World Mar 30 Russian strikes rock Ukrainian cities despite pledge to ease attacks A day after Russia vowed to draw down some troops around Kyiv, there's been no let-up in the bombardment across Ukraine. The U.S. said Russia began repositioning some forces arrayed around the capital, but is expected to redeploy them elsewhere.
World Mar 25 Biden stops in Poland as Ukrainian civilians endure Russia's onslaught President Biden is in Poland meeting with a key NATO ally that shares borders with both Ukraine and Russia ahead of what the White House calls a "major address" in the Polish capital. Meantime in Ukraine, the horrific toll of…
World Mar 24 Ukrainian forces push back on Russia's incursion as NATO allies pledge additional support President Biden and NATO allies met in Brussels Thursday to reaffirm the alliance's solidarity in the face of the ongoing and brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces made gains on Russian troops throughout the country. Jane Ferguson reports…
Politics Mar 23 Madeleine Albright, first woman to become secretary of state, dies at 84 From the very heights of government and diplomacy, to fierce advocacy for democracy and refugees, Madeleine Albright set a new and trailblazing standard. The first woman to become secretary of state died Wednesday afternoon in Washington, but leaves an impressive…
World Mar 15 Russia escalates bombardment of Kyiv as civilian casualties mount Targeted attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv intensified Tuesday on the 20th day of Russia's invasion. The mayor of Kyiv declared a daylight curfew to extend into Thursday, as talks between Russia and Ukraine continued. And the leaders of three…
World Mar 14 China's alignment with Russia makes progress on Ukraine difficult A meeting in Rome Monday between top American and Chinese officials was preceded by reporting that Moscow had asked Beijing for military assistance in its war against Ukraine. Bonnie Glaser, director of the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund,…
World Mar 08 Ukraine's history and its centuries-long road to independence In explaining why he launched the invasion, President Putin falsely claimed that Ukraine was always a part of Russia, while he also made bogus assertions about pro-Russian Ukrainians being under threat. To help sort fact from fiction, and gain a…
World Feb 28 USAID's Samantha Power on Europe's response to a flood of refugees The movement of more than a half-million people out of Ukraine and into surrounding countries is creating a dire humanitarian situation. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power, who was at the Polish border Sunday, joins Nick Schifrin from…
World Feb 21 Putin orders Russian troops into Ukraine's separatist regions as the West levies sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized as independent two separatist regions of Ukraine Monday, and hours later ordered Russian troops to conduct what the Kremlin called a "peacekeeping operation" in those regions. After Putin's earlier moves, the United States, the United…
World Feb 18 Biden says Russia poised to invade Ukraine as the U.S. continues to seek diplomacy As many top American officials fanned out across Europe Friday, the drumbeat of war accelerated across Ukraine. U.S. officials say even more Russian troops have arrived at the border in recent days, joining 150,000 already on station, who the U.S.