In Photos: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022

In Photos: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022

Russian troops continue to battle Ukrainian defense forces and citizen soldiers for control of Kyiv, the capital, and other cities...

Fears of Indiscriminate Russian Shelling Mount as Ukraine Battles On

Fears of Indiscriminate Russian Shelling Mount as Ukraine Battles On

Fears are mounting that Russian forces will turn more to targeting critical civilian infrastructure and mount indiscriminate shelling as the...

Has China Turned its Back on ‘Best Friend’ Russia?

Has China Turned its Back on ‘Best Friend’ Russia?

China refused to join its close friend, Russia, in vetoing a U.S.-backed resolution in the U.N. Security Council deploring Russia’s...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: Feb. 27

Latest Developments in Ukraine: Feb. 27

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments of the conflict between Russia and...

UN Security Council Plans Vote to Call General Assembly Meeting on Ukraine

UN Security Council Plans Vote to Call General Assembly Meeting on Ukraine

The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the...

Waving Ukrainian Flags, War Protesters Rally Around World

Waving Ukrainian Flags, War Protesters Rally Around World

In a sea of blue and yellow flags and banners, protesters around the world showed their support for the people...

Frankfurt Tells Putin to ‘Stop’ Amid Drama in Bundesliga

Frankfurt Tells Putin to ‘Stop’ Amid Drama in Bundesliga

After telling Russian President Vladimir Putin to “stop” on Saturday, Eintracht Frankfurt proceeded to frustrate Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga...

YouTube Blocks RT, Other Russian Channels From Earning Ad Dollars

YouTube Blocks RT, Other Russian Channels From Earning Ad Dollars

YouTube on Saturday barred Russian state-owned media outlet RT and other Russian channels from receiving money for advertisements that run...

Momentum Grows to Cut Russia From SWIFT Global Banking System

Momentum Grows to Cut Russia From SWIFT Global Banking System

The U.S. is revisiting cutting Russia from the global bank-to-bank payment system known as SWIFT, as the next step in...

Russia Threatens Local Media Covering Ukraine War

Russia Threatens Local Media Covering Ukraine War

Russia’s communications regulator accused 10 local media outlets on Saturday of falsely depicting what Russia calls a special military operation...

Crisis at European Borders as 150,000 Ukrainians Flee Russian Invasion

Crisis at European Borders as 150,000 Ukrainians Flee Russian Invasion

The Russian invasion of Ukraine could force as many as 4 million Ukrainians to flee their country, the United Nations...

France Seizes Ship Suspected of Violating Sanctions Against Russia

France Seizes Ship Suspected of Violating Sanctions Against Russia

French sea police seized a ship on Saturday that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company targeted by European Union...

UNICEF Boosting Aid to Children Threatened by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

UNICEF Boosting Aid to Children Threatened by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

UNICEF, the U.N. Children’s Fund, is scaling up programs for millions of children in Ukraine threatened by Russia’s invasion. Ukraine’s...

Ukrainian, Russian Troops Battle for Control of Kyiv

Ukrainian, Russian Troops Battle for Control of Kyiv

Explosions and gunfire could be heard Saturday in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as Russian and Ukrainian forces battled for control of...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: Feb. 26

Latest Developments in Ukraine: Feb. 26

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments of the conflict between Russia and...

Russia Blocks UN Resolution Condemning Ukraine Invasion

Russia Blocks UN Resolution Condemning Ukraine Invasion

Russia blocked a move Friday in the U.N. Security Council to condemn and halt its invasion of Ukraine, but several...

US Joins EU in Sanctioning Putin

US Joins EU in Sanctioning Putin

The United States is joining the European Union in sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top officials. The move...

US: China Risks Credibility by Backing Russia

US: China Risks Credibility by Backing Russia

China’s failure to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is undermining its own long-standing defense of sovereignty and territorial integrity on...

US, EU, Britain Announce Sanctions Against Russian President 

US, EU, Britain Announce Sanctions Against Russian President 

The United States announced Friday that it would freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister...

Protests Resume as Russia Seeks to Quash Invasion Critics

Protests Resume as Russia Seeks to Quash Invasion Critics

Protesters took to the streets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and across Russia on Friday to decry the invasion of Ukraine,...

Thousands Join Online Networks to Help Ukrainians Fleeing War 

Thousands Join Online Networks to Help Ukrainians Fleeing War 

Hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war in a pre-dawn Thursday televised address, social media users living in countries...

Humanitarian Needs in Ukraine Escalate as Crisis Intensifies

Humanitarian Needs in Ukraine Escalate as Crisis Intensifies

U.N. aid agencies are increasing humanitarian operations to help Ukrainians whose lives have been upended since Russia invaded the country....