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3/15/22 – US onAir

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CHINA … Possible Chinese responses to Russian invasion of Ukraine
MSNBC, (06:35)
UKRAINE … 3 EU nation leaders to visit Kviv
Associated Press, Andrea Rosa March 15, 2022

Russia’s relentless bombardment of Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv as a series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood Tuesday, while the leaders of three European Union countries planned a bold visit to Ukraine’s capital and the number of people the war has driven from the country passed 3 million.

Large explosions thundered across Kyiv before dawn from what Ukrainian authorities said were artillery strikes, as Russia’s assault on the city appeared to become more systematic. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said barrages hit four multi-story buildings in the city and caused dozens of deaths.

The strikes targeted a western district of Kyiv, disrupting a relative calm that returned after an initial advance by Russian forces was stopped in the early days of the war. Tuesday’s shelling ignited a huge fire in a 15-story apartment building and spurred a frantic rescue effort.

HEALTH CARE Senate Health committee considers bill aimed at preventing new pandemics
ABC News, March 15, 2022 – 10:00 am (ET)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/families-brace-end-universal-free-school-meals/story?id=83408068

RUSSIAN PROTESTS … Shocking Anti-War Protest On Russian State TV
MSNBCMarch 14, 2022 (06:35)
CIVIL RIGHTS … The Stop Asian Hate movement is at a crossroads
Vox, Li Zhou March 15, 2022

Brianna Cea, a 24-year-old voting rights organizer based in Brooklyn, felt a painful sense of recognition after the Atlanta shootings last March.

These shootings — which occurred at three Atlanta-area spas — took the lives of eight people, including six Asian women. The victims included Daoyou Feng, 44, Hyun Jung Grant, 51, Suncha Kim, 69, Paul Andre Michels, 54, Soon Chung Park, 74, Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, 49, Yong Ae Yue, 63, and Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33.

“Seeing people who look like me being targeted and people not recognizing that they were clearly targeted because of what they looked like was hard,” Cea, who identifies as Thai, Korean, and Chinese American, told Vox.

Initially, both police and the media appeared to accept claims that the shooter, a white man, was not racially motivated, even though the attacks focused on Asian-run businesses, and the rationale he gave was that it was a way to reduce sexual “temptation,” a statement that speaks to the longstanding objectification of Asian women. The fact that people wouldn’t acknowledge the racial aspect of the attacks only added to the trauma of the shootings, Cea emphasizes.

MIDDLE EAST … The U.N. Security Council considers reports on South Sudan and Yemen
March 15, 2022 – 10:00 am (ET)

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