Apr 29 Watch 3:43 As Ukrainian forces hold off Russian advances, the roar of artillery remains relentless By Willem Marx, Alexis Cox Desperate attempts to evacuate the besieged city of Mariupol continue Friday, with the United Nations trying to strike a deal with Russia that would allow more than 100,000 civilians to leave the port city. Fighting raged elsewhere in Ukraine's east… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 5:02 Heavy casualties and low morale hamper Russia’s war effort in Ukraine By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn With the war raging in eastern Ukraine, there is a divide between the war aims declared by the Russian high command in Moscow, and the reality of the war on the ground. Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of the Silverado Policy Accelerator,… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:50 Bracing for a prolonged war, Biden asks Congress to fund $33 billion in aid for Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Lizz Bolaji, Tommy Walters, Teresa Cebrian Aranda President Biden on Thursday unveiled a $33 billion aid proposal for Ukraine, the latest effort to assist in the war against Russia. About two-thirds would go to military assistance, and the rest for economic and humanitarian help. Meanwhile, as the… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 5:21 New bill aims to use assets seized from wealthy Russians to arm and rebuild Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn President Biden on Thursday said his administration was reviewing ways to convert assets seized from wealthy Russians with ties to Vladimir Putin and use them to help Ukraine with arms and reconstruction. New Jersey Rep. Tom Malinowski, a Democrat who… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 5:41 Ukrainians brave Russian shelling to restore power By Willem Marx, Ed Kiernan, Roman Motychak With so much of Ukraine's vital infrastructure targeted by Russia, widespread power outages are the norm. It falls to local crews to fix power lines, all the while under fire. Special correspondent Willem Marx and videographer Edward Kiernan report from… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 6:23 Preserving Ukraine’s cultural treasures with digital tools By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet In Ukraine, as everywhere, much of contemporary life, including history and culture, is documented in the digital space. With so much at risk, new efforts are taking on a new kind of digital "cultural preservation." Jeffrey Brown reports for our… Continue watching
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 5:55 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 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
Apr 25 Watch 4:21 Ukrainian forces dig in against Russia’s eastern assault as the U.S. pledges more aid By Willem Marx, Alexis Cox Russian forces on Monday struck targets across the Ukraine with missiles. But while Moscow's main focus remains on the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian troops there are resisting Russians across a wide battlefront. One day after two top U.S. Continue watching