How the Ukraine war revealed Europe’s selective empathy on refugees
By Zeena Saifi, CNN The West has shown unprecedented coordination and unity in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Governments,…
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Attacks on civilians intensify as Ukraine and Russia say negotiations indicate progress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes a direct plea to US lawmakers for help for his war-torn country. Karin Caifa…
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By Ivana Kottasová, Olga Voitovich, Paul P. Murphy, Antonia Mortensen, Clare Foran, Niamh Kennedy and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Ukrainians face an…
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During a speech to Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky referenced seminal moments of US history while pleading for more aid from…
Continue Reading Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe released after 6 years’ detention in Iran
By Niamh Kennedy, Adam Pourahmadi and Jack Guy, CNN Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been held in Iran for…
Continue Reading Zelensky signals he doesn’t expect Ukraine to join NATO anytime soon
President Biden is now set to meet with NATO leaders in Brussels to discuss next steps in handling Russia’s lethal invasion of…
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Retired Brig. Gen. Kevin Ryan reacts to a drone video that appears to show a Ukrainian artillery strike on Russian forces hiding in a…
Continue Reading March 16, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Helen Regan, Adam Renton, George Ramsay, Ed Upright and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN…
Continue Reading Zelensky signals he doesn’t expect Ukraine to join NATO anytime soon
By Andrew Carey, Oleksandra Ochman, Kylie Atwood and Paul LeBlanc, CNN ​​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dropped his clearest hint yet…
Continue Reading Ukrainian women who escaped their country now go back to help fight the invasion
These women fled Ukraine as Russia invaded but are now going back to help their families in the war. CNN’s Ed Lavandera…
Continue Reading Ukrainian women who escaped their country now go back to help fight the invasion
By Ed Lavandera and Cristiana Moisescu, CNN There is a sole train line that runs between Ukraine and the station in the border town of Przemysl,…
Continue Reading ‘We all will be judged.’ Russian prisoners of war voice disquiet, shame over war in Ukraine
In a video message uploaded to Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke directly to Russian soldiers, offering them a “chance to…
Continue Reading ‘We all will be judged.’ Russian prisoners of war voice disquiet, shame over war in Ukraine
By Tim Lister and Sebastian Shukla, CNN “I want to tell our commander-in-chief to stop terror acts in Ukraine because when we come back…
Continue Reading ‘Europe stands with you’: EU leaders express solidarity with Ukraine after Zelensky meeting
Prime ministers of Poland, Slovenia and Czech Republic to meet Zelensky in Kyiv. Chris Nguyen…
Continue Reading Ukraine detains ‘hacker’ accused of aiding Russian troops amid broader struggle to secure communications
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Ukrainian authorities have detained a “hacker” who was allegedly helping the Russian military send instructions via…
Continue Reading ‘Europe stands with you’: EU leaders express solidarity with Ukraine after Zelensky meeting
By Antonia Mortensen, Abby Baggini, Mariya Knight and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Prime Ministers of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic reaffirmed…
Continue Reading Germany will buy US-made F-35 fighter jets as it ramps up military spending after Russia’s Ukraine invasion
By Luke McGee, CNN Germany has announced that it will buy 35 US-made F-35A fighter jets, the first major arms purchase to be publicly confirmed since…
Continue Reading ‘Mariupol is now just hell’: Survivors and drone footage reveal the scale of destruction
By Olga Voitovich, Ivana Kottasová, Jack Guy and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Conditions in Mariupol are “unbearable” and “just…
Continue Reading They moved to Ukraine for an education. Now they’re living in a city occupied by Russian forces
CNN’s Zain Asher speaks with two Nigerian students who made the harrowing and chaotic escape from Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. They describe their…
Continue Reading They moved to Ukraine for an education. Now they’re living in a city occupied by Russian forces
By Shama Nasinde and Stephanie Busari, CNN African students trapped in southern Ukraine’s Kherson are crying out for help, as Russian forces…
Continue Reading Protester interrupts live Russian state news broadcast to denounce invasion of Ukraine
American Yakov Kronrod tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper what the reaction has been like in Russia after an employee at one of Russia’s major state…
Continue Reading Protester interrupts live Russian state news broadcast to denounce invasion of Ukraine
An employee at one of Russia’s major state television networks interrupted live broadcast to protest the Russian invasion of…
Continue Reading Protester interrupts live Russian state news broadcast to denounce invasion of Ukraine
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN A woman holding a sign reading “NO WAR” interrupted a live news broadcast on Russian state television Monday to…
Continue Reading ‘Mariupol is now just hell’: Survivors and drone footage reveal the scale of destruction
Ukrainian authorities said more than 2,500 people have died as a result of bombardment in the besieged south-eastern…
Continue Reading March 15, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Eric Levenson, Meg Wagner, Helen Regan, Adam Renton, Ben Church, Jeevan Ravindran, Maureen Chowdhury, Melissa Macaya…
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By Aditi Sangal, Melissa Macaya, Helen Regan, Steve George, Amy Woodyatt, Ben Church, Ed Upright, Maureen Chowdhury and Jason Kurtz, CNN…
Continue Reading Underneath embattled Kyiv, babies born to foreign parents via surrogate shelter in a basement
By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN The thunder of explosions occasionally rattles the basement that has become the temporary home to 21…
Continue Reading In Putin’s vision for the world, a medieval narrative resurfaces
By Delia Gallagher, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has given several explanations for his country’s war on Ukraine, and some are more…
Continue Reading Russia’s attack at Poland’s border shattered the image of calm in western Ukraine
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN On the surface, the western Ukrainian city of Lviv does not look like a city on the edge of a war zone. The streets are…
Continue Reading A Ukrainian mother flees the war, leaving part of her heart behind
When Russian forces attacked Kyiv, a Ukrainian mother was forced to leave her home with her two sons. CNN’s Rosa Flores reports on their journey to…
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