Russia is bogged down in an increasingly costly, uncertain and grinding military campaign, with untold numbers of dead, no immediate end in sight, and encircled by western sanctions biting hard on its economy and currency.
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Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe
Meanwhile, European Union nations on Wednesday signed off on another 500 million euros in military aid for Ukraine.
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Portland-based nonprofit is sending medical supplies to Ukraine
Partners for World Health is shipping medical supplies – that hospitals and other facilities would otherwise throw out – to relief organizations.
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Rep. Pingree meets with Romanian leader on Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates that Romania has taken in about 543,000 of the nearly 4 million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the battles
The battle for Ukraine’s cities is thundering across its suburbs, with the Ukrainian military blocking Russian forces from a key highway outside Kyiv, while Russian forces took partial control of three northwest suburbs where there’s been fighting for weeks
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Ukraine thwarts Russian advances as fight rages for Mariupol
Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several of the capital’s suburban areas.
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Maine businesses pitching in to support Ukraine
The Retail Association of Maine is seeking donations from its members and the public, L.L. Bean is sending $300,000 in money and goods, and One Longfellow Square is holding a benefit concert.
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Pingree, Collins, King describe wrenching scenes at Poland-Ukraine border
Rep. Pingree is in the midst of a weeklong congressional fact-finding trip to Eastern Europe, while Maine’s 2 senators returned Sunday from a weekend trip of their own.
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Russia bans Facebook and Instagram under ‘extremism’ law
The move marks the latest escalation against the company since President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.
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Interactive Map: Where Russia has destroyed and damaged buildings in Mariupol
Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school in the Livoberezhnyi District of Mariupol, sheltering about 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.