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Months after Russians left Ukraine village, trauma and hardship remain

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

It has been over 11 weeks since Ukrainian forces wrested back the village of Kalynivske in Kherson province from Russian occupation. But liberation has not diminished the hardship for its residents, both those returning home and the ones who never left.

House GOP seeks restrictions on presidential use of U.S. oil stockpile

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

For the second time this month, House Republicans have advanced a measure to restrict presidential use of the nation's emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat.

Russian barrage leaves at least 11 dead, Ukraine emergency officials say

By Hanna Arhirova, Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Emergency officials in Ukraine say Russia's latest widespread barrage of drone and missile attacks has killed 11 people and wounded 11 more.

WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Russia responds to U.S. plan to send tanks to Ukraine

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing on Thursday after the U.S. and Western allies agreed to send more tanks to Ukraine to support it against an invasion by Russia.

Russia plays down West’s supply of tanks to Ukraine, renews attacks

By Associated Press

The West's move to send tanks to Ukraine was greeted enthusiastically from Kyiv, Berlin and Washington.

Ukraine forces pull back from Donbas town after onslaught

By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press

Ukrainian forces say they have conducted an organized retreat from a town in the eastern region of the Donbas, handing the Kremlin's forces a rare but modest battlefield triumph after a series of setbacks in the invasion that began almost…

What you need to know about the Abrams tanks bound for Ukraine

By Tara Copp, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press

U.S. officials balked for months at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair. That has abruptly changed.

IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at 2024 Paris Olympics

By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press

The IOC has made clear it wants Russians to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes. That's in defiance of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call to exclude Russians entirely in Paris in 18 months' time.

U.S. and Germany send battle tanks to aid Ukraine against Russia

By Frank Jordans, Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news conference on Wednesday following news that 31 Abrams tanks will be sent to Ukraine as that country continues to fend off an invasion by Russia.