Bloody Sunday: Russia’s strikes on Sumy
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
President Donald Trump called the weekend strike on Sumy a “mistake”; other leaders called it a war crime. We examine the prospects for peace when Russia is brazenly hitting civilian targets. As scientists flee American institutions, Europe is trying to woo them (10:29). And Britain’s historical consumer-price index as a fascinating window into how shoppers’ tastes have shifted (17:24).
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| 1:31.1 | The Trump administration's kneecapping of America's science institutions is having an unintended yet entirely predictable effect. |
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