Russia's independent media has been destroyed in the wake of the Ukraine war. Which fearless outlets continue to report and need your help?

European rockers come together to help Ukraine.

An 11-year-old schoolboy was put on a watch list after "discrediting" the army on social media.

Over the years, Sergei Elkin has created hundreds of cartoons satirizing Russia's politicians and elites. 

Despite bans on protests, Russians have found creative ways to voice their anti-war stance.

“This is the state of someone who feels like a particle in the ocean. Someone else has decided everything for them. This learned passivity is our tragedy.”

– A political analyst in Moscow regarding Russian support of the war

What the Kremlin is telling Russians about the war in Ukraine.

"Our mission, as workers in the sphere of culture, is not only to save culture itself from destruction, but to save those who value it."

– The director of the Kyiv municipal Department of Culture on showing films during these trying times

While state censor Roskomnadzor objects to the terms attack, invasion, or war being used for the Russian "special military operation" in Ukraine, average Russians are showing their disapproval.

The Ukrainian city of Lviv now has an acting cat mayor in office. 

"During the first half of the week, the weather will be warm with temperatures eight to nine degrees above normal. Daytime temperatures are expected to be plus two to five degrees, nighttime temperatures from minus one to plus two degrees. Wind on Monday will be up to 17 m/s, precipitation is light, but also sleet and rain. This is such uniform and boring weather."

– A disappointed meteorologist describing Moscow's upcoming weather

In which we unpack what Putin had to say about Ukraine while in France and what it's got to do with a punk band and a folk ditty.