Russia-Ukraine war

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Airbnb Bookings Are Popular in Ukraine, for Unusual Reason

People in the US and elsewhere are grabbing them as a way to donate

(Newser) - The idea of booking an Airbnb rental in Ukraine at the moment may sound nuts. But as it turns out, people in the US and around the world are grabbing openings quickly in Kyiv and elsewhere—not to use them, but as a way to donate money directly to ordinary...

Russia Discounts Its Oil, and Buyers Aren't Buying It

Effects of self-sanctioning are being felt amid calls to ban Russian oil imports outright

(Newser) - Western sanctions on Russia's oil industry are becoming more and more likely, analysts tell CNBC , despite continued resistance from the White House. "We don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the American...

Lindsey Graham Urges Russians to Kill Putin

Lawmakers from both parties condemn Republican senator's remarks

(Newser) - Sen. Lindsey Graham called for the assassination of Vladimir Putin Thursday night in a tweet so widely condemned that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene were in agreement. "Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military? The only way...

Ukrainian Athletes Make It to Paralympics: 'It's a Miracle'

As war rages on back home, Paralympians converge on Beijing, with Russian athletes banned

(Newser) - The Winter Paralympics open Friday in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China. "It's a miracle that we have made it to the Paralympics," Ukrainian delegation head Valerii Sushkevych said, per the AP . Russia's...

New Russia Law Bans 'Fake' Information on War

Access to foreign news services is being blocked

(Newser) - Several independent news outlets in Russia shut down Friday after the country's parliament passed a strict ban on distributing "fake" news about the country's invasion of Ukraine. The law brings in a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison for spreading information deemed to have discredited the...

Russian Forces Seize Ukraine Nuclear Plant

No radiation was released in fire at Zaporizhzhya facility, authorities say

(Newser) - The fire is out at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant hit by Russian shelling —but the invading forces have now seized control of Zaporizhzhya facility, authorities say. "Russian forces are controlling the administrative building and passage into the plant," Energoatom, the Ukrainian state firm that runs the...

Building at Nuclear Plant Burns After Russian Shelling

Ukrainian foreign minister asks for cease-fire so firefighters can set up a security zone

(Newser) - Update: Ukrainians have put out the fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant after it was shelled by Russian troops, Reuters reports. Initial reports conflicted on whether there were one or two fires, reports the AP . A plant spokesman told Ukrainian TV overnight that a reactor not in use...

Ukrainians in US to Have Protections

Lawmakers of both parties had pushed administration for the move

(Newser) - As members of Congress and others have urged, the Biden administration on Thursday created a Temporary Protected Status program to protect Ukrainians living in the US from deportation. Homeland Security announced that the 18-month program will apply to Ukrainians who have lived in the US since March 1, CBS News...

Russia, Ukraine OK Path for Refugees


Russia Agrees to
Refugee Corridors
Mar 3, 2022 4:07 PM CST

Russia Agrees to Refugee Corridors

'What are you afraid of?' Zelensky asks in pushing Putin for direct meeting

(Newser) - There was little movement in the Ukraine-Russia peace talks Thursday, but there was a change that could help those trying to escape the fighting flee safely. Negotiators agreed to set up humanitarian corridors for war refugees, Axios reports. Mykhailo Podolyak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, said his team went...

Warning After Macron-Putin Call: 'Worst Is Yet to Come'

Russia is apparently bent on taking all of Ukraine

(Newser) - France's Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin for about 90 minutes on Thursday, but it yielded no progress on Ukraine. In fact, it appears that Russia is only going to get more aggressive:
  • From France: “Our analysis of the military operations is that the Russian ambitions
...

Ukraine Welcomes Sean Penn
Sean Penn Had to Hoof It
to Polish Border
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Mar 3, 2022 11:32 AM CST

Sean Penn Had to Hoof It to Polish Border

Actor-director shares photo of himself walking out of Ukraine

(Newser) - Update: Sean Penn has left Ukraine and it doesn't look like the process was easy. The actor-director, who flew to the country to work on a Vice Studios documentary about Russia's invasion, tweeted a photo showing him walking toward the Polish border, luggage in hand, with a line...

Girl Sheltering in Kyiv Subway: 'We Just Have to Put Up With It'

15K people are said to be hunkered down there

(Newser) - Blankets, clothing, and suitcases line the corridor. In one corner, a woman reads a book to a group of curious-looking children, per CNN . Some distance off, a man reads his own book in solitude in a subway train. There's an occasional bark or meow. This is the new normal...

Russia Says Talks Can Begin but Bombing Won't Stop

Minister argues that the West has made Ukraine a threat to Russian security

(Newser) - Russia’s foreign minister says that Moscow is ready for talks to end the fighting in Ukraine but will continue to press its effort to destroy Ukraine’s military infrastructure. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Russian delegation submitted its demands to Ukrainian negotiators earlier this week and...

Paralympics Does U-Turn on Russia, Belarus Athletes

They're now banned from Beijing Games

(Newser) - The 2022 Winter Paralympic Games kick off in Beijing Friday—and after an abrupt reversal from the International Paralympic Committee, athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be taking part. In a statement , IPC President Andrew Parsons said an "overwhelming number" of national committees had contacted the organization, with...

In One Week, a Staggering Number of Ukrainian Refugees

More than 1M, which is more than 2% of the population

(Newser) - The number of people sent fleeing Ukraine by Russia's invasion topped 1 million on Wednesday, the swiftest refugee exodus this century, the United Nations said, as Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the country's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, and laid siege to two strategic seaports. The tally from...

ICC Is Opening Investigation of Alleged Russian Atrocities

Russian military has seized first major city, mayor says

(Newser) - As Russian forces rolled into the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, Mayor Igor Kolykhayev said a "miracle" was needed. It apparently did not arrive. The mayor says Kherson has fallen, making the strategic city of around 300,000 residents the first major city to be captured by...

House Resolution Backing Ukraine Passes 426-3

'The camera of history is rolling on all of us today'

(Newser) - The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution “steadfastly, staunchly, proudly, and fervently" in support of Ukraine. Lawmakers said Wednesday that history was watching the way the world responds as Ukrainians fight to save their Western-style democracy from invasion by Russia, the AP reports. With intensifying urgency, many...

Intelligence: China Told Russia to Wait Until After Olympics

Putin sent troops into eastern Ukraine the day after the Games ended

(Newser) - The closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was Feb. 20. On Feb. 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin deployed troops into eastern Ukraine after giving a speech attempting to justify the move. Three days later, the Russian invasion began in full. There's a possible explanation for why Russia, which had...

Kids Left Flowers at Ukraine's Embassy, Are Taken Away in a Police Van

Moscow children also had a 'No to War' sign

(Newser) - Children are not being exempted from Moscow's harsh crackdown on protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Five children and their mothers were detained Tuesday after they tried to leave flowers outside Ukraine's Moscow embassy while carrying signs reading "No to War," NPR reports. Distressing images...

Ukraine to Russian Mothers: Come and Get Your Sons

Defense ministry says captured troops will be handed over if mothers travel to Kyiv

(Newser) - Ukraine's defense ministry has told the mothers of captured Russian troops that they can have their sons back—if they come to Kyiv to collect them. In a message on the ministry's Facebook page , authorities provided instructions on getting to the border and contacting Ukrainian officials to be...

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