Author: Yesica Fisch
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Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine • Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant over the weekend reached relative safety and recounted days and nights filled with dread from constant shelling. Osnat Lubrani, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator…
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Russia cuts off gas to 2 NATO nations in bid to divide West
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POKROVSK, Ukraine • Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export in what was seen as a bid to punish and divide the West over its support for Ukraine. The move, condemned by European leaders as…
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U.S. urges more arms for Ukraine amid fears of expanding war
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TORETSK, Ukraine • The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country’s borders. For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the separatist region of…
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‘Constantly depressing’: Ukrainian town watches war close in
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TORETSK, Ukraine • War has again drawn near to Toretsk in eastern Ukraine. Even the sudden crackling of a plastic water bottle puts residents on edge. “Anything that is happening, any noise, if our neighbors bang the door, a metal door, you are shocked,” said resident Andriy Cheromushkin. “You feel so helpless.” Half of the…