Small dog helps locate mines in Ukrainian region of Chernihiv after Russian retreat
A small terrier named Patron in Ukraine has been credited with helping to find unexploded landmines and mortar shells near Chernihiv after Russia’s retreat from the area.
US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin
The capture of the massive yacht is the first in the government’s sanctions enforcement initiative to “seize and freeze” giant boats and other assets of Russian elites.
Biden: 'War criminal' Putin should face trial for Bucha killings
President Joe Biden on Monday called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy gives powerful speech at Grammys from bunker, asks ‘free’ Americans for support
"Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded in hospitals. They sing to the wounded in hospitals, even to those who can’t hear them. But the music will break through anyway."
Ukraine accuses Russian troops of massacre after finding city strewn with bodies
Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area.
Ukrainian troops cautiously retaking areas near Kyiv amid fear of Russian traps
In at least one town, soldiers used cables to pull the bodies of civilians off the streets Saturday out of fear that Russian forces may have set booby-traps before leaving.
Ukraine strike on oil depot in Russian territory reported as talks resume
Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine have resumed as another attempt to rescue civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol broke down.
Russian troops leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure, Ukraine says
Ukrainian authorities at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say Russian forces have left the damaged plant.
Biden tapping oil reserve for 6 months to control surging gas prices
Biden ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months in a bid to control energy prices.
Convoy heads to Ukraine's Mariupol to attempt evacuation of trapped civilians
The Red Cross said its teams were traveling to Mariupol with relief and medical supplies and hoped to help pull civilians out of the beleaguered city on Friday.
Russia shells areas in Ukraine where it vowed to scale back operations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is at a “turning point” in the war with Russia.
Ukrainian refugees taken in by Philadelphia church share harrowing story of escape from war-torn homeland
Two Ukrainian refugees who fled their war-torn homeland were taken in by a Philadelphia church that raised money to help bring them stateside. The women, Alla Pukhtetska and Veronika Matviienko, shared their harrowing journey through Ukraine to Poland.
US astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth in Russian capsule after record-long spaceflight
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei caught a Russian ride from the International Space Station on Wednesday with two cosmonauts.
Local church welcomes first Ukrainian refugees to Philadelphia
A Philadelphia church is ready to welcome the first Ukrainian refuges to the city after a treacherous journey to escape their war-torn homeland.
Russia says it will scale back near Kyiv as talks with Ukraine progress
Russia’s military says it will “fundamentally” cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as talks brought a possible deal to end a grinding war into view.
Ukrainian refugees set to arrive in Philadelphia after being granted US visas
Two women who walked most of the 496-mile stretch from Kyiv, Ukraine to Warsaw, Poland will arrive in Philadelphia Tuesday after being granted visas to come to the United States.
Zelenskyy hints at openness to compromise with Russia on eastern Ukraine
With its aspirations for a quick victory dashed by a stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has increasingly focused on grinding down Ukraine’s military in the east in the hope of forcing Kyiv into surrendering part of the country’s territory to end the war.