St. Louisan Gene Litvin traveled to Poland this month to help Ukrainians fleeing the war. Litvin himself left Ukraine in the 1990s as a Jewish refugee.
Sheena Chestnut Greitens is a former first lady of Missouri and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She shares her perspective on China's response to the war in Ukraine, China’s strategic partnership with Russia and the lessons both China and Taiwan are taking from the conflict.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KXCL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.
Workers in a small Missouri alterations shop watch from afar as a humanitarian crisis unfolds in Ukraine, even though their home countries are on opposing sides of the conflict.
The next round of sanctions from the White House targets banks and export controls, which would cut Russia off from critical technology such as semiconductors.