The Impossible Choices of War

[View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair HIVE PS]( The Impossible Choices of War Good Saturday morning, reader. Please forgive the interruption as you ponder Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura, say. But we would hate to keep you from the most recent episode of Joe Hagan and Emily Jane Fox’s Inside the Hive podcast, or Caleb Ecarma’s report on Russia announcing its intention to place a nationwide ban on Instagram. Don’t forget to [subscribe]( to Vanity Fair. Stay safe and, as always, thanks for reading. Emily Jane Fox, Joe Hagan [The Human Toll of Putin’s War]( [The Hive’s resident Russia–Ukraine expert talks through the impossible choices families are having to make and the horrors children are living through as Russia escalates its war in Ukraine.]( [Listen]( From the Archive: Maureen Orth [Russia’s Dark Master]( [Vladimir Putin, Russia’s new president, won the admiration of his people for his iron grasp on power. Then came the Kursk submarine crisis. Will the Kremlin’s mystery man be able to rein in a massively corrupt oligarchy, or will he wake the ghost of Stalin? (October 2000)]( [Read More]( Caleb Ecarma [Russia to Ban Instagram After Meta Allows Posts With Violent Rhetoric Against Putin, Russian Troops]( [Instagram is so popular in Russia, banning it was considered a political third rail. But with its war in Ukraine escalating, the Kremlin announced it will block the platform.]( [Read More]( [ELSEWHERE] [Russia Has a Long, Cruel History of Attacking Hospitals. Maybe This Time Its Leaders Will Be Prosecuted.]( [From Mother Jones]( [Read More]( [A Ukrainian Journalist on What Western Media Is Missing]( [From Slate]( [Read More]( [A Ukrainian Photographer Is Using TikTok to Turn War Zone Destruction Into Art]( [From CNN]( [Read More]( [In Ukraine, Hacktivists Fight Back With Data Leaks]( [From The Verge]( [Read More]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by HIVE PS. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Copyright © Condé Nast 2022.One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.