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Russian forces are expanding their offensive in Ukraine to the west for the first time. Meanwhile, Pres. Biden announces the US, along with the G7…
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By Megan Marples, CNN You may have a slim chance of traveling to outer space, but at least your name can go. NASA is collecting names to be put on a…
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Retired Major General James “Spider” Marks says new satellite images showing that a 40-mile Russian convoy has dispersed and repositioned is good…
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Continue Reading Russia widens attack on Ukraine’s cities, striking western airfields and Dnipro
A pair of staff members with Ukraine state emergency services defuse a bomb from a downed Russian fighter jet in Chernihiv. CNN’s Anderson Cooper…
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By Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul Murphy, Laura Smith-Spark and Rob Picheta, CNN Russian forces launched multiple missile attacks on a wide…
Continue Reading The 40-mile-long Russian convoy near Kyiv has moved. Here’s what it means for the Ukrainian capital
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Continue Reading March 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Ukrainian officials claim the military have defeated a Russian tank regiment outside the capital Kyiv and videos appear to show a number of tanks on…
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Death and destruction lie in the wake of Russia’s bombardment of a maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. The reported attack came…
Continue Reading She left Ukraine for a business trip. Her family are still trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol
By Rebecca Wright and Olha Konovalova, CNN When translator Yulia Karaulan left Ukraine for a business trip to Italy on February 20, she thought she…
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By Tara John, CNN When Denmark became the first liberal democracy to tell Syrian refugees to return to their war-torn home in 2019, Russian jets were…
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Continue Reading Brittney Griner has been in Russian custody for 3 weeks, congressman says, as questions remain about her whereabouts and how to bring her home
As a new photo emerges of an American shortly before her Moscow arrest, friends and family of 3 US detainees worry that war will prevent any release…
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