We will continue to bring you the absolute latest in COVID news and developments as the pandemic continues to impact our world, but for the time being we're shifting our focus to the global crisis that is front and center: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. On today's podcast, President Biden is starting to take the gloves on when it comes to making Russia feel financial pain.   The president today put a ban on Russian oil imports into the U-S. The goal is to rock the now-fragile Russian economy even harder..........but we'll also feel it here with ever increasing gas prices. A doctor right here in southern California was all set to head to Ukraine to help train civilians in combat medicine. But now he can't go because the Russians might be after him--so we'll talk with him. We head back to Ukraine to talk to with a woman who was forced to evacuate Kyiv and is doing what she can do to help the war effort.....including making Molotov cocktails.  And we'll talk with a long time Moscow based, American report who got out of Russia after new press censorship laws were put into place. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices