Here's your weekly selection of highlights from the Crosstalk news desk-----Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine could open the door to greater global conflict as a new axis of evil, led by Russia and China, is determined to control the world's technology and commerce. ----No breakthroughs after foreign ministers from Ukraine and Russia met in Turkey.----The Pentagon rejected Poland's offer to give the U.S. its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine. ----Ukrainian officials sounded alarms after Russian forces cut off the power supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.----Amid a ban by western companies on supplying aircraft parts to Russia, China has decided not to do so as well.----Angry Russian mothers have accused Vladimir Putin of deploying their sons as -cannon fodder- in his invasion of Ukraine.----Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland testified that she's worried Russia may get a hold of Ukraine's biological research facilities.----Attorney General Merrick Garland is joining with the U.S. -Five -Eyes- partners to call upon the International Criminal Police Organization to end Russia's access to Interpol databases as the Kremlin continues its invasion of Ukraine.----Ukrainian Tesla employees who return to their country and join the fight against Russia will receive 3 months pay. ----McDonald's announced it's closing 850 of its restaurants in Russia in response to the war.----The California Army National Guard commander on Sunday sent a memorandum to soldiers serving in that state's National Guard, which is partnered with Ukrainian forces under the state partnership program, asking them to stand ready.----Russia's -Z- symbol could become the next swastika.