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Ukrainians trying to get to the U.S. are having trouble getting visas

4:21pm March 22, 2022

by Joel Rose

More than 3 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since the Russian invasion began. The U.S. has pledged to help — but Ukrainian-Americans are finding it difficult to bring their relatives over.

Lahunovych's daughter and son-in-law tell her little about the war itself, as they know how hard it is on her.

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2 Ukrainian mothers struggle to stay in touch with their children in front-line cities

3:05pm March 22, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Two women in Ukraine are trying to stay in touch with a son and a daughter who are living in cities on the front lines of Russian attack. But too much contact, they worry, could heighten their fears.

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Cars wait in a long line to leave Mariupol, on March 17. The city, on Ukraine's southeastern coast, has been heavily damaged by Russian bombardment.

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When Russia shelled their building in Mariupol, 13 neighbors banded together to flee

2:04pm March 22, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Before the war, Mariupol residents Tetiana Myhalyova and metalworker Victor Perederiy had never met. But after sheltering for weeks without heat or water, they decided to escape together.

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Sergey Karjakin competes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2017. Karjakin has repeatedly shared Russian propaganda and endorsed the war in recent weeks.

A Russian chess champion has been suspended over his pro-war comments

1:15pm March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The International Chess Federation says Sergey Karjakin damaged the reputation of the organization and chess itself by supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine on social media.

Vasiliy Lomachenko exits the arena after winning the WBA, WBO, WBC Lightweight World Title contest in 2019 in London.

A top Ukrainian boxer is choosing his country over an upcoming title fight

12:32pm March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Before Russia attacked Ukraine, Vasiliy Lomachenko had agreed to face off against lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. in June. Now he plans to stay and defend his country.

Tents with the characters that read "Disaster rescue" are erected at the entrance to Lv village which leads to the site of the crash site of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that went down Monday in southwestern China's Guangxi province.

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China's search for survivors from crashed jetliner turns up nothing so far

10:36am March 22, 2022

The flight, with 132 passengers and crew aboard was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed in a forested area of southern China on Monday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (right) is seen via a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. Access to his trial has been limited.

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Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty in fraud case

10:16am March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Navalny, who is already serving a 2.5-year sentence for parole violations, was sentenced to an additional nine years in a high-security prison. He has vowed to keep fighting.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov of Russia speaks during the gala award ceremony for the Nobel Peace prize on Dec. 10, 2021, in Oslo.

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A Nobel Prize-winning Russian editor says he will donate his medal for Ukraine relief

9:00am March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Dmitry Muratov is the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He was one of two journalists to win last year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a meeting with Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich (on the left, in the center) in 2010.

How 'shock therapy' created Russian oligarchs and paved the path for Putin

6:30am March 22, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

In the 1990s, reformers adopted a radical economic program in Russia. It devastated ordinary Russians and created a new class of oligarchs. And it explains the rise of Putin and the leader he is today

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to address Japanese parliament

5:42am March 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The online address extends work by the Ukrainian leader to rally international support against Russia's invasion of his country.