____ (2022-05-31). US gives Ukraine blank check for strikes inside Russia. wsws.org With the ink barely dry on the $40 billion weapons and aid package signed May 21 by the Biden administration, the United States is further expanding the range of long-range weapons it is flooding into Ukraine, vastly enlarging the terrain over which the war is being fought.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-31). European Union reaches agreement to ban Russian oil imports. peoplesdispatch.org The sanctions will immediately impact two-thirds of Russian crude oil imports which are transferred via the sea. Following opposition by Hungary, the remaining one-third which is supplied through the Druzhba pipeline is temporarily exempt…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-05-31). Progressives in Denmark call to vote 'No' in upcoming EU defense opt-out referendum. peoplesdispatch.org In the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, pro-EU sections have pushed to abolish Denmark's defense opt-out policy and to integrate the country into the EU's defense formations and military maneuvers…

Lucystock (2022-05-31). The Weekly Round-up: children's social care, traveller discrimination and Ukraine war crime verdictsÔøº. ukhumanrightsblog.com 30 May 2022 by Lucy Stock In the news: On Monday 23, the Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Kyviv. He previously pleaded guilty to killing Oleksandr Shelypov, 62. Shishmarin's trial has been closely watched by investigators collecting evidence of possible war crimes to bring before …

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-05-31). Presentation of the Special Issue of the Journal "Maraya International" russiancouncil.ru On May 27, 2022, a presentation of a special issue of the Journal "Maraya International" took place at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)…

Abdul Rahman (2022-05-30). Russia is ready to help alleviate the global food crisis if West lifts sanctions, says President Putin. peoplesdispatch.org The US and its allies have imposed unilateral sanctions on Russia following its attack on Ukraine in February. They have also accused Russia of preventing the export of food grains and fertilizers from Ukraine…

____ (2022-05-30). Funding the Ukraine Proxy War, Bernie Sanders and the Squad Abandon Progressives and Peace. transcend.org 24 May 2022 – By voting to enrich the US arms industry and escalate a proxy war against Russia, Congressional progressives are enabling a militarist agenda that threatens their political cause, and the planet.

____ (2022-05-30). Westphalian Logic and Geopolitical Prudence in the Nuclear Age. transcend.org 24 May 2022 – The Ukraine War, its complexities and global spillover effects, have not been adequately depicted by either political leaders or the more influential media. Most commonly, the Ukraine War has been narrowly and reductively depicted as a simple matter of defending Ukraine against Russian aggression.