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The relationship between Russia and Ukraine is marked by a very long history of imperial

domination and oppression.

And Russian nationalists Putin is a Russian nationalist.

They see the separate existence of Ukrainians as something which will lead to the destruction

not only of the so-called Russian civilizational space, like post-Soviet space, but also of the

body of the Russian nation itself.

As 17 Ukrainians are killed in a Russian missile strike on the Donetsk market and the United

States pledges a billion dollars more for Ukraine.

We speak with activists from Ukraine and Russia on a joint speaking tour of the United States

to speak out against the war.

We'll look at the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well.

What we saw and heard in the Democratic Republic of Congo was shocking, heartbreaking and sobering.

We have seen that in the past 18 months and that alone the humanitarian situation in

eastern Congo has deteriorated to an alarming extent.

It is frankly the worst situation we have ever seen with around 8 million people in need

of urgent humanitarian assistance.

We'll speak to Jan Eglund, the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

He's just back from the DRC.

We'll also talk with him about the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, all that and more coming

up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, democracynow.org, the War and Peace Report.

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