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News Articles: Series: The Ukraine invasion, explained

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Ukraine's Kharkiv region over the weekend, calling the situation there "indescribably difficult."

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  • Europe

Ahead of this week's EU summit, France and Germany urge Putin to meet Zelenskyy

The EU will meet Monday to discuss how to handle the ongoing conflict as Russia intensifies its efforts to capture Severodonetsk, the largest eastern city that remains in Ukrainian hands.

May 29, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Yuri Mazurenko and Macha Levitin get ready to go on a walk with their dogs Rolly and Safra in a village in Burgundy, France.

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  • World

How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs

A Russian woman living in Burgundy wanted to help pet dogs of Ukraine and their human companions get to safety. She turned to a Facebook group for lovers of a famous dog breed to find them.

May 29, 2022
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
A man clears debris at a damaged residential building in Kyiv in February, just after Russia started its invasion.

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  • Europe

Here's how much it could cost to rebuild Ukraine — and who would pay for it

History has many lessons to offer on how much it will cost to rebuild Ukraine, and how it can be done to help set the country up for a more prosperous and safe future.

May 26, 2022
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By:
  • Ashish Valentine
A man clears debris at a damaged residential building in Kyiv in February, just after Russia started its invasion.

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  • Europe

Here's how much it could cost to rebuild Ukraine — and who would pay for it

History has many lessons to offer on how much it will cost to rebuild Ukraine, and how it can be done to help set the country up for a more prosperous and safe future.

May 26, 2022
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By:
  • Ashish Valentine
A Ukrainian serviceman digs a trench outside the capital Kyiv in March. Facing a more powerful Russian army, the Ukrainians have had to figure out ways to defend themselves. The Ukrainians have stressed basic measures, like digging deeper trenches to defend against Russian artillery, as well as high-tech methods, like using computer tablets on the battlefield to coordinate their artillery fire.

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  • Europe

War hacks: How outgunned Ukraine finds ways to counter Russia

To combat Russia's larger military, Ukraine has turned to creative tactics, from low-tech to high-tech. You could call them "war hacks." And many seem to be working.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre
A man brings flowers to Robb Elementary School on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

How world leaders are reacting to the Uvalde school shooting

Officials around the world are responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest such incident to take place in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Alex Leff
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a statement by videolink during an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday.

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  • National

Ukrainian officials offer their condolences to Uvalde

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders took to social media to stand in sympathy and solidarity with a tragedy unfolding across the world.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Cars pass destroyed Russian tanks from an earlier battle against Ukrainians in the village of Dmytrivka, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. With Russian troops gone from the Kyiv region, life is returning to the city. But heavy fighting takes place daily in the east and the south of the country.

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  • Europe

Three months of war: Russia underachieves, Ukraine overachieves

When Ukraine was invaded, many expected a quick Russian victory. The war is 3 months old, with both sides digging in for a battle that could potentially be a long, drawn-out stalemate.

May 24, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin waits for the start of a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Judges went on to sentence him to life in the first war crimes trial since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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  • Europe

A Russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine's first war crimes trial

Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty last week to shooting an unarmed Ukrainian man in late February. On Monday, a panel of judges in Kyiv sentenced him to life in prison.

May 23, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Raise Grigorievna Dreama's daughters Malina (left) and Ramina (center) and her granddaughter Monica (right) sit in their room at a temporary Chisinau housing center for refugees, mostly hosting people from the Roma community and other minority groups from Ukraine, in April.

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  • World

Roma refugees who fled from Ukraine to Moldova are now in limbo

Many slipped across the border as the war began, but lack passports or other official forms of ID. They struggle to prove their eligibility for humanitarian aid — and to cross into other countries.

May 21, 2022
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By:
  • Betsy Joles
Ukrainians wait in a miles-long jam full of trucks, buses and cars to cross to the border at Medyka, Poland.

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  • Europe

Millions rushed to leave Ukraine. Now the queue to return home stretches for miles

If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Ayen Bior,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
Ukrainians wait in a miles-long jam full of trucks, buses and cars to cross to the border at Medyka, Poland.

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  • Europe

Millions rushed to leave Ukraine. Now the queue to return home stretches for miles

If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Ayen Bior,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
Russian Army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. His case is the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three months ago.

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  • Europe

Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre,
  • Julian Hayda,
  • and 1 more
Ima hugs Shakira at a shelter provided by the Nigerians Diaspora Organization in Poland.

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  • Europe

They escaped the war in Ukraine. Then they faced fresh trouble in Poland

Millions of people have fled Ukraine since the war started, but not all are Ukrainian. And some citizens of African countries have found that the doors of Europe are much less open to them.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Ayen Bior,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
Ima hugs Shakira at a shelter provided by the Nigerians Diaspora Organization in Poland.

Tagged as: 

  • Europe

They escaped the war in Ukraine. Then they faced fresh trouble in Poland

Millions of people have fled Ukraine since the war started, but not all are Ukrainian. And some citizens of African countries have found that the doors of Europe are much less open to them.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Ayen Bior,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
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