Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum,

narrating today's article by Dr. Jim Denison.

Ukrainian authority said yesterday that Russian forces had captured the abandoned Chernobyl

nuclear power plant, the scene of a 1986 meltdown

that sent a radioactive cloud over parts of Europe. A Ukrainian official warned that if artillery

punctured the encasement of the failed reactor, radioactive nuclear dust could cover the territory of Ukraine, Belarus,

and the countries of the European Union.

In tragic ways, this warning is a metaphor for what is happening in Ukraine today.

Just before Russia's invasion began, a U.S. Pentagon official told ABC news reporter

Martha Raditz, you are likely in the last few hours of peace on the European continent for a long

time to come. Stanford and Harvard historian Neil Ferguson explains that Russian President

Vladimir Putin is looking to rebuild Russia's empire and seeks to emulate Peter the Great,

the Tsar who built Russia into a European great power. Putin's invasion is already having its desired

effect at home, as his approval ratings are soaring. The Russian public largely believes that the

Kremlin is defending them by standing up to the West. Half of Russians blame the current crisis on the U.S. and NATO,

while 16% think Ukraine is the aggressor and just 4% believe Russia is responsible.

President Biden spoke to the escalating crisis yesterday, unveiling harsh new sanctions meant to punish Russia.

Putin's actions betray a sinister vision for the future of our world, Biden said.

Given the danger of that sinister vision, what are America's obligations to Ukraine and to our world?

And, on a more personal note, what are our obligations in this conflict as Christians?

The Political Forum Institute notes that our first question can be asked in three ways. What can the United

States do? What must the United States do? And what should the United States do? The writer

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