Ukraine

Putin (and his enablers everywhere) have to be made to pay. I don't know how we go about it, but something has to be done to beat down this insane brutality, and to keep it from happening again.

WaPo: (updates on Ukraine are freebies for a while)

Zelensky to address U.N. Security Council; E.U. eyes ban on Russian coal

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to demand war-crime probes at a U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday to hold Russian forces accountable after reports of corpses with their hands tied and civilian bodies lining the streets near Kyiv drew global outrage.

The European Union is set to propose a phaseout of Russian coal as part of new sanctions against Moscow in response to the mounting evidence of atrocities in Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to an E.U. official and an E.U. diplomat. Gruesome images of devastation raised questions about where the European Union draws its red lines on Russian energy. The package would need to be approved by all 27 E.U. member states. Meanwhile, Washington has promised a war crimes investigation, while the Kremlin has dismissed the accusations as “staged provocations," eyeing the United Nations as a forum to blame Kyiv.

As Moscow appears to shift its military focus to the east and south, a Red Cross team was stopped while trying to evacuate people from the battered port of Mariupol and released overnight. Aid workers have been unable to reach trapped residents struggling to survive a brutal siege.

Here’s what to know

• In interviews with The Washington Post, residents near Kyiv and Mykolaiv recounted violence at the hands of Russian soldiers. Zelensky warned the death toll would rise as the withdrawal of Russian forces reveals the devastation left in their wake.
• A CNN television crew came under fire from Russian forces in southern Ukraine on Monday, surviving a close call that struck one of their cars. The crew was forced to cram into one vehicle to flee the area.
• The Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel for updates.