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Back to SearchUkraine and Russia agree to a new deal focused on grain shipments
Ukraine and Russia agreed to a UN-brokered deal on grain shipments out of the Black Sea that Turkey will oversee. The food supplies are badly needed…
3 years, 8 months ago
A man must decide to flee Ukraine to join his family or stay to care for his parents
A Ukrainian man is being forced to choose between the two: a wife and three children who have fled the country and aging parents who are trapped behi…
3 years, 8 months ago
Kharkiv is finding a new normal as residents return to work — despite missile strikes
As the war in Ukraine nears its sixth month, people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv are finding a new normal. Construction crews are cleaning up …
3 years, 8 months ago
Riding Ukraine's last train line out of Donbas with families fleeing for their lives
Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. To help civilians escape, the Ukrainian railway runs a free evacuation tra…
3 years, 8 months ago
Chechen soldiers join Ukraine's fight against Russia
Soldiers from Chechnya, a Muslim territory, are part of the foreign fight against Russia in Ukraine. Russia brutally suppressed them in two wars, and…
3 years, 8 months ago
A Russian strike on a humanitarian hub is part of a pattern, Ukrainian officials say
More than 20 people were killed when Russian missiles hit several buildings in Vinnytsia, a central city that has become a major logistical hub for h…
3 years, 8 months ago
Many soldiers in Ukraine will long be left with the mental toll of trench warfare
The brutal trench warfare-style fighting happening in eastern Ukraine is traumatizing soldiers. There are concerns in Ukraine about the psychological…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ukrainian rail service adds a special train to get people out of Donbas
Russia is pounding eastern Ukraine as it tries to consolidate its control of the entire Donbas region. To help get people the out, the Ukrainian rail…
3 years, 8 months ago
Japan is examining its security and defense policy as Russia continues war in Ukraine
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who was killed July 11, championed for more robust defense and security policies. With current world event…
3 years, 9 months ago
A new reality reverberates through Russia's music scene
Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly hig…
3 years, 9 months ago