Russia's invasion of ukrane has taken up a whole lot of attention. Does this strike you as an escalation? Ultimately, russia is losing this war, john. It doesn't have the man power or the morale or the impetus to conduct any more big offensives. This year's piscatiquis valley fair took place in one of the most rural parts of America.
This morning Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would call up more troops to fight in Ukraine, said his goal of “liberating” eastern Ukraine remained unchanged and accused the west of “nuclear blackmail.” Our correspondent parses his speech. Our midterm series heads to Maine, to see how Democrats are fighting for rural voters. And a new discovery in Borneo rewrites the history of surgery.
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