News Roundup & Comment

Here's your weekly selection of news highlights from the Crosstalk news desk:

--An estimated 10 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine since the war with Russia began.

--Vladimir Putin has replaced 1,000 of his personal staff over the last month over fears they would poison him.

--The head of the U.N. human rights team in Ukraine said that monitors had received more information about mass graves in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

--Up to 40,000 Russian troops have been wounded, killed, captured or are missing in Ukraine since the war began.

--On Tuesday, the Ukrainian military shared what it said was an intercepted call from a Russian officer who said half of his troops had frostbite.

--The U.S. to take in up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and sanction more Russian officials and defense companies.

--Russian forces have destroyed a functioning laboratory at the derelict Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

--Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday the world's largest natural gas producer would soon require unfriendly nations to pay for their fuel in Russia's currency, the Ruble.

--The U.S. and the E.U. announce a new partnership to reduce the continent's reliance upon Russian energy.

--President Joe Biden announced that a new world order is coming. Dalton provided audio of the comments.

--President Joe Biden acknowledged that food shortages will hit the world as a result of Russia's war in Ukraine.

--According to a top U.S. military commander, at least 3 of several islands in the disputed South China Sea have been fully militarized by Communist China.

--SCOTUS pick Ketanji Brown Jackson's leniency toward child porn offenders.