The Ukraine Daily Brief Newsletter – Friday, March 11, 2022

The latest episode of the Ukraine Daily Brief Podcast is now live. Please be sure to listen and review (we know you are receiving the podcast in the member feed, but reviews help with discoverability). Some notable links referenced in today’s podcast can be viewed here.

The War

• BBC: Russian convoy is regrouping outside of Kyiv, attacks are feared imminent
• Kyiv Independent: Russia demands lists of vehicles evacuating through humanitarian corridors
• Reuters exclusive: WHO advises Ukraine to destroy pathogens in labs, guard against accidental leaks

Economics

• Financial Times exclusive: Blackrock has an estimated $17 billion in losses from Russian investments
• Wall Street Journal: With $10 billion in exposure, Citigroup is ‘assessing’ Russian presence
• Reuters: Deutsche Bank will not withdrawal from Russia, citing ‘values’

Technology

• Washington Post: EU asks Google to effectively censor Russian state-sponsored media
• Axios: Meta bans Russian state-sponsored ads, allows CGTN ads supporting Russian propaganda

Europe

• Deutsche Welle: Russia is seizing stranded foreign commercial airplanes
• Moscow Times: Russian Orthodox patriarch echoes old refrain against ‘liberal’ West

U.S. and the World

• New York Times: Senate approves spending bill with Ukraine aid 68-31
• Haaretz: Yad Vashem is suspending relationship with Abramovich

DSR Exclusive

• Alexander Vindman: ‘Can the US afford to sit on the sidelines?’

Tune in to tomorrow’s podcast for new and evolving stories.

The DSR Network Team (Chris Cotnoir, Grant Haver, and Katherine Hill)