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the Independent Republic of Mike Graham, right here on Talk Radio.

On day six of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin turns up the heat in the region,

and a 40-mile convoy of military vehicles closes in on Kiev.

Overnight, the international community continued to squeeze the Russian economy as the rubal plummeted to a record low against the dollar,

and even the normally neutral Swiss turned against the oligarchs and promised to freeze all of their assets. Meanwhile,

Ukraine President Volodymy of Zelenskyy signed a formal request applying for membership of the European Union as they warned that the refugee crisis on the Polish border could involve as many

as 7 million people. This morning, we're going to take the temperature in

Moscow, in Kiev and in Warsaw, where Boris Johnson is about to speak this morning. Foreign Minister

Dominic Raab will tell the United Nations later that Putin has blood on his hands. We'll be talking

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