Biden warns Putin of 'decisive' response if Russia invades Ukraine
President Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and the U.S. ordered its diplomats and troops out of Ukraine.
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3 decades of turmoil bring Ukraine to perhaps its greatest crisis
Since its independence from the Soviet Union, Ukraine has wavered between the influences of Moscow and the West, surviving scandal and conflict with its young democracy intact.
Biden tells Putin the U.S. will swiftly and severely respond to a Ukraine invasion
President Biden spoke to his Russian counterpart today amid increasing tensions over Ukraine.
People in France are blocking traffic in big cities to protest COVID-19 mandates
An anti-vaccine convoy that started three weeks ago in Canada has struck a nerve in Europe, where organizers are planning similar protests against COVID-19 regulations.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan told U.S. staffers in Ukraine to get out now
A senior U.S. military official gave additional details in a background briefing Friday on the intelligence that led the U.S. to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine in the coming days.
Is Russia actually planning to invade Ukraine?
Scott Simon talks to political scientist Harun Yilmaz, who argues that Russia will gain less by actually invading Ukraine than by threatening to do so.
On the Crimean borderland, Ukrainians define their identity
In the borderlands near Crimea, there is a war for the hearts and minds of Ukrainian citizens.
Americans living in Ukraine question President Biden's warning to leave immediately
President Biden has called on Americans in Ukraine to leave at once. But Americans there are questioning the urgency.
White House says a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen within days
The White House is warning that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen within days, though U.S. officials don't believe a final decision has been made, or know the scope of a potential invasion.
Biden tells U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine, saying military wouldn't rescue them
"That's a world war — when Americans and Russians start shooting at one another, we're in a very different world than we've ever been in," President Biden said.