Author: Francesca Ebel
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Ukrainian governor urges evacuation of 350,000 residents
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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine • The governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine’s control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russia escalated its offensive and air alerts were issued across nearly the entire country. Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said that getting people out of Donetsk province is necessary to save lives and…
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Macron says Russia can’t win in Ukraine after strike on mall
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KREMENCHUK, Ukraine • France’s president denounced Russia’s fiery airstrike on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine as a “new war crime” Tuesday and vowed the West’s support for Kyiv would not waver, saying Moscow “cannot and should not win” the war. The strike, which killed at least 18 people in the central city of Kremenchuk,…
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Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans
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LVIV, Ukraine • Ever since Russian forces took the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in early March, residents sensed the occupiers had a special plan for their town. Now, amid a crescendo of warnings from Ukraine that Russia plans to stage a sham referendum to transform the territory into a pro-Moscow “people’s republic,” it appears…
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‘A blitzkrieg’: Ukraine’s volunteer fighters brace for more
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KYIV, Ukraine • Andrey Gonchruk served alongside Russian soldiers when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union and called them brothers. But on Wednesday, the 68-year-old wiped his face with one hand and grasped a rifle with another, ready to resist their invasion of his country. “This is a blitzkrieg,” Gonchruk said. He stood in…