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…
World May 02 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…
World Apr 21 Global accusations of genocide rage as bloody scenes rise in Ukraine Russian forces have killed civilians across Ukraine, sparking global outrage, and accusations that Russia is committing war crimes - even genocide. The barbarity is evident in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, that was liberated three weeks ago. Now, a grim…
World Apr 11 Residents outside Kyiv process the horrors of Russian occupation The widespread destruction wrought by Russia across Ukraine is astonishing, with whole towns flattened and large swaths of cities sacked. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and videographer Yegor Troyanovsky found twin towns where the visible damage was more limited, but the…
World Apr 07 Hundreds of Ukrainian villagers were held as human shields for weeks, as evidence of possible Russian war crimes mount There were more revelations Thursday of the depth of carnage and devastation across northern Ukraine as Russian forces redeploy to the east. The collection of the dead continued throughout the region, as apparent orders by Russian forces to kill civilians…
World Apr 05 As Russian forces redeploy intense fighting shifts to Ukraine's south As Russian forces redeploy to Ukraine's east and south, pitched battles are being fought near the city of Zaporizhya, which has become a refuge for Ukrainians escaping the horrors of Russian attacks on Mariupol and other southern cities. Special correspondent…
World Mar 31 Ukrainian civilians resort to desperate attempts to evacuate war zone The city of Zaporizhya lies in the southeast of Ukraine along the Dnieper River. It’s very close to the front lines, and so far remains in Ukrainian hands. In the early days of the war, fighting at its nuclear power…
World Mar 23 Biden in Europe ahead of NATO summit as Russian shelling pummels Kyiv President Biden is in Brussels preparing for a trio of summits Thursday with NATO, the European Union and the G-7. More sanctions against Russian politicians and oligarchs are on the way, as the allies continue coordinating support for Ukraine. This…
World Mar 21 Millions displaced in Ukraine amid Russia's punishing assaults on cities Russian troops have been shelling Kyiv for almost four weeks now as the key port city of Odessa came under attack for the first time. This as the U.N. estimates more than a quarter of the country's residents have now…