Ambassador Ian Kelly on Ukraine
A children's playground is seen in front of an apartment building hit by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. AP Photo/Andrew Marienko
Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to extract a horrible price in deaths, displacement, and human suffering. We in America are also feeling the financial costs of the war — with gas prices climbing to $4.60 across much of downstate Illinois. Yesterday, President Biden stepped up America’s economic response by banning imports of Russian oil, coal, and natural gas.
In order to get a better understanding of where the conflict stands today and where it came from, we talked with someone who had deep experience in the region: Former ambassador, State Department official, and Russia expert Ian Kelly. He’s currently ambassador-in-residence at Northwestern University.
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Amb. Ian Kelly
Current Ambassador in residence, Northwestern University | Former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, State Department spokesperson, and Director of the Office of Russian Affairs in Washington, D.C.
As Tuesday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: https://t.co/cs0PYaY4Wc pic.twitter.com/lAFTynEJ9B
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