Moscow’s unilaterally declared cease-fire came to an end after no sign of a pause in fighting in the 36 hours that it was apparently in place. Follow our live updates here:
The United States has called on Italy to provide Ukraine with air defense systemsnewspaper. The request was discussed in a Jan. 5 phone call between national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Francesco Talo, an adviser to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the paper reported.Moscow’s war in Ukraine brought harsh tactics against gay Russians at home:
The idea of Russia as a defender of traditional Christian beliefs — used to justify Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — has had consequences at home, too, where it has driven parliament to tighten restrictions on the LGBTQ community. “There is tons of censorship: what you can’t talk about, joke about, what songs you can’t sing or whose tracks you can’t play in order not to attract unwanted attention from the authorities,” Laura, a 21-year-old drag artist, told The Washington Post’s“Some clubs are dropping drag acts. But I’d say censorship is what worries me the most. Before this law, there was freedom of speech.
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