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Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported injured

By Associated Press

The attack comes amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow's invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.

WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki calls Russian strike on Ukraine hospital 'horrifying'

By Associated Press

The airstrike wounded at least 17 people, Ukrainian officials said, amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.

WATCH: Secretary of State Blinken, British Foreign Secretary Truss hold joint news briefing

By News Desk

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss held a joint news briefing on Wednesday as the Russian attack on Ukraine continues.

During 'short window of time' to flee, Ukrainians evacuate Kyiv suburbs

By Vadim Ghirda, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

Residents of the bombarded suburbs of Ukraine's capital snaked their way across the slippery wooden planks of a makeshift bridge that provided the only way to escape Russian shelling.

Biden bans Russian oil in the U.S. as evacuations continue in Ukraine

By Nick Schifrin, Volodymyr Solohub, Karl Bostic

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…

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Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland on the American, NATO response to war in Ukraine

As President Biden announced energy sanctions on Tuesday, inside Russia the economic shockwaves continue. The central bank has now set a limit on withdrawals of dollars amid increasingly worthless rubles. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland joins Judy…

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Ukraine's history and its centuries-long road to independence

By Ali Rogin, Morgan Till

In explaining why he launched the invasion, President Putin falsely claimed that Ukraine was always a part of Russia, while he also made bogus assertions about pro-Russian Ukrainians being under threat. To help sort fact from fiction, and gain a…

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WATCH: Senate hearing on U.S. and global response to Russia's attack on Ukraine

By Associated Press

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that capital is flowing out of Russia, accompanied by a precipitous drop in the value of Russia's currency, the ruble.

McDonald's to temporarily close all Russian locations in response to Ukrainian war

By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

McDonald's said Tuesday it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine.

For Ukrainian refugees, International Women's Day is 'some kind of terrible dream'

By Justin Spike, Bela Szandelszky, Associated Press

It's a global day to celebrate women, but many fleeing Ukraine feel only the stress of finding a new life for their children as husbands, brothers and fathers stay behind to defend their country from Russia's invasion.