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Official Accuses Russia of Taking 500 Hostage in Attack on Hospital

20K have fled Mariupol through humanitarian corridor

(Newser) - Russian troops seized a hospital in Mariupol and took about 500 people hostage during another assault on the southern port city late Tuesday, according to regional leader Pavlo Kyrylenko. Russian troops drove 400 people from neighboring houses into Regional Intensive Care Hospital, Kyrylenko said on the messaging app Telegram. About...

Zelensky: Ukraine Won&#39;t Join NATO
Zelensky: Ukraine
Won't Join NATO
Mar 15, 2022 5:44 PM CDT

Zelensky: Ukraine Won't Join NATO

3 European leaders visit Kyiv as Russian bombardment continues

(Newser) - As Russia continued to bombard Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky made what the Guardian sees as a "significant concession": He said Ukraine will not become a member of NATO. Zelensky told officials from the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force that the country must accept that it...

2 Members of Fox News' Team Are Killed in Ukraine

Pierre Zakrzewski, Oleksandra Kuvshinova were killed near Kyiv

(Newser) - This story has been updated with news of Kuvshinova's death. Fox News said Tuesday that one of its camera operators was killed in Ukraine, reports Axios . Pierre Zakrzewski was in a vehicle that came under fire on Monday outside Kyiv, wrote Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott in a company...

2 US Doctors Work to Save Ukrainian Lives—Via YouTube

Ukrainian tutorial out of Brigham and Women's Hospital teaches how to stop blood loss

(Newser) - Nelya Melnitchouk came to the US from Ukraine when she was 18. After becoming an oncology surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, she began working with an organization to share information on cancer treatment with her counterparts in Ukraine. But once Russia invaded the country on Feb....

Russia Is Using a Novel Decoy Missile
Russia Is Using
a Novel Decoy Missile
Mar 15, 2022 11:42 AM CDT

Russia Is Using a Novel Decoy Missile

'New York Times' reports it may be why Ukraine has been struggling to intercept missiles

(Newser) - Ukraine has won praise for its ability to blunt the progress of Russia's military—see this assessment in the Conversation —but footage from Kyiv and elsewhere makes clear that aerial bombardments are still exacting a massive toll. One reason, reports the New York Times , is that Ukraine's...

Russian State TV Producer on Air: 'They Are Lying to You'

Marina Ovsyannikova urged Russians to 'take to the streets' to protest war before her arrest

(Newser) - An employee of Russia's state TV Channel One interrupted a live broadcast of its flagship evening news program Monday to denounce government "propaganda" and shout anti-war slogans. The protester entered the frame as anchor Ekaterina Andreeva reported on Russian efforts to combat sanctions. OVD-Info, a human rights group...

'Narrow Diplomatic Path' Still Open Between Russia, Ukraine

More talks planned for Tuesday

(Newser) - A narrow diplomatic path stayed open as Ukraine and Russia planned another round of talks and Moscow’s forces pounded away at cities across the country, including the capital, in a bombardment that deepened the humanitarian crisis. The latest negotiations, held via video conference, were the fourth round involving higher-level...

US, China Hold 'Intense' Talks on Russia's Aid Request

Administration warns of consequences for offering financial or military help

(Newser) - Update: This file has been updated with US officials' comments about the meeting in Rome. A US official said Russia asked China for military equipment to use in its invasion of Ukraine, a request that heightened tensions about the ongoing war ahead of a Monday meeting in Rome between top...

Poles Fixing Century-Old Railroad Tracks to Help Rescue Refugees

'Poland cannot be indifferent to the tragedy of the Ukrainian people,' says nation's infrastructure chief

(Newser) - Poland is receiving praise the world over for embracing refugees fleeing Ukraine as Russian forces continue their assault . Now, Poles are supplementing this "tidal wave of support" for their desperate neighbors by rebuilding a long-abandoned railroad line, placed more than a century ago, to help expedite rescue efforts at...

