good morning. welcome to way too early, the show that is marking this tuesday, 2/22/22. i m jacob soboroff in for jonathan le mire. russian president vladimir putin ordered troops into eastern ukraine drawing condemnation from world leaders and the u.n. security council. the move came yesterday after putin signed a degree formally recognizing two enclaves in ukraine s donbas region as independent, donetsk and lahansk on the russian border. putin described ukraine as an historic part of rub illegitimately taken from russia directing list defense ministry to deploy troops into the two separatist regions to carry out what he called peacekeeping functions. putin s decision was seen by the u.s. and its allies as a
As weirdness goes in these very weird times, Feb. 22 might not rate much more than a blip, but it does spark curious notions and a line of existential inquiry: Does it mean everything, or anything, or nothing at all?