WSWS (2022-06-01). Biden's reckless escalation toward nuclear war with Russia. wsws.org The Biden administration's decision to provide Ukraine with what the president himself described yesterday in a NY Times column as "advanced rocket systems" is a massive escalation of the war with potentially catastrophic consequences.

WSWS (2022-06-01). EU blocks Russian oil shipments. wsws.org About two-thirds of Europe's Russian oil supply makes it way to the continent by ship, but EU officials say that by the end of the year they will actually manage to block 90 percent of imports because Germany and Poland have pledged to stop drawing on pipeline supplies.