From The Poynter Report with Tom Jones:

The latest scenes and stories from Ukraine are a gut punch

As we look for signs of hope in Ukraine — just any sliver of optimism, such as Russian troops pulling out of some Ukrainian cities — we are greeted with a gut punch.

That’s the exact phrase U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken used Sunday when talking about seeing images of dead Ukrainians in Bucha and hearing the real-life nightmares of what has happened in some towns where Russian troops have been.