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A bald-headed man buries his face in a Ukraine flag and cell phone

‘I think they did this to break our will’: Freed Ukrainian POW tells his story

Ukraine

Volodymyr Tsema-Bursov is from the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol. A few months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he was captured by Russian forces. He spent the next 20 months in Russian captivity. Now he’s back in Ukraine after being released in the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from Lviv.

A visitor takes in the painting “Red Sunset," by Mariupol painter Arkhyp Kuindzhi. 

Art historians debate identity of iconic Mariupol painter

Ukraine
A man feeds a child as they arrive by bus at a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

First civilians leave Mariupol steel plant; hundreds remain

Ukraine
Students at the Warsaw Ukrainian School (SzkoUA), in Warsaw, Poland, sing during an English lesson.

‘Their lives collided with war’: Ukrainian refugees in Poland open their own schools

Ukraine
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a damaged city center after Russian air raid in Chernigiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. 

Russia’s invasion in Ukraine ‘is far from done,’ retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says

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Ukrainian servicemen patrol a village in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.

Deja vu in Ukraine: Russia is on the move (again)

Conflict

The US is promising more aid to Ukraine after Russian-backed forced shelled a city and stepped up attacks. “It’s clearly a dangerous situation,” says the commander of US forces in Europe.

A man jumps over a burning barricade outside the city hall in Mariupol, Friday.

Separatists in Ukraine push ahead with referendum, but what does it mean?

Conflict & Justice

There was more bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, Friday, as government troops battled pro-Russian separatists in the city of Mariupol. The separatists are pushing ahead with a referendum on Sunday despite the bloodshed and even criticism from Russian president, Vladimir Putin. What do they hope to achieve? There was more bloodshed in eastern Ukraine, Friday, as government troops battled pro-Russian separatists in the city of Mariupol. The separatists are pushing ahead with a referendum on Sunday despite the bloodshed and even criticism from Russian president, Vladimir Putin. What do they hope to achieve?