Zelensky Addresses Congress This Week
Zelensky Will Speak
to US Congress
Mar 14, 2022 9:25 AM CDT

Zelensky Will Speak to US Congress

Ukraine leader will make an in-person pitch on Wednesday morning

(Newser) - Congress will hear from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky directly on Wednesday morning, reports Politico . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer informed members in a letter that Zelensky will speak to both chambers simultaneously via video, per the Washington Post . "Congress remains unwavering in our commitment...

Pregnant Woman in Gripping Ukraine Photo Has Died

The AP reports the unidentified woman and her unborn child could not be saved

(Newser) - It has become one of the enduring images of the Ukraine war: A photo by AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka shows a pregnant woman being carried on a stretcher after Russia shelled a maternity hospital in Mariupol. Now, the AP reports that the woman and her unborn child have died. They...

US Journalist Brent Renaud Killed in Ukraine

White House investigating what happened to the award-winning videographer

(Newser) - An American journalist has been killed while reporting from a suburb of the Ukraine capital of Kyiv, reports CBS News . Ukrainian authorities blame Russian troops for the death of 50-year-old videographer Brent Renaud in Irpin, though the circumstances of his death have not been confirmed. He was reportedly in a...

Ukraine: Russia Shelled Mosque Sheltering 30-Plus Children

Mariupol, other Ukrainian cities continue to withstand relentless attacks

(Newser) - Russian forces pounding the port city of Mariupol shelled a mosque sheltering more than 80 people, including children, the Ukrainian government said Saturday, as fighting also raged on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv. There was no immediate word of casualties from the shelling of the mosque, per the AP...

Ukraine Native Mila Kunis: Don't Blame Russian People

Blame Russia's leaders for the war, says the actor

(Newser) - Mila Kunis says she has always felt far more like an American than an Eastern European—but when Russia invaded Ukraine, it felt like "part of my heart just got ripped out." Kunis was born in Chernivtsi, southern Ukraine, and moved to the US with her family in...

Putin Approves Bringing in 'Volunteer' Fighters From Syria

US officials say Russia is recruiting fighters trained in urban combat from Middle East

(Newser) - Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that an "international legion" of 16,000 volunteers had offered to come to his nation to help fight off invading Russian forces. Now, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Shoigu is claiming that an equal number of volunteers from the Middle East are stepping...

Russian Missiles Hit Cities Not Previously Targeted
Russian Missiles Hit Cities
Not Previously Targeted
the rundown
Mar 11, 2022 6:39 AM CST

Russian Missiles Hit Cities Not Previously Targeted

Assault on Kyiv feared as Russia steps up offensive

(Newser) - Russia appears to be stepping up its attacks on Ukrainian cities, days after US intelligence officials warned that Vladimir Putin is likely to "double down" on the invasion despite international pressure. Missile strikes have hit cities that were not previously targeted, including the western cities of Lviv, Lutsk, and...

Satellite Photos Show Russian Convoy Has Broken Up

Satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies indicate it has been redeployed

(Newser) - Satellite photos show that a massive Russian convoy that had been mired outside the Ukrainian capital has split up and fanned out into towns and forests near Kyiv, with artillery pieces moved into firing positions, reports the AP . Satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies showed that 40-mile convoy of vehicles, tanks,...

As Threat of Nuclear Attack Looms, a New Hot Commodity

Demand surges in Europe, prices spike for iodine, potassium iodide pills amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

(Newser) - With Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on high alert , and a wary eye cast upon the situation at Ukraine's Chernobyl and other local nuclear power plants , there's a new hot commodity in Europe: iodine and potassium iodide pills that residents hope would mitigate the effects of radiation poisoning...

Prince William's Remarks on Ukraine War Rile Twitter

He says war in Europe is 'alien' as critics call attention to family history

(Newser) - Prince William is again facing accusations of racism after saying Britons were surprised by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Britons are used to seeing conflict in Africa and Asia, but "it's very alien to see this in Europe," the Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the...

Russian Minister Slams 'Pathetic Outcries' Over Hospital Attack

Mariupol officials say 3 people, including a child, were killed in strike on maternity hospital

(Newser) - The Russian strike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol on Wednesday killed at least three people, including a child, the city council confirmed Thursday. Officials in the besieged Ukrainian city say at least 17 people were injured in the bombing, including women waiting to give birth, the AP reports. The...

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