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Big changes for this young Ukrainian in London

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The UK has taken in more than 250,000 Ukrainian refugees since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. The World follows up on the story of one of them: a young woman who fled to London alone in March of 2022.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell, holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington

How effective are sanctions against Russia?

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Alexander Borodai (C), former prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, poses with delegates during the Union of Donbass Volunteers congress in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 10, 2015.

Russia’s shadow armies: Soldiers, mercenaries or volunteers?

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A Ukrainian service member loads magazines at his position on the front line in the government-held town of Avdiyivka

Trump cozying up to Russia? Not in Ukraine.

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An investigator works at the scene of a car bomb explosion that killed Maksym Shapoval, a high-ranking Ukrainian official involved in military intelligence, in Kiev

In Kiev, assassinations are becoming commonplace

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Yulia Privedennaya (left), 42, sits next to her younger sister Alla Levchenko in the Moscow suburb of Vidnoe. Levchenko, 31, fled shelling in her hometown of Makiivka, Ukraine, last year and reunited with her sister.

Putin promised Ukrainians sanctuary from their war; it hasn’t exactly happened.

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Perhaps 1 million Ukrainians have settled in Russia since the conflict in Ukraine began in 2014. President Vladimir Putin promised that Russian-speaking Ukrainians would be welcome. But it was largely an empty gesture.

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Rosneft President and close adviser Igor Sechin.  Sechin is said to be the second most powerful man in Russia.

Russia’s second most powerful man becomes the target of new US sanctions

A new round of US sanctions against Russia is taking aim at several members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. One of them is Igor Sechin, considered the Russian energy czar and a close adviser to Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to Rosneft President and close adviser Igor Sechin.  Sechin is said to be the second most powerful man in Russia.

Russia’s second most powerful man becomes the target of new US sanctions

A new round of US sanctions against Russia is taking aim at several members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. One of them is Igor Sechin, considered the Russian energy czar and a close adviser to Putin.