolster the Western alliance and coordinate its next moves in defense of Ukraine.
And as civilian casualties mount amid a brutal and indiscriminate bombing campaign, so does evidence that Russia is committing war crimes.
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with veteran journalist Michael Weiss, news director at the New Lines magazine, contributing editor at The Daily Beast, and director of special investigations at the Free Russia Foundation, about the latest developments.