World May 12 Ukraine’s religious community perseveres through the horrors of war We are just weeks past Easter, the holiest day of the Christian calendar. For the 70 percent of Ukrainians who are orthodox, the day was freighted with extra meaning this year. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church split from its Russian parent…
World May 10 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…
World May 09 On Victory Day, Putin paints Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine as a response to the West In Moscow and Kyiv on Monday, two countries at war fought over the meaning of what used to be the shared holiday of Victory Day, when Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet states celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany. But…
World May 08 Dozens feared dead in Russian strike on school as Ukrainians vow to fight on in Mariupol First Lady Jill Biden spent part of this Mother's Day making an unannounced visit to Ukraine, meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart, Olena Zelenska, as America’s top diplomat returned to the post in Kyiv for the first time since the war…
World May 07 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…
World May 06 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.
World May 05 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…
World May 04 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…
World May 03 Russia launches assault on Mariupol as Ukraine unveils evidence of war crimes outside Kyiv Russian forces on Tuesday are besieging the Azovstal steel plant, the final holdout of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in Mariupol. This as Ukraine’s top prosecutor unveiled the preliminary results of her investigation into war crimes in the Kyiv suburb of…
World May 02 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…