Apr 28 Ukraine warns Russian offensive in east gathering momentum as U.N. warns of destruction By David Keyton, Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine is gathering momentum as the United Nations' chief surveys the destruction in towns outside Kyiv that experienced some of the worst horrors of the first onslaught of the war. Continue reading
Apr 27 Top UK diplomat says allies must 'double down' and send Ukraine tanks, jets By Jill Lawless, Associated Press NATO nations have supplied Ukraine with military supplies including missiles and armored vehicles. But so far they have been reluctant to send fighter planes for fear of escalating the conflict. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 5:21 Russia severs natural gas supplies for two NATO nations, escalating standoff with the West By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart, Teresa Cebrian Aranda More than two months into Russia's war in Ukraine Vladimir Putin on Wednesday trained his sights on Europe's reliance on Russian energy. Moscow cut off supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, two of the many European countries that… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:57 As war in Ukraine rages on, U.S. and Russia exchange prisoners By Amna Nawaz The U.S. and Russia on Wednesday agreed to a prisoner exchange. U.S. Marine Trevor Reed boarded a plane back home after a 2019 arrest in Moscow for allegedly assaulting police officers. He was traded for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 5:55 Volunteers risk their lives to provide aid to Ukrainians trapped on the frontlines By Willem Marx, Ed Kiernan, Roman Motychak As the war in Ukraine has shifted east, so too have the efforts to aid millions of civilians still stuck between warring armies with nowhere to hide. They lack the very basics, but some of their fellow Ukrainians are risking… Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch 4:42 A thousand miles from Ukraine, Syrians in Idlib fear history is repeating itself By Ali Rogin, Abdel Razaq el-Shami Ukrainians have been living, suffering and dying under withering Russian air, artillery and missile strikes. Their plight and resistance are perhaps nowhere better understood than in Syria's Idlib province. There, Syrians who oppose president Bashar al-Assad are in their 11th… Continue watching
Apr 27 European nations accuse Russia of 'blackmail' after shutting off natural gas for Poland and Bulgaria By Vanessa Gera, Veselin Toshkov, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that "unfriendly" foreign customers start paying for gas in Russian rubles. European Union officials were holding emergency talks on Wednesday on the gas cutoff, which they also called blackmail. Continue reading
Apr 27 Russia cuts off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, threatens to disconnect more nations By Yesica Fisch, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Russia has dramatically escalated its standoff with the West over the war in Ukraine, cutting natural gas off to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria and threatening to disconnect even more nations. Continue reading
Apr 27 Jailed U.S. Marine released from Russia in prisoner exchange By Eric Tucker, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Russia and the United States have exchanged prisoners. Russia released a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow while the U.S. released a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a prison sentence in Connecticut. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 5:23 As the West increases arms shipments to Ukraine, worries grow about the reaction in Russia By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn The war in Ukraine is accelerating in the eastern Donbas region. On Tuesday, as ministers from dozens of nations met in Germany to coordinate their efforts to arm Ukraine, American leaders changed their tone, from one of just helping Ukraine… Continue watching