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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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Zelenskyy Father's Day Post Spotlights Family Ties Amid War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted an uplifting Father’s Day message with 10 photos of parents and children set against the backdrop of war. He praised his nation’s fighters who “protect and defend the most precious.” Zelenskyy wrote in English that followed the Ukrainian on Instagram: “Being a father is a great responsibility and a great happiness. It is strength,...
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Moscow-Backed Officials Try to Solidify Rule in Ukraine
Kremlin-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports to those in one city who requested them, as Moscow seeks to solidify its rule over captured parts of the country. Russia Day is the holiday that marks Russia’s emergence as a sovereign state after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ukrainian media reported...
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Ukraine Pleading for More Weapons as 100 to 200 Soldiers Die Each Day
A Ukrainian presidential adviser says up to 200 Ukrainian soldiers are dying every day in the war with Russia.
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Ukraine's World Cup Quest Ends with Loss to Wales Amid War
Fans across Ukraine tuned in to watch their country take on Wales as the war against Russia continues for the 102nd day
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Ukrainian Refugee Reunited With Her Dog
A Ukrainian refugee is reunited with her beloved Pomeranian dog, Perseya, after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico Border in April.
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Russia Test-Fires Its Latest Hypersonic Zircon Missile
Russia’s navy has conducted another successful test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military’s long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine.
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In Widely-Seen Gaffe, George W. Bush Decries ‘Brutal' Invasion of Iraq — When He Meant Ukraine
Former President George W. Bush compared Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Winston Churchill while commenting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine at an event at the Bush Center on Wednesday.
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House Approves $40B in Ukraine Aid, Beefing Up Biden Request
The House emphatically approved a fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package Tuesday as lawmakers beefed up President Biden’s initial request, signaling a magnified, bipartisan commitment to thwart Russian President Putin’s invasion.
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Greater Good Charities on Mission in Ukraine to Help People, Pets
Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine, Greater Good Charities is on an international mission to help rescue pets abandoned by fleeing refugees.
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Pope Francis Offered to Meet Putin, Still Waiting to Hear Back
Pope Francis told an Italian newspaper he had offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and suggested the invasion might have been provoked by NATO’s eastward expansion.
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Ukrainian Girl, 5, Gets Lifesaving Treatment for ‘Hole in Heart' in Israel
Five-year-old Karina Andreiko wasn’t hurt in the war in Ukraine. In some ways, she was saved because of it.
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Ukraine Admits ‘Ghost of Kyiv' Fighter Pilot Is a Myth
On social media, the “Ghost of Kyiv” was a military hero, an ace fighter pilot hailed for supposedly shooting down multiple Russian planes. The tales began just days into the war and circulated for months, bolstered by official Ukrainian accounts.
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‘A Huge Demand': Ukrainian Women Are Training in Kosovo to Clear Landmines at Home
Learning to identify and defuse explosives is something Anastasiia Minchukova never thought she would have to do as an English teacher in Ukraine.
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New Plan Aims to Make It Easier for Ukrainians to Enter US, Just Not Via Mexico Border
The Biden administration is making it easier for refugees fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine to come to the United States from Europe while trying to shut down an informal route through northern Mexico that’s emerged in recent weeks.
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One for the Records: USC Researchers Document the Armenian Experience in Mobile Truck
With Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Sunday, April 24, LA’s Armenian-American community has about a million stories to tell. And one team of USC researchers wants to record as many of them as possible.
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USC Researchers Document the Armenian Experience for Genocide Remembrance Day
As Sunday marks this year’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, a team of USC researchers has taken their mission mobile, recording local Armenians’ experience in a repurposed food truck. Gordon Tokumatsu reports April 22, 2022.
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Ukraine: Russians Shift Elite Units to the New Battleground
Ukrainian authorities say Russia has shifted a dozen crack units from the shattered port of Mariupol to eastern Ukraine and is pounding away at cities across the region
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‘Silence Is Betrayal': Elina Svitolina Demands Tennis Association Ask Players If They Support Russia-Ukraine War
Svitolina, who has been vocal about the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict and sidelined herself from competition in March, described in a social media post on Wednesday that it’s time for those athletes to come forward with their stance on the crisis.
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5 Things to Know About Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko
Here are five things you should know about Vitali Klitschko, the champion boxer who became the mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine.