The latest news:

• Zelensky: Russia “must pay for violating global stability
• New tanks and artillery bolster Ukraine’s hopes of defeating Russia
• UN: More than 7.7 million people displaced inside Ukraine
• Biden announces major new weapons package for Ukraine
• Biden announces new “streamlined” process for Ukrainian refugees entering U.S.
• Biden meets with Ukrainian prime minister

• Group launches search for 100K U.S. sponsors for Ukrainian refugees
• Putin orders Russian forces not to storm Mariupol holdout
• Ukraine’s “most fragile” neighbor welcomes Western wakeup call
• Lawmakers urge Meta to curb Russian disinformation in Spanish

From The Poynter Report with Tom Jones:

Russia’s media blackout

So what’s going on inside Russia as Russian soldiers continue their invasion of Ukraine?

What’s Russian President Vladimir Putin thinking? How do Russian citizens feel about the war? How are the economic sanctions impacting the country? How are the sanctions impacting everyday people? What might Russia do next?

Sadly and alarmingly, we don’t really know because Putin has signed a new censorship law that has essentially made it illegal for news organizations to independently report the accurate details of Russia’s war with Ukraine. That includes not even referring to it as a “war.”