This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, March 16, I'm Kate Trinco, and I'm Doug

Blair.

In the darkest of times, there is a temptation to give into despair.

For the people living in a war-torn Ukraine, the temptation must be enormous.

But all around the world, people are seeing images of hope and faith amidst the gloom.

In basements, rubble streets, and underground metro stations, the Ukrainian people are

coming together.

Ukrainian American pastor Andrew Morose joins the show to discuss how Ukrainians are resisting

the urge to give up and how faith is stronger than ever in the country.

But before we get to Doug's conversation with Pastor Morose, let's hit our top stories

of the day.

Russia is swiping back at top U.S. leaders.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced new sanctions Tuesday, writing in response to

a series of unprecedented sanctions that prohibit among other things, entry to the United

States for top officials of the Russian Federation, starting March 15.

The Russian stop list includes, on the basis of reciprocity, President Joe Biden, Secretary

of State, Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley.

This step, taken as a response measure, is the inevitable result of the extreme Russia

phobic policy of the current U.S. administration, which, in a desperate attempt to maintain

American hegemony, has abandoned any sense of decorum and placed its bets on the head-on

containment of Russia.

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