World Mar 10 Russian forces escalate attacks on Ukraine’s cities, trapping civilians in dire conditions Talks between Russia and Ukraine produced no results Thursday, as outrage grows over Russia's bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol. As the death toll rises among civilians pinned down by relentless attacks, Russian forces are slowly advancing on multiple…
World Mar 09 Russian shelling of civilian targets causes day of carnage across Ukraine Russian bombing on Wednesday struck a maternity hospital, sending patients and new and expectant mothers fleeing. The attack came as Russia increased strikes against civilian targets and as evacuations from Ukraine became more desperate. More than two million Ukrainians have…
World Mar 08 Biden bans Russian oil in the U.S. as evacuations continue in Ukraine President Biden on Tuesday announced a U.S. ban on all imports of Russian oil, as U.S. intelligence officials say they believe Russia underestimated Ukraine's potential for resistance. Meanwhile, intense fighting continues across the country, while more than 2 million Ukrainians…
World Mar 07 Ukrainians fight to hold the port city of Odessa as exodus out of the country persists The twelfth day of Russia's invasion in Ukraine saw both sides meeting again on small steps toward allowing people out, but brutal violence is a central feature of the war. More than 1.7 million Ukrainians have now left their homes…
World Mar 04 Russian forces seize Europe’s largest nuclear plant as the death toll rises in Ukraine Russian troops seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe Friday, after attacking it overnight and starting a fire that stoked fears of a calamity. The fire, which was put out, was not in any of the facility's six nuclear…
World Mar 03 Russian forces bombard targets across Ukraine as official warns ‘worst is yet to come’ Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine has yielded unceasing pictures of horror across much of the country, as Russia's scorched-earth campaign against civilians and non-military targets came into focus in the face of dogged resistance from Ukraine's military and its citizenry.
World Mar 02 Russian forces advance as fighting intensifies in Ukraine The United Nations overwhelmingly voted to denounce the Russian invasion of Ukraine Wednesday as the week-long war grinds on in the north, east, and south of Ukraine. The UN also reported that more than 800,000 Ukrainians have fled for surrounding…
World Mar 01 Russian forces pound Ukraine’s cities as the resistance holds the line in Kyiv Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine Tuesday as the war raged for a sixth day. Kharkiv, in the northeast, was particularly hard-hit and the port city of Mariupol in the southeast appeared surrounded. Nevertheless, the Pentagon says a drive by…
World Feb 28 Ukraine resists advancing Russian forces as the West imposes tough new sanctions In less than a week since Russia began its attack on Ukraine, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have fled their nation and are now refugees. This comes as fierce fighting continues across the country, the U.S. and Europe imposed harsh new…
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…