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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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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U.S. shifts goals on war in Ukraine amid concerns over Russia’s nuclear capabilities
During the past few months the Biden administration’s rhetoric about its ultimate goals for Ukraine appears to have shifted, with more talk about winning the war against Russia. Evelyn Farkas, executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University,…
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Combat medics deliver lifesaving care on the frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Just beyond Ukraine’s frontlines, there is another fight to keep those injured on the battlefield alive. Resources are low, but the volunteers who run a vast network of emergency medical services remain committed to their lifesaving work. Elsewhere, care for…
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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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