Mar 06 Ukraine vows to hold Bakhmut as Russia continues fight to capture the city By Mystyslav Chernov, Associated Press Less than a week ago, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian defenders might retreat from Bakhmut and fall back to nearby positions. But Zelenskyy’s office said Monday that he chaired a meeting in which the country’s… Continue reading
Mar 05 German Chancellor Scholz warns of 'consequences' if China sends arms to Russia By Associated Press German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow's war in Ukraine, but he's fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so. Continue reading
Mar 04 Civilians flee Bakhmut as possible Ukrainian troop withdrawal looms By Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press Pressure mounted Saturday on Ukrainian troops and civilians hunkering down in Bakhmut, as Kyiv's forces tried to help residents flee amid what Western analysts say may be preparations for a Ukrainian withdrawal from the eastern city that Russian forces have spent months… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 8:12 From prison to the frontlines: Thousands of Russian convicts sent to fight in Ukraine By Simon Ostrovsky Russia sent hundreds of thousands of troops into its war in Ukraine and suffered immense casualties. Some were drawn from prisons, both officially and through a private military company called the Wagner Group. With the support of the Pulitzer Center,… Continue watching
Mar 03 What we know about Russia's claim of a cross-border attack By Associated Press Russia has declared that a group of saboteurs from Ukraine crossed into its territory and attacked border villages, a raid marking an escalation of the war now in its second year. Continue reading
Mar 03 Belarusian court sentences Nobel laureate Bialiatski to 10 years in prison By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press A Belarusian court has sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus' top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison. Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 9:20 Ukrainians in Bucha reflect on horrors and brutality suffered at hands of Russian forces By Simon Ostrovsky, Yegor Troyanovsky, Zeba Warsi Some of the starkest images of Russian brutality in Ukraine emerged from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha last year. Ukrainian officials say 1,700 people were killed and 9,000 war crimes were committed there. With the support of the Pulitzer Center,… Continue watching
Feb 28 Belarusian president to meet with China's Xi Jinping amid Ukraine tensions By Associated Press Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, is due in Beijing to begin a three-day state visit. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: Israeli, Palestinian officials try to de-escalate violence In our news wrap Sunday, Ukrainians commemorated volunteer soldiers who died in the war, Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Jordan to try to de-escalate West Bank violence, voting extended to a second day in Nigeria’s presidential election, a migrant… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 5:31 As war rages on, Ukraine begins costly reconstruction while fighting corruption By Nick Schifrin, Eric O'Connor, Volodymyr Solohub, Nikol Goldman, Harry Zahn One year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the scars of war are staggering — entire neighborhoods destroyed and hundreds of thousands of homes burned out. With the support of the Pulitzer Center, Nick Schifrin and videographer Eric O’Connor report… Continue watching