World Mar 22 Russian court extends Alexei Navalny’s prison sentence amid crackdown on critics For years Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his organization have been the target of a Kremlin campaign of harassment, jailing and even poisoning. And on Tuesday he received a new verdict in prison, where he is already serving a…
World Mar 21 Ukrainian forces reject surrendering Mariupol as residents remain ‘desperate and deprived’ Ukraine refused again on Monday to surrender the industrial port city of Mariupol. The Russians have besieged the city and offered safe passage for hundreds of thousands of residents who have been trapped for weeks without food, water or power.
World Mar 17 How military assistance from NATO and the U.S. will impact Ukraine’s battle against Russia NATO and the U.S. have provided Ukraine with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of weapons just in the last few weeks. Ukrainian soldiers credit the aid with helping them to resist a much larger Russian military. Retired Lt. Gen.
World Mar 15 Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians remain trapped in Mariupol amid Russian siege While Russian troops push closer to Kyiv, they are making the most progress in southern Ukraine. Moscow claimed to have seized all the area around the city of Kherson and continued to starve and strangle the city of Mariupol on…
World Mar 11 Russian forces expand their offensive into western Ukraine as battle for Kyiv intensifies Russian forces attacked western Ukraine for the first time, launching strikes on airfields, and thus widening the two-and-a-half-week war. Russia also hit a major industrial city in the east, as it continued its brutal campaign, while U.S. officials said Russia…
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…