The Donbas region, the site of two breakaway republics created by Russia-backed separatists in 2014, has become the site of some of the heaviest fighting in recent days, a senior U.S. official says.
Some local Ukrainian officials banned alcohol sales amid the war, which has made it difficult for some people trying to relax. But there are still ways to find open bars.
Fighting around Kyiv continues as Ukrainian forces try to push back Russian troops. Many families with kids have fled to other countries, but millions are now internally displaced within Ukraine.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted Poland's Trump-loving conservative populists to unite with U.S. Democrats and European Union leaders: pillars of liberal democracy they have fought for years.
The Drama Theater had become a place of refuge, with hundreds of people gathered inside and in the bomb shelter below. City officials accused Russia of inhuman cruelty.
Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst onto the set of a live broadcast holding a sign reading "No War," could be fined between 30,000 and 50,000 rubles when her case is heard on April 14.
International groups say Russian soldiers are threatening, detaining and even torturing Ukrainian journalists in occupied areas. One news editor says troops are holding her 75-year-old father hostage.
Thousands of Russians have left their country since their government began its invasion of Ukraine. Many have settled in Georgia, a country with a complicated history with its neighbor to the north.