May 25 Watch 1:56 News Wrap: New Israeli attacks reportedly kill more than 40 Palestinians across Gaza In our news wrap Saturday, Israel pressed ahead with its assault on Rafah despite international criticism, a Russian strike on a residential area of Kharkiv killed at least two people, Secretary of Defense Austin resumed his duties after undergoing a… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 4:24 Exhausted Ukrainian forces fight to contain Russian advances on the eastern front By John Ray Along the Russia-Ukraine border, badly stretched Ukrainian forces are struggling to deny Russia a foothold. The town of Vovchansk, three miles inside the border, has seen some of the fiercest fighting since Russia launched its offensive in 2022. John Ray… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Israel fights resurgence of Hamas militants in northern Gaza In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli forces are again fighting Hamas in an area of northern Gaza that the military had previously cleared, Russia says a 10-story apartment building in the border city of Belgorod partially collapsed under Ukrainian shelling,… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 5:51 New film shows the toll Russia’s invasion has taken on animals in Ukraine By John Yang, Rachel Wellford, Harry Zahn The war in Ukraine has upended the lives of millions of people. It’s also disrupted the lives of an untold number of animals, both pets and zoo animals. An upcoming episode of Nature on PBS, “Saving the Animals of Ukraine,”… Continue watching
May 12 Heavy fighting rages along Ukraine’s northeast front line as civilians flee Russian onslaught By Samya Kullab, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Associated Press Thousands more civilians have fled Russia's renewed ground offensive in Ukraine’s northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar shelling, officials said Sunday. Continue reading
May 11 More than 1,700 civilians flee northeast Ukraine as Russia renews assault on region By Vasilisa Stepanenko, Evgeniy Maloletka, Associated Press The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that Moscow's forces have captured five villages as part of a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine. Continue reading
May 05 Ukraine marks 3rd Easter at war as its east comes under fire from Russian troops and drones By Susie Blann, Elise Morton, Associated Press As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Continue reading
May 04 Watch 3:26 News Wrap: Senior UN official warns famine in northern Gaza is moving south In our news wrap Saturday, the head of the UN’s World Food Program said there is “full-blown famine” in northern Gaza and it is spreading south, tensions remain high on college campuses across the U.S. amid anti-war protests, new drone… Continue watching
May 04 Watch 5:40 Ukrainian family rebuilds life in Minnesota after fleeing Russian invasion By Lindsey Seavert, Minnesota Public Radio Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than two years ago, about 6.5 million Ukrainians have left the country. One of them is 10-year-old Artem Fedorenko, who lost part of his arm in a Russian bombing that killed his father and brother. Continue watching
May 04 Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is on Russia’s wanted list, state media reports By Associated Press As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the Russian interior ministry's list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine's ground forces, Gen. Oleksandr Pavlyuk, was also on the list. Continue reading