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Chernihiv's Mayor: Russia's Promise Was Toothless

Mayor, governor report heavy attacks overnight, despite Russia's pledge to pull back

(Newser) - Whatever promise Tuesday held on the Ukraine-Russia front seems to have been lost by Wednesday. The governor of Ukraine's Chernihiv region tells the BBC that Russia has not eased up on its attacks as it pledged to do . "The entire night was pretty tense," Viacheslav Chaus said....

There's a New Milestone in Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

4M refugees have evacuated from the country since Feb. 24: UNHCR

(Newser) - The UN refugee agency said Wednesday more than 4 million refugees have now fled Ukraine since Russia launched its war in the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. The new figure was posted on an UNHCR website, per the AP , and represents about a tenth of Ukraine'...

Texas A&M to Waive the Bill for Its Ukrainian Students

Chancellor made the announcement to university presidents Tuesday

(Newser) - Starting next semester, it will be nearly free for Ukrainian students to attend school at one of Texas A&M University's 11 campuses and research centers across the state. The school will waive all tuition and fees, as well as certain living expenses including room and board, the Texas ...

Some See Strategy in Russia's Promise to Ease Up on Kyiv

Others can't hold back their skepticism

(Newser) - "Actions speak louder than words" seems to be the quick response to Russia's announcement during Tuesday peace talks that it would "fundamentally" cut back military operations around the capital of Kyiv, which it got within about 12 miles of, and near the northern city of Chernihiv. A...

Bids on This Banksy Art 'Escalated Quickly,' for a Cause

Proceeds from 'CND Soldiers,' which sold for $106K, will all go to Kyiv children's hospital

(Newser) - An unknown donor has sold off a piece of anti-war Banksy art, with the funds raised from the sale earmarked for Ukraine's largest children's hospital. The BBC reports that the UK artist's "CND Soldiers" was auctioned off for just north of $106,000, which will be...

Graphic Video Shows Violent Treatment of Russian POWs

Video has not yet been independently verified as authentic

(Newser) - A video that the New York Times has deemed too graphic to post shows Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine being beaten and shot in the legs. The video, shared online elsewhere Sunday, shows people who appear to be Ukrainian soldiers interrogating five prisoners who are on the ground, bound,...

Ukraine Official: Russia Wants to Split Ukraine in Half
Zelensky Accuses
West of Cowardice
Mar 28, 2022 12:09 AM CDT

Zelensky Accuses West of Cowardice

As top Ukraine official issues a warning

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea, the AP reports. Zelensky made an exasperated plea for fighter jets and tanks to help defend his country from Russia’s...

Russian Comments Suggest a More Limited War Goal

Defense official says focus will be on eastern region of Donbas

(Newser) - Comments made by a Russian defense official on Friday are being interpreted as a signal that Moscow may be "scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine," as Reuters puts it. Maj. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi declared that the "first stage" of its military operation had been "mainly accomplished,...

Russian Journalist, a Putin Foe, Killed in Ukraine

Oksana Baulina worked to expose corruption inside Russia

(Newser) - Another journalist has been killed in Ukraine, this one hailing from Russia. Oksana Baulina died Wednesday during shelling in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old, who previously worked as a producer for jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, had been reporting for an...

US Plans to Welcome 100K Ukrainian Refugees

Programs will focus on those with family already in the US

(Newser) - More than 3.6 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began a month ago, and the White House says the US will do its part to welcome refugees and assist those who remain in Europe. In a statement Thursday morning, the White House said the US is...

Ukrainian Armed Forces: 'Occupiers Are Burning'

Officials claim to have sunk Russian tank-landing ship, damaged others in Berdyansk

(Newser) - The Russian-controlled port of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine is burning. Videos shared on social media Thursday morning showed the port on the Sea of Azov, about 50 miles southwest of besieged Mariupol , where several Russian warships were docked, in flames as the Ukrainian Navy claimed to have sunk a Russian...

Survivor of Theater Bombing: 'Terrible Things Were Happening'

Those who made it out of devastation in Mariupol, Ukraine, detail the day's events

(Newser) - It was just one laser-guided bomb that destroyed a drama theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, last week. That's the conclusion of Mckenzie Intelligence Services, which performed an analysis of the attack for the BBC . But that single bomb is all it took to wreak devastating havoc, and the broadcaster is...

Biden Heads to Europe for &#39;Extraordinary&#39; NATO Summit
Biden Heads to Europe for
'Giant Meeting of NATO'
the rundown
Mar 23, 2022 9:15 AM CDT

Biden Heads to Europe for 'Giant Meeting of NATO'

New sanctions against Russia are expected

(Newser) - President Biden is headed to Europe Wednesday for a four-day trip that has Russia and the Ukraine at its nexus. As national security adviser Jake Sullivan put it to reporters on Tuesday, per the AP , "This war will not end easily or rapidly. For the past few months, the...

Zelensky: 'Only Ruins' Remain in Mariupol

Negotiations with Russia are 'very difficult'

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelensky said Tuesday that after weeks of relentless Russian bombardment, "only ruins" remain of Mariupol—but some 100,000 people remain in the besieged city. They are in "inhumane conditions. In a complete blockade. No food, no water, no medicine. Under constant shelling, under constant...

As Belarus' Ambassador Left Ukraine, a Biting Gift

A border guard tossed 30 pieces of silver at Igor Sokol

(Newser) - The indications that Belarus will join Russia in its war against Ukraine may be building. Belarus, which al-Jazeera calls "Russia’s oldest and staunchest post-Soviet ally," has removed all its diplomats from Ukraine in the past few days. As Belarusian Ambassador Igor Sokol passed through a border checkpoint,...

Putin's Goal: Avoid Being 'Jailed, Exiled or Killed'

Russia's president is unlikely to compromise with Ukraine, analysts say

(Newser) - The media has reported on peace talks between Ukraine and Russia—including fresh headlines just this weekend—but as Vladimir Putin targets Ukrainian civilians in a ruthless assault, he seems unlikely to cede ground at the bargaining table. "Putin's own penchant for risk and the patterns evident in...

Last Journalist to Leave Mariupol Gives Harrowing Account of Siege

'I had seen so much death that I was filming almost without taking it in'

(Newser) - Mstyslav Chernov, a video journalist for the AP , has shared his account of the siege of Mariupol, documented with photographer Evgeniy Maloletka. "The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in. We were the only international journalists left in...

Anti-Occupation Protest Violently Dispersed

Ukraine says Russian forces used gunfire, stun grenades in Kherson

(Newser) - Russian forces violently dispersed a protest Monday in Kherson, a southern Ukraine city occupied early in the invasion, Ukrainian authorities say. Hundreds of people can be seen running away and heavy gunfire can be heard in video from the city's Freedom Square. "Russian security forces ran up, started...

Buchenwald Survivor Dies in Russian Attack

Boris Romantschenko, 96, was killed by Russian shelling of Ukrainian city

(Newser) - A 96-year-old Ukrainian who survived imprisonment in four concentration camps during the Nazi Holocaust has been killed by a Russian attack on his home in the eastern city of Kharkiv. Boris Romantschenko died Friday during a Russian shelling of the neighborhood where he lived in an apartment building, his family...

Petraeus: One Military Truth Is in Ukraine's Favor

In urban warfare, invaders typically need 5:1 advantage; Russia may need a greater one

(Newser) - One of America's most famous modern generals assesses the Russia-Ukraine conflict in depth via a CNN interview, and the short version is that retired Gen. David Petraeus is decidedly unimpressed with Russia's military. "Abysmal" and "incompetent" are two of the words he uses. This applies across...

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