World Mar 20, 2022
Ranging from 4 to 17 years old, the children were sent to a sanatorium specializing in pulmonary conditions before the invasion began.
World Mar 19, 2022
Desperate effort to rescue hundreds feared trapped in bombed Ukraine theater
At least 130 people had been rescued after the Russian strike on the building where civilians were sheltering in the city of Mariupol, but hundreds were still inside.
World Mar 11, 2022
Russia regrouping after Ukraine setbacks, with assault on Kyiv possible within days
Russian ground forces were still making only limited progress, with logistical issues that had hampered their advance persisting and Ukrainian resistance remaining strong.
World Mar 10, 2022
Russia fails to make any headway in Ukraine as war enters third week
U.S. slams Russian bombing of a hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol amid fears that the war is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.
World Mar 6, 2022
These are the cities in Ukraine facing Russian attacks
by Damien Cave and Vjosa Isai
About two-thirds of the Ukrainian population of 44 million lived in the country's cities — now those cities are the focus of Putin's assault.
World Jan 16, 2022
Putin’s troops wouldn’t get cheers in this once pro-Russia city
by Marc Champion
When people in Mariupol imagine a future under Putin’s rule, they no longer see a wealthier, more comfortable one in Russia, 48 kilometers away.
World Aug 18, 2015
Ukraine fighting escalates, killing civilians, solders; Putin talks tourism in Crimea
Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev's military and separatist sources said on Monday. The clashes, near the port of Mariupol in the southeast and at rebel-held ...
World Aug 11, 2015
East Ukraine separatists' shelling called heaviest since truce took effect in February
Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a cease-fire deal. The military said 400 rebel fighters supported by tanks had attacked government forces around ...
World May 11, 2015
Ukrainian port Mariupol's locals practice taking to shelters as they brace for attack
Ukraine's eastern port of Mariupol is bracing for attack. Army vehicles rumble down streets, windows are fortified to shield against shell damage and signs pasted to apartment blocks point people to their nearest bomb shelter. Locals fear pro-Russian separatists will unleash an assault on their ...
World Jun 13, 2014
Ukrainian government forces reclaimed the port city of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatists in heavy fighting on Friday and said they had regained control of a long stretch of the border with Russia. The advances are significant victories for the pro-European leadership in a military operation ...