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Russia claims pivotal Ukraine city; Kyiv says fight ongoing

Russia has claimed control over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of its invasion.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden waits for the start of a roundtable meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid
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Politics & Policy

Biden is boosting U.S. troops in Europe because of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Biden said there will be a permanent headquarters in Poland for the U.S. 5th Army Corps. It's one of several ways NATO forces will be beefed up after Russia invaded Ukraine.

4 years ago

Women ride a scooter through Kyiv's Maidan Square, past sandbags that spell out 'HELP,' and flags displayed from around the world, in Ukraine, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Politics & Policy

Russia fires missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east

The bombardment preceded a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian serviceman looks at the ruins of the sports complex of the National Technical University in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 24, 2022, damaged during a night shelling. The building received significant damage. A fire broke out in one part but firefighters managed to put it out. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Politics & Policy

Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions

The industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, has faced relentless Russian bombardment.

4 years ago

A protestor wears a flower headband in the Ukraine colors as she participates in a demonstration in support of Ukraine outside of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Politics & Policy

European Union makes Ukraine a candidate for EU membership

The decision by the 27-nation bloc to grant Ukraine candidate status Thursday was uncharacteristically rapid.

4 years ago

Army cadets salute before an NCAA college football game against Navy, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly loses control of Army-Navy Game. After this year, the city won’t host again until 2027

Philadelphia has hosted 89 of 122 matchups between the two service academies, but the organizers of the contest want to take the game elsewhere.

4 years ago

File photo: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, center, stands on the side of a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Police are investigating the killings of more than 12,000 Ukrainians nationwide in the war Russia is waging, the national police chief said Monday. In the Kyiv region near Bucha, authorities showed several victims whose hands were tied behind their backs.
Community

Police investigating killings of 12,000 Ukrainians in war

Ukraine's national police chief says authorities are investigating the killings of more than 12,000 Ukrainians nationwide in the war Russia is waging.

4 years ago

Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow.
Community

As fighting rages, Ukraine’s leader says troops defy Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations.

4 years ago

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Politics & Policy

Ukraine: Russia said to be using more deadly weapons in war

A regional governor accused Russia of using incendiary weapons in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province.

4 years ago

(photo credit, Stuart Simpson)
Radio Times

‘The Facemaker:’ the pioneering surgeon who mended WWI soldiers’ faces

Lindsey Fitzharris on the work of Harold Gillies, whose innovative plastic surgery techniques mended the maimed and broken faces of WWI soldiers.

Air Date: June 9, 2022 10:00 am

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A WWII soldier re-enactor picks something up on the beach in Normandy.
Politics & Policy

U.S. general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the United States and allied countries will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine.

4 years ago

Smoke rises after Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022.
Community

Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms

Russian airstrikes have hit the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv for the first time in weeks, sending up plumes of black smoke.

4 years ago

Football supporters show their support to Ukraine during the International Friendly soccer match between Scotland and Poland at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, March. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Arts & Entertainment

Backed from frontlines, Ukraine soccer team tries to seal World Cup spot

Hanging in their locker room in Cardiff will be a flag sent by soldiers to inspire them to victory in the playoff final against Wales on Sunday.

4 years ago

FILE - A man walks next to heavily damaged buildings and destroyed cars following Russian attacks in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The region, along with neighboring Luhansk, is part of the Donbas, where Russian forces have focused their offensive. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine

The rocket systems are part of a new $700 million tranche of security assistance for Ukraine from the U.S.

4 years ago

Vikki and Mark Pier visit the grave of their son, Noah, who was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in July 2011. They used to visit every few months, but they have been unable to make it in recent years. (Erin Stalnaker)
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Community

‘My heart is in Arlington’: What Memorial Day means to one Gold Star family

For many years, Vikki and Mark Pier would come during Memorial Day weekend to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

4 years ago

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