Ukraine War

Ukrainian military chaplains tend to soldiers and others at risk amid the ongoing fighting

April 4, 2025Sacred Nation

Peace talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine appear to have stalled. But far away from the negotiation table, Russian aerial attacks continue — and Ukrainians still fear for their lives, including soldiers and military chaplains, who visit front-line areas for their work.

Crimean Tatars mark Ramadan while in exile from the Crimean Peninsula

March 27, 2025Sacred Nation

Ukraine is taking the fight to Russia

February 7, 2025Ukraine

Ukraine’s Radio ROKS: heavy metal —and hackers — for brothers in arms

February 4, 2025Ukraine

Top White House officials echo Trump’s message to end the war in Ukraine

January 22, 2025Ukraine

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US to send military contractors to Ukraine

November 15, 2024Ukraine

The Biden administration will begin sending US military contractors to Ukraine. This policy reversal was first reported late last week, and signals a shift in US willingness to support Ukraine’s military effort. Contractors will play a limited but significant role on the ground in Ukraine.

Panelist for the online event on the environmental impact of the war in Ukraine.

LIVE Event: The Environmental Cost of the War in Ukraine

September 28, 2023Ukraine

Join The World’s Carolyn Beeler for a conversation with Ukrainian environmental scientist Kateryna Polyanska and Doug Weir from The Conflict and Environment Observatory.

Left to right: Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed; Screen shot form video; Vehicles on fire at an oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-bac

VIDEO: The environmental impact of the war in Ukraine

September 7, 2023Ukraine

Damages to the environment are widespread and will continue to impact Ukrainians for decades to come.

A graphic with three photos. Left to right: Wheat harvest, Tibisay Zea and a man harvesting wheat in Senegal.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: How the war in Ukraine is affecting wheat exports and food culture in Senegal

September 6, 2023Ukraine

In this video, The World’s Tibisay Zea explains how the war in Ukraine is shaking up a big part of Senegal’s food culture.

Vira Ustyanska, a 34-year-old artist, fled her home in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, soon after the war started. She now lives in San Diego, California, with a host family waiting for the war to end.

Finding home in California after fleeing war in Ukraine

February 22, 2023Ukraine

Amid war and displacement, Ukrainian artist Vira Ustyanska and her daughter find home in San Diego, California, as they wait for the war to end.

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