Russia’s war in Ukraine could lead to a global food crisis
The U.S. on Thursday accused Russia of using food as a weapon in its war on Ukraine, and in turn, creating a global food security crisis. Ukraine grows enough food to feed 400 million people, and Ukraine and Russia together…
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War in Ukraine takes heavy toll on children and families who are being torn apart
Nearly three months into this bloody war in Ukraine, much of the focus is now on the eastern Donbas. But there is also a southern front, where Russia made early gains and occupied large areas of land. The fighting continues…
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Ukraine’s religious community perseveres through the horrors of war
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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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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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Pelosi pledges U.S. support in Ukraine visit as evacuations begin in war-torn Mariupol
About 100 residents in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol on Sunday were freed and promised safe passage after being trapped for months in the basement of a steel plan with little access to clean air, food or water. This comes…
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