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Morning Announcements

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about what happened during the four hours of diplomatic talks between Ukraine and Russia yesterday. Meanwhile, new reporting suggests that Donald Trump *may* actually have been right about there being voter fraud in the 2020 election, and a group of state attorneys general announced that they’ve opened an investigation into TikTok and the potential harms that it may pose to kids. Then, we talk about the the trucker convoy that has been circling the Capitol Beltway for the past 2 days. Finally, the Supreme Court announced that it would not review Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Reuters: “Russia will stop ‘in a moment’ if Ukraine meets terms - Kremlin” NPR: “Russia’s War in Ukraine live updates: More than 1.5 million flee Ukraine, creating Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since WWII” Wall Street Journal: “Russia Recruiting Syrians for Urban Combat in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say” Axios: “Third round of Ukraine peace talks ends with no major breakthroughs” NPR: “Russia arrests nearly 5,000 anti-war protesters this weekend” Washington Post: “Oil, gas prices surge as Democrats eye aid for Ukraine, punishment against Russia” NBC News: “U.S. in talks with Poland on deal to send fighter jets to Ukraine” NPR: “Russia’s War in Ukraine live updates: More than 1.5 million flee Ukraine, creating Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since WWII” Washington Post: “Dow slides 800 points while oil hits $120 a barrel as Russia conflict rattles investors” New Yorker: “Why Did Mark Meadows Register to Vote at an Address Where He Did Not Reside?” NY Times: “A coalition of state attorneys general opens an investigation into TikTok” Washington Post: “People’s Convoy begins circling D.C. Beltway for a second day of demonstrations” AP News: “Supreme Court won’t review decision that freed Bill Cosby” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today is Tuesday, March 8th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented

0:07.1

by Betcha's media.

0:08.6

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0:19.3

There were four hours of diplomatic talks between Ukraine and Russia yesterday, which ended

0:23.5

up producing zero breakthroughs, other than a very specific set of demands from Russia.

0:29.2

So what is on Putin's delusional wish list now?

0:32.4

Pretty much the same things as usual.

0:34.8

Ukraine should not be able to join NATO or the EU.

0:37.5

They should recognize Crimea as belonging to Russia, and they should recognize the pro-Moscow's

0:42.4

separatist republics, Donetsk and Lukhansk as independent.

0:46.2

Moscow claims that they are ready to stop the attacks on Ukraine in a moment if they accept

0:50.6

these demands.

0:52.2

The irony is, of course, the two weeks ago, Ukraine joining NATO and the EU would have been

0:56.6

pretty far-fetched.

0:58.1

However, as a direct result of Putin's invasion, the EU is actually set to review Ukraine's

1:02.5

application to join in the next few days.

1:06.1

On the military side of things, since the start of the invasion, Russia has launched over

1:10.1

625 missiles into Ukraine, and they have now engaged 100% of the troops that they deployed

1:15.8

since before the invasion.

1:17.6

The Pentagon has also confirmed reports that Russia is recruiting Syrian mercenaries

1:21.5

to fight Ukraine, counting on their expertise in urban combat to help take Kiev.

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