Europe

A closer look at the volunteers who are signing up to fight the Russians

10:08am March 03, 2022

by Leila Fadel

Ukraine's western city of Lviv has, so far, been spared the worst of Russia's invasion. But a diverse resistance is taking shape there and is reinforcing some of the cities now under attack.

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Russia is making territorial advances in its invasion of Ukraine

8:28am March 03, 2022

The advances are happening most notably in the south of the country, where Russian troops have entered the Black Sea port of Kherson.

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Russian forces have captured the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson

7:17am March 03, 2022

It's the first city that's fallen since Russian forces invaded a little over a week ago. But they seem to be stalled north of the capital Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces and volunteers are resisting.

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How the memory of Nazi atrocities has come to play a role in Russia's war

6:48am March 03, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Putin's claim that he is fighting a Nazi regime in Ukraine is a falsehood based on historical memory.

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News brief: Russian military strategy, Jan. 6 panel, post pandemic plan

5:56am March 03, 2022

A review of Russia's strategy in Ukraine. The Jan. 6 panel says it has evidence Trump broke laws trying to overturn the election. As COVID eases, Biden has a plan to get things back to normal.

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Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde, take part in a joint news conference in Stockholm on Feb. 2, 2022, after talks on European security.

Neutral Finns and Swedes reconsider idea of NATO membership

3:47am March 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

A change in public opinion in steadfastly neutral Finland and Sweden has taken place since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A family arrives at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on Wednesday after fleeing from Ukraine. The U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday that 1 million people have fled Ukraine for neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began.

A million refugees have now fled Ukraine since the start of the war, U.N. says

10:58pm March 02, 2022

The new total of refugees from Ukraine amounts to a little more than 2% of the country's total population of 44 million.

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What the Russian invasion is like for villages in western Ukraine

10:16pm March 02, 2022

Even in the west of Ukraine, far from the Russian invasion, people are on edge and preparing to help in their own way.

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A woman passes by an Apple store at the GUM department store in central Moscow on April 27, 2021. Apple said this week that it's pausing the sale of its products in Russia.

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One by one, global companies are cutting their ties to Russia

7:53pm March 02, 2022

by David Gura

Companies ranging from General Motors to UPS are exiting or reducing their operations in Russia as wide-ranging sanctions make it all but impossible to operate in the country.

Chelsea supporters hold up Ukrainian flags in the crowd ahead of the English League Cup final football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium, north-west London on February 27, 2022. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich handed over control

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich will put Chelsea Football Club up for sale

7:35pm March 02, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

A close associate of Vladimir Putin, Abramovich was under intense pressure from British politicians. He said proceeds from the Premier League team sale will benefit "all victims" of the Ukraine war.