The Heat: Ukraine admits taking heavy losses in Donetsk region

Summary:
Ukraine acknowledged on Friday that it was taking heavy losses in Russia's assault in the east. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office said Russia was bombarding the front line in the eastern Donetsk region to prevent the Ukrainians from regrouping. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening quote -- "lightning-fast strikes" -- on those who want to intervene in the war.  We begin our program with Greek economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.  To discuss the Ukraine conflict: Pavel Felgenhauer is a defense analyst and columnist for the independent Russian newspaper,  Novaya Gazeta. Peter Zalmayev is director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. Michael O’Hanlon is a senior fellow and foreign policy research director at the Brookings Institution. Watch

Topics:
Yanis Varoufakis considers the following as important:

This could be interesting, too:

NewDealdemocrat writes The Household Survey isn’t the only data series sending up caution flares

Joel Eissenberg writes Is China eating our EV lunch?

Angry Bear writes Republican U.S. States Sue EPA over Strict Power Plant Emission Rules

Angry Bear writes Clawback of money looted by Cerberus, de la Torre, and MPT from Steward Health Care