Ukrainian forces push Russian troops back near Kharkiv
Ukraine forces are now threatening Russia’s supply lines in eastern Ukraine’s disputed Donbas region. Russia had attacked the region to capture the strategic port city of Mariupol.
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As Ukraine regains territory near Kharkiv, Russia prepares for a more expansive war
Ukraine announced on Tuesday that Russia is withdrawing some troops from the region around Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and a crucial base for the Ukrainian military. The announcement comes after Ukrainian soldiers recently recaptured towns and as top U.S. intelligence…
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Battle for eastern Ukraine hits stalemate as last civilians evacuate Mariupol steel plant
Ukraine’s President Zelenkskyy announced Saturday that all women, children and elderly had been evacuated from that steel mill in the besieged city of Mariupol. But the country is bracing for stepped-up Russian attacks, as Russia prepares to celebrate the anniversary…
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Ukrainians begin to rebuild parts of their battered country as Russia focuses on the east
As first lady Jill Biden began a tour in eastern Europe, Ukrainian forces have gone on the offensive in northeastern Ukraine. Yet one of the deadliest sieges during the battle for Kyiv in April was in Chernihiv, outside the capital.…
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Russia targets supply routes as the U.S. and NATO allies pump weapons into Ukraine
The wide plains of eastern Ukraine are now the site of a pitched battle between Ukrainian and Russian forces. American and allied weapons keep flowing in to assist Ukraine as it fends off fearsome Russian artillery and bombing. Meanwhile, a…
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Ukrainian civilians desperately try to flee the hellscape of Mariupol amid Russian attacks
The first evacuations from a steel plant in Mariupol, site of the last stand by Ukrainian troops, continued Monday a day after 100 civilians were freed. But more than 100,000 Ukrainians remain in the city, which has now been besieged…
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U.S. acting ambassador to Ukraine on the return of diplomats and the state of the war
In the western city of Lviv, the U.S. chargé d’affaires to Ukraine Kristina Kvien returned on Monday to the country for the first time since evacuating six weeks ago. Kvien joins Nick Schifrin to discuss new shipments of U.S. arms…
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Ukrainian civilians desperately try to flee the hellscape of Mariupol amid Russian attacks
The first evacuations from a steel plant in Mariupol, site of the last stand by Ukrainian troops, continued Monday a day after 100 civilians were freed. But more than 100,000 Ukrainians remain in the city, which has now been besieged…
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