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1 American Man Among Those Killed In Ukraine Bread Line
The family of an Idaho man says he was killed while waiting in a bread line this week in Ukraine. Jim Hill had been living in Kyiv [[ keeve ]], but had driven two hours north to Chernihiv for medical care for his partner. His sister, Cheryl Hill Gordon, posted on Facebook that 68-year-old Hill was "gunned down by Russian military snipers" while waiting for food. She’s not wrong - Ukraine's U.N. ambassador said during a U.N. Security Council meeting that at least 53 civilians were killed by Russian forces in Chernihiv on Wednesday – and his death (as well as the others there) has been independently confirmed. But Russia is killing also children, along with other innocent civilians. So says Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who added that he agrees with President Biden's labeling of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “war criminal.” He argued Putin's war is "not going to according to plan" and suggested he may be growing more desperate.
2 White House: Biden Will Be Candid, Direct In Talks With Xi
The White House says President Biden will be candid and direct in talks with Chinese President Xi today. Press Secretary Jen Psaki says Biden will try to determine whether China is planning to help Russia during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Psaki cited deep U.S. concerns that Beijing has not denounced the invasion. “The absence of clear rhetoric and denunciation – or the absence of denunciation – by China of what Russia is doing," Psaki offered. "This flies in the face of everything China stands for. The fact that China is not denouncing what Russia is doing in and of itself speaks volumes.” Meanwhile, Russian rockets reportedly struck the airport in Lviv yesterday. There have been no confirmation on casualties.
3 Texas Crash Update: 13-Year-Old Was Driving The Truck
That fatal crash in West Texas we’ve been telling you about the last couple days? The National Transportation Safety Board says the 13-year-old in the F-150 was behind the wheel in a crash that left nine dead The Ford pickup truck slammed into a van carrying the University of the Southwest golf teams Tuesday night. In the end, six students and the head coach died in the accident along with the child and 38-year-old Heinrich Siemens. The students ranged in age from 18- to 22-years-old. While no one knows why the child was driving – they do have an idea of why the crash happened: the left front tire on the truck was a spare – that blew out. The suspicion is that’s why the vehicle veered across the median. While the speeds have yet to be determined, NTSB investigator Bruce Landsberg noted, “this was clearly a high-speed collision.”