It remains unclear who attacked the carriage bridge or how, and it's unclear how long Russia can keep up this brutal pounding right across Ukraine. The President Zelensky is asking everyone to stay in bomb shelters. And I think it would be seen as a turning point in this already very long and cruel war.
An attack on the Kerch bridge—a pet project of President Vladimir Putin that links Russia with annexed Crimea—has prompted a swift and brutal response. We ask what is likely to happen next. We examine the multipolar nature of popular culture: fears of a globalised monoculture of cool have proved misplaced. And why buying booze in Delhi has again become so unpleasant.
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