Mar 14 Ukraine and Russia resume peace talks as fighting in Kyiv continues By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press A fourth round of high-level discussions between Ukrainian and Russian officials is underway even as Moscow's troops press their assault on Kyiv and other cities. Continue reading
Mar 14 ‘All day crying from the pain’: number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing war hits 2.8 million By Rafal Niedzielski, Justin Spike, Associated Press More than 2.8 million refugees fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine have entered neighboring countries since the invasion began 19 days ago. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 4:41 ‘The streets are largely abandoned’: On the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine By Jane Ferguson Russian forces continued indiscriminate shelling and artillery fire resulting in civilian deaths, including the death of American journalist Brent Renaud—another American journalist was also wounded. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jane Ferguson reports on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine. Continue watching
Mar 13 Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine By Pamela Sampson, Associated Press The 50-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas, native was gathering material for a report about refugees when his vehicle was hit at a checkpoint in Irpin, just outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch 3:48 ‘We are all at war:’ Desperation grows among Ukrainian diaspora By PBS NewsHour Victoria Pidlisetska is a Ukrainian living in Los Angeles who rarely puts down her phone as she waits to hear from family and friends stranded back home in Ukraine. Her parents spend most of their time in a bomb shelter… Continue watching
Mar 13 Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35 By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base in western Ukraine on Sunday, killing 35 people in an attack on a facility that has served as a crucial hub for cooperation between Ukraine and the NATO countries supporting it… Continue reading
Mar 12 Russia strikes near Ukrainian capital; port city under siege By Associated Press Russian forces pounded the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, shelling its downtown as residents hid in an iconic mosque and elsewhere to avoid the explosions. Fighting also raged in the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, as Russia kept… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 5:54 Russian advance continues amid indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities By Jane Ferguson Russian troops advance towards Kyiv – but are slowed by Ukrainian resistance. Meanwhile, violence continues in southern and eastern Ukraine with indiscriminate artillery shelling destroying civilian structures including a hospital and mosque. The continued attacks have slowed evacuations as Ukrainians… Continue watching
Mar 12 Russia strikes near Ukraine’s capital; mosque reported hit By Mstyslav Chernov, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Fighting also raged in the outskirts of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and Russia kept up its bombardment of other resisting cities. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 9:45 Russian forces expand their offensive into western Ukraine as battle for Kyiv intensifies By Nick Schifrin, Volodymyr Solohub, Karl Bostic, Alexis Cox Russian forces attacked western Ukraine for the first time, launching strikes on airfields, and thus widening the two-and-a-half-week war. Russia also hit a major industrial city in the east, as it continued its brutal campaign, while U.S. officials said Russia… Continue watching