Battle for eastern Ukraine hits stalemate as last civilians evacuate Mariupol steel plant

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

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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Downed Russian helicopter pulled from Kyiv reservoir

Downed Russian helicopter pulled from Kyiv reservoir

A Russian helicopter was pulled from the Kyiv reservoir just north of the Ukrainian capital, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine says.

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Heavy fighting rages at Mariupol steel plant as the UN renews push to evacuate civilians

Heavy fighting rages at Mariupol steel plant as the UN renews push to evacuate civilians

Russian efforts to seize the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol are meeting fierce resistance Thursday, as Ukrainian fighters continue their last-ditch stand in the port city. This as the United Nations announced a new operation to evacuate some of the…

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Russia targets supply routes as the U.S. and NATO allies pump weapons into Ukraine

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

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

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

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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