Jim Heintz

Russians push toward Ukraine鈥檚 capital; residents take cover

February 27, 2022 at 4:44 p.m.

Kyiv residents braced Saturday for another night sheltering underground, as Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital and skirmishes were reported on the outskirts. Ukraine’s leader, meanwhile, vowed to continue...

Svyatoslav, 6, plays with his tablet in a public basement used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending troops and tanks from multiