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News Articles: Series: The Ukraine invasion, explained

Actor Zero Mostel, center, who portrays Tevye in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof," poses backstage with cast members after the play's opening performance at the Imperial Theatre in New York on Sept. 22, 1964. Maria Karnilova, who plays Tevye's wife, Golde, is at far left. Playing Tevye's daughters, from left, are, Tanya Everett, as Chava; Julia Migenes, as Hodel; and Joanna Merlin, as Tzeitel.

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  • Theater

If Russia's invasion of Ukraine feels familiar, look to Broadway in the '60s

Why should Americans care about Ukraine? An answer from 1960s Broadway.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Following the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl plant in 1986, a protective dome was built over the destroyed fourth reactor.

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  • Europe

Why Russia's capture of Chernobyl might not be the biggest nuclear concern in Ukraine

Russia's capture of the Chernobyl nuclear plant raised alarms across the international community, with many world leaders wondering if Russia chose to seize the area for a specific reason.

February 26, 2022
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By:
  • Wynne Davis
Russia was the only country to veto the non-binding resolution voted during Friday's United Nations Security Council meeting.

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  • Europe

Russia vetoes UN Security Council resolution that denounces its invasion of Ukraine

"You can veto this resolution but you cannot veto our voices," the U.S. ambassador to the UN told her Russian counterpart following the vote.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Anti-war demonstrators and Ukrainians living in the U.S. protest against Russia's military operation in Ukraine in Lafayette Park on February 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th.

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  • World

Want to support the people in Ukraine? Here's how you can help

Several organizations are asking for assistance in helping people affected by the Russian invasion.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Dean and
  • Jonathan Franklin
Volodymyr Omelyan says he believes that defending the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is important. It is a city he feels like he belongs to.

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  • World

Thousands rush to enlist in Ukraine's army to fight the Russian invasion

On Thursday, Volodymyr Omelyan and his family awoke to the sound of missile blasts nearby. By Friday, he had said goodbye to his wife and children and enlisted to fight.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Levitt,
  • Nell Clark,
  • and 2 more
A farmer harvests a wheat field about 130 miles north of Kyiv in 2009.

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  • World

Russia's invasion of Ukraine may cause havoc for wheat-importing Mideast nations

Last year, the region imported more than 36 million metric tons of wheat, mostly from Russia and Ukraine. The concern is that Russia's war in Ukraine could disrupt supplies and drive up prices.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
Damaged radar, a vehicle and equipment are seen at a Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol.

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  • World

One witness describes the Russian invasion of Ukraine: 'I woke up and heard bombing'

When 22-year-old college student Vitaliy Shutov went to bed last night, he didn't think a Russian invasion of Ukraine would actually happen. Then he woke to the sounds of explosions.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Patrick Wood,
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • and 1 more
President Biden delivers remarks about Russia's "unprovoked and unjustified" military invasion of Ukraine on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Biden announces new sanctions as Russia attacks Ukraine

The next round of sanctions from the White House targets banks and export controls, which would cut Russia off from critical technology such as semiconductors.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Brian Naylor and
  • Franco Ordoñez
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya raises his phone and shakes it toward the Russian representative, imploring him to call off the war.

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  • World

Read the impassioned plea from Ukraine's U.N. ambassador to Russia to stop the war

Ukraine's U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya delivered a charged address at the Security Council, demanding the Russian representative phone Moscow to call off the war.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Alex Leff and
  • Patrick Wood
Demonstrators rally in New York City's Times Square in support of Ukraine on Thursday.

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  • Arts & Life

For Ukrainian-Americans, unity against Putin has solidified their bonds

Ukrainian-Americans were previously split by generation and religious identity. One Harvard scholar says that the past decade of actions by Russian President Putin has made the community more united.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
President Biden announces new sanctions against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

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  • World

The U.S. keeps turning to sanctions despite their mixed record

President Biden announced more sanctions on Russia's military and economy over its invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions have become a favored tool in presidents' arsenals, but they don't always work.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Smoke rises from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday.

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  • Europe

In Ukraine, the road to war was paved by the failure of diplomacy

The invasion of Ukraine occurred despite weeks of diplomatic efforts, including calls between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin and European leaders' visits to Putin in Moscow.

February 24, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Neuman

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