An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian's army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022.

Russia expands war to western Ukraine

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An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian’s army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 11, 2022. 

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Russia launched air strikes on new targets in the west of Ukraine on Friday morning, a sign that, as the war enters its third week, Russia is expanding its military operation. And since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, international observers and bodies have started to document potential war crimes by Russia’s military. Meanwhile, Russia denies any responsibility for its actions in Ukraine. Tracking war crimes has so far proven challenging. Plus, the world remembers Paralympian snowboarding champion Bibian Mentel, who helped bring her sport to the Paralympic Games. The Dutch athlete died in March last year, but her legacy lives on.

In This Episode

Russia attacks new targets
Ukraine Railways is a lifeline out of Kyiv
Postcards from around the world reflect how life has changed 2 years into the pandemic
Uneven impact: How the pandemic has worsened inequalities
Tracking war crimes in Ukraine proves challenging
Placards and banners against the war in Ukraine hang opposite the Russian embassy in London, Friday, March 11, 2022.
Russians in the UK face hate speech, verbal abuse as war rages in Ukraine
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Some 160 Ukrainian refugees — mostly women and young children — are being housed at a shelter in Calais while they wait for their visas to go to the UK.
Ukrainian refugees trying to get to the UK are stuck in the French port city of Calais 
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Para snowboard community remembers Dutch Paralympian Bibian Mentel