A team of Associated Press journalists documented the agony of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol from inside the city center when they learned their names were on a Russian list.
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As Mariupol hangs on, the extent of the horror is not yet known
Perched on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol has been a key target that has been relentlessly pounded by Russian assaults for more than 3 weeks and has seen some of the worst suffering of the war.
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Maine senators return to U.S. following weekend visit to Germany, Poland
Susan Collins and Angus King were part of a Senate delegation that met with German officials, representatives from humanitarian aid agencies, and Ukrainians forced to flee their homeland following Russia’s invasion of their country.
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Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition
Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Facts about NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a political and military alliance of 30 mostly European nations. The heart of the NATO alliance is Article 5, an agreement that an armed attack on one member will be viewed as an attack on all, and that they will defend one another. NATO was founded in 1949 by […]
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What if the war in Ukraine spreads to a NATO country?
Article 5 of the Nato treaty calls for collective defense if a member nation is attacked.
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What’s NATO, and why does Ukraine want to join?
One of Putin’s demands for de-escalating conflict with Ukraine is NATO blocking Ukrainian membership. Understanding what NATO is, and why Ukraine wants to join, clarifies why Putin wants this.
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Why 8 NATO members triggered article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine poses a security threat to member states of Nato.
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Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help
Russian forces have pushed deeper into Ukraine’s besieged and battered port city of Mariupol.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Fighting is raging again on multiple fronts in Ukraine, with intense combat in the besieged port city of Mariupol — site of some of the war’s greatest suffering.