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Chicago Organization Sells Pieces of Russian Tank in Support of Ukraine
Alex Zatvor took a far-fetched idea and turned it into help for Ukrainians, who continue to endure the Russian invasion. Zatvor, executive director of Chicago-based non-profit Gate to Ukraine, found a way to get a Russian tank, cut it up and sell the pieces as away to raise money for Ukrainian families in need. After acquiring the tank, the group…
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Russian Strike Kills at Least 10 and Wounds 55 in Kherson, Ukraine on Christmas Eve
Russian shells have killed at least 10 people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
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Ukraine Works to Heal Soldiers' Mental Scars of War: ‘They Look Fine, But They Are Not'
When peace returns to Ukraine, many thousands of its combatants will likely return from the battlefields bearing psychological scars.
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NATO Commits to Future Ukraine Membership and Pledges to Boost Winter Aid
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says war-torn Ukraine will one day become a member of the world’s largest security alliance.
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Russia, Ukraine Trade Claims of Nuclear Plant Attacks
Russia and Ukraine have traded claims of attacks at or near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. These reports Sunday intensified fears that the fighting could damage the Zaporizhzhia plant and cause a massive radiation leak. Ukraine’s atomic energy agency painted an ominous picture of the threat by issuing a map forecasting where radiation could spread. Ukrainian officials say Russian strikes...
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U.S. State Department Confirms Two Americans Killed in Ukraine
The U.S. State Department has confirmed that two Americans have been killed in the Donbas region while fighting in Ukraine.
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World Faces ‘An Unprecedented Reversal' in Progress Combating Global Poverty: UN Official
The head of the U.N. body promoting development is warning that the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine have led to “an unprecedented reversal” of decades of progress in combatting global poverty and hunger and ensuring education for children everywhere.
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Ukraine Expects Approval In Bid to Join European Union
A Ukrainian deputy prime minister overseeing the country’s push to join the European Union says she’s “100%” certain all 27 EU nations will approve making Ukraine a candidate for membership in the bloc.
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UK's Prince Charles Visits Ukrainian Refugees in Romania
Charles, Prince of Wales traveled to Romania’s capital on Wednesday to visit refugees, mostly women and children, that have found safety in the Eastern European country after fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Woman to Run Half Marathon in Support of Home Country
When Oksana Skrynyk signed up for the Life Time Chicago Spring Half Marathon, she left a brief registration declaration: “I will run this marathon for my home country, Ukraine.”
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First Lady Visits Ukrainian Refugee Children in Romania
First Lady Jill Biden visited Ukrainian refugee students at a Romanian public school on day two of her four-day overseas trip to Romania and Slovakia on Saturday
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Trevor Reed Arrives Back in US After Prisoner Exchange With Russia
Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.
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Ohio Man Drives 55 Hours to Reunite With Ukrainian Fiancé at U.S.-Mexico Border
The war in Ukraine has led to some remarkable profiles of humanity – including a love story spanning several continents.
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Ukrainian Woman Making New Memories With Her Family in Chicago Area
A Ukrainian woman who fled the violence in her country with her two children is settling into her new life in suburban Prospect Heights, and Natalie Martinez has more on her story.
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Treasury Bars Russia Payments in Dollars From US Accounts
The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars, an agency official says
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Large Groups of Volunteers Await, Aid Ukrainian Refugees at US-Mexico Border
The group has been providing food, clothing and counseling to families around the clock.
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Biden Delivers Fiery Speech on Putin's Invasion of Ukraine: ‘This Man Cannot Remain in Power'
President Biden visited a refugee camp in Warsaw, Poland and called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a butcher”