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Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine meet in Turkey for peace talks; Calls grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s impeachment; A new Frontline/ProPublica documentary details the “Plot to Overturn the Election.” Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to discuss Russia’s demand to adopt a neutral status; A new investigation reveals European Union countries are detaining nonwhite refugees fleeing Ukraine; Pressure grows in former Caribbean British colonies to cut ties with the British monarchy amid a visit from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Yanis Varoufakis on the war in Ukraine and why the West would be “playing with fire” by pursuing regime change in Russia; Foreign policy expert William Hartung on ending the war in Yemen and why hawks in Washington are pushing for even more military spending; Colombian environmentalist and vice-presidential candidate Francia Márquez says “a new form of government is possible” in the country. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

NATO announces it will send even more troops to Eastern Europe as the Ukraine war enters its second month; Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson endures hours of Republican attacks on her third day of Senate confirmation hearings; Republicans push anti-abortion measures in states across the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Republican senators attack Ketanji Brown Jackson’s work as a public defender representing Guantánamo Bay detainees and her record as a judge; Ukrainian sociologist ​​Volodymyr Ishchenko on Putin’s endgame in Ukraine. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

As President Biden heads to Europe for talks with NATO allies, G7 leaders and European Union leaders, we continue with Volodymyr Ishchenko, a Ukrainian sociologist and research associate at the Institute for East European Studies at the Free University of Berlin.

Historic Senate confirmation hearings begin for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s historic Supreme Court nominee; The humanitarian crisis in besieged Mariupol; Ukrainian pacifist Yurii Sheliazhenko on ending the war. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

China’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what it could mean for U.S.-Chinese relations; Biden condemns the Russian invasion of a sovereign, independent Ukraine, but refuses to recognize Western Sahara; Exclusive interview with Sahrawi human rights defender Sultana Khaya, under de facto house arrest since November 2020. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

How Russia’s war in Ukraine could lead to a “meltdown of the global food system”; As more than half Afghanistan’s population experiences acute hunger, award-winning journalist Matthieu Aikins asks: Who does the West consider worthy of saving? Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

President Biden pledges an additional $800 million in military aid for Ukraine; Syrian journalist and activist Waad Al-Kateab on the parallels between Russia’s actions in Ukraine and Syria; Arms expert Stephen Goose on the use of cluster bombs by Russia and the United States. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Ukrainian reporter Nataliya Gumenyuk describes visiting several strategic cities where civilians have united against Russia as troops lay siege; As U.S. and U.K. leaders discuss oil output with Saudi Arabia, they continue to back the Saudi-led war and blockade in Yemen that has resulted in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis; Why a group of foreign policy experts oppose a no-fly zone enforced by the U.S. in Ukraine. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Update from Kyiv, Ukraine; The New Yorker’s Joshua Yaffa on how Vladimir Putin miscalculated his invasion; Saudi Arabia carries out its largest mass execution in decades. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

We discuss the life of U.S. journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first foreign journalist known to have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion; An activist from the Belarusian human rights group Viasna responds to the crackdown on antiwar protests in Belarus, where Putin has stationed thousands of Russian troops. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

Ukrainian climate activist Svitlana Romanko on how fossil fuels power Russian aggression; A resident of Mykolaiv describes life under siege; Andrew Bacevich on Russia’s invasion, NATO expansion and how the U.S. war in Iraq laid the groundwork for the Ukraine crisis. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe

An update on the war in Ukraine from a reporter on the ground, and from refugee advocates helping more than 2 million people flee the fighting; Russian activist Arshak Makichyan on why he is risking arrest to speak out against the invasion. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe