The U.S. has ordered non-emergency government staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a Covid-19 surge, NPR reports.
Chart of the Day
Spy Device Found in Gift from Chinese Embassy
“A travel mug given as a gift by the Chinese embassy in Israel to an Israeli minister was found to contain a component suspected to be a possible spying device,” the Times of Israel reports.
Mariupol Teeters as Russia Readies Onslaught
“With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces would likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
“Nearly seven weeks into the war, Russian forces, whose campaign has been marked by strategic stumbles, appeared poised to achieve a major objective: capturing the port city of Mariupol.”
Insider: U.K. intelligence warned that Russia may soon use phosphorus munitions in Mariupol.
Reports of Chemical Weapons Attack In Ukraine
“Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said the Pentagon was closely monitoring reports Monday evening of a possible Russian chemical weapons attack on the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol,” CNBC reports.
“If Russia were found to have used chemical weapons in the strategic holdout city, it would represent a major escalation of the conflict and present a direct challenge to NATO to act.”
Biden to Name New Commander of Allied Forces in Europe
“A top American Army general in Europe is expected to be elevated to lead all U.S. and allied forces on the continent, U.S. officials said, marking the biggest change to NATO military leadership since Russia invaded Ukraine in February,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The Pentagon is also set to name a new general to lead Special Operation forces, the officials said. Both would replace commanders who are expected to retire this year as part of a normal rotation of commanders.”
Bucha’s Month of Terror
The New York Times has an extraordinary piece on the month of atrocities in Bucha, after reporters witnessed dozens of corpses and more than 100 body bags.
“The evidence suggests the Russians killed recklessly and sometimes sadistically, in part out of revenge.”
Fetterman Will ‘Lean In’ on U.S.-Israel Relationship
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D), the Democratic frontrunner in next month’s high-profile Senate primary, told Jewish Insider that he was “eager to affirm” his “unwavering” commitment to bolstering ties between the United States and Israel, emphasizing that he will “lean in” on such efforts if he is elected to the upper chamber this November.
More Than 10,000 Killed In Mariupol
The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol said that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the southeastern city since the Russian invasion in February, the AP reports.
He added the death toll could be more than 20,000.
Flashback Quote of the Day
“The policies I represent are those of Trump and Putin.”
— French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, defending the annexation of Crimea in 2017.
Russia Warns Sweden and Finland on NATO
“Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining NATO, arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe,” the BBC reports.
“Washington is believed to support the move which would see the Western alliance grow to 32 members.”
Austria’s Leader to Meet with Vladimir Putin
“Austria’s chancellor is set to meet Vladimir Putin on Monday, the Russian president’s first face-to-face meeting with an EU leader since ordering the invasion of Ukraine, amid warnings of a fresh offensive and shelling in the east,” The Guardian reports.
Foreign Cash Flees China
“Overseas money is starting to pull out of Chinese markets after the risk of investing in autocratic countries was starkly highlighted by sharp drops in Russia’s currency and securities prices following its invasion of Ukraine,” Nikkei Asia reports.
“Market data shows foreign investors sold a net 38.4 billion yuan ($6.04 billion) of Chinese stocks and bonds in the January-March period, one of the highest such quarterly figures on record.”
Quote of the Day
“I don’t want to make myself out to be a hero… I want to live many more years. But choosing between running or being with my people, of course I’m ready to give my life for my country.”
— President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on 60 Minutes.
Putin Isn’t Losing Inside Russia
“Western sanctions and condemnations intended to pile pressure on Vladimir Putin instead seem to be rallying Russians behind him,” Axios reports.
“The more horrific the allegations against Russia — such as the apparent massacre of civilians in Bucha— the stronger the impulse to reject them as lies.”
When a Superpower Is Led by a War Criminal
Tom Friedman: “It is hard to believe, but now impossible to deny, that the broad framework that kept much of the world stable and prospering since the end of the Cold War has been seriously fractured by Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In ways we hadn’t fully appreciated, a lot of that framework rested on the West’s ability to coexist with Putin as he played ‘bad boy,’ testing the limits of the world order but never breaching them at scale.”
“But with Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, his indiscriminate crushing of its cities and mass killings of Ukrainian civilians, he went from “bad boy” to “war criminal.” And when the leader of Russia — a country that spans 11 time zones, with vast oil, gas and mineral resources and more nuclear warheads than anyone else — is a war criminal and must be henceforth treated as a pariah, the world as we’ve known it is profoundly changed. Nothing can work the same.”
Finland and Sweden Set to Join NATO This Summer
Russia has made a “massive strategic blunder” as Finland and Sweden look poised to join NATO as early as the summer, the Times of London reports.
Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts About Kushner
“Six months after leaving the White House, Jared Kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince, a close ally during the Trump administration, despite objections from the fund’s advisers about the merits of the deal,” the New York Times reports.
“A panel that screens investments for the main Saudi sovereign wealth fund cited concerns about the proposed deal with Mr. Kushner’s newly formed private equity firm, Affinity Partners, previously undisclosed documents show.”
“But days later the full board of the $620 billion Public Investment Fund — led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and a beneficiary of Mr. Kushner’s support when he worked as a White House adviser — overruled the panel.”
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