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Never covered on Telemarathon, as on most U.S. television networks, is the issue of who is making money off the war in Ukraine, particularly the armaments makers and fossil fuel networks. Weapons companies, for example, are having a field day in Ukraine, where they are testing all kinds of new and lucrative arms for use in current and future wars around the world.

A quick end to the war would hurt their unprecedented profit-making. That’s why these companies are pushing for congressional approval of the Biden administration’s request for $50 billion more to fund the war in Ukraine, hoping to extend it well into the future. It amounts to U.S. taxpayers paying for the profit-making and arms-testing parties underway in Ukraine.

four months of relentless attacks have left Ukrainian troops there outnumbered, outgunned, and with dwindling ammunition.
It is Moscow's biggest victory since Ukraine's failed counter-offensive last year.


When Pavlo Zhilin and his patrol hit the streets of Cherkasy, men often swerve to avoid them.
Pavlo is a conscription officer looking for soldiers for Ukraine's army.
But almost two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, there's no flood of volunteers to the front line anymore.
Most of those who wanted to fight are either dead, injured or still stuck at the front waiting to be relieved by new recruits.
In the central town of Cherkasy, like elsewhere, finding them isn't easy now that the first burst of enthusiasm and energy has faded.