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More Military Spending Won’t End Atrocities — We Must Focus on Preventing Them
The U.S. can't be successful at preventing mass atrocities with only $5 million for the Atrocities Prevention Fund.
![Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell arrive before President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol on March 1, 2022 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1238862453-400x300.jpg)
After Undermining International Criminal Court, US Wants It to Charge Russians
U.S. hypocrisy is no more nakedly apparent than in the Senate’s unanimous resolution condemning Russia.
![Russia's President Vladimir Putin writes as he chairs a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on February 17, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/2022_0407-vladimir-putin-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: US Policy Toward Russia Is Blocking Paths to De-escalation in Ukraine
Current U.S. policy is to “fight to the last Ukrainian” while offering no way to save Ukraine from further tragedy.
![A man walks by with his dog past destroyed military equipment of the Russian army against the background of severe destruction in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 4, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/2022_0405-bucha-ukraine-tank-400x300.jpg)
Images From Bucha Remind Us That War Photography Can Be Resistance
The work of journalists in Ukraine rattled the world this week, proving once again that documentation can be resistance.
![Communal workers carry a body of a civilian man in town of Bucha, not far from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on April 3, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1239714787-400x300.jpg)
Ukrainian Officials Accuse Russia of Carrying Out “Deliberate Massacre” in Bucha
Images of what appear to be dead civilians lying in the streets of Bucha, Ukraine, have sparked global outrage.
![Ukrainians barricading hospital with sandbags](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1238873713_resized-400x300.jpg)
Global Nurses Union Says Russian Attacks on Hospitals Amount to War Crimes
Russia should “choose an immediate ceasefire,” the international group of nurses said in a statement.
![People arrive to the Western Railway Station from Zahony after crossing the border at Zahony-Csap as they flee Ukraine on March 6, 2022, in Budapest, Hungary.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1381425901-400x300.jpg)
Putin Issues Warning About “Future of Ukrainian Statehood” Amid Refugee Crisis
Putin's rhetoric has heightened fears about potential nuclear war as anti-war activists opposed calls for a no-fly zone.
![People evacuate the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on day 10 of the Russia-Ukraine war on March 5, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/GettyImages-1238952096-400x300.jpg)
Ukrainian Civilian Death Toll Likely “Considerably Higher” Than 351, UN Says
Ukraine has also accused Russia of violating a ceasefire for evacuation routes out of Mariupol and Volnovakha.
![Various types of ammunition, including a bomblet (with red ribbon), sub munition in a so-called cluster bomb, are on display at the Spreewerk ISL Integrated Solutions weapons decommissioning facility near Luebben on June 23, 2009.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0304-munitions-400x300.jpg)
Russia’s Use of Cluster Bombs Should Spur a Global Recommitment to Banning Them
Many of the world's most powerful countries, including the U.S. and Russia, aren't signatories to the cluster bomb ban.
![A UN Security Council meeting about Ukraine is held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on February 25, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0228-united-nations-400x300.jpg)
Here’s an Action the UN General Assembly Can Take Against Russia’s Invasion
Instead of sanctions and escalation, we need UN-led diplomacy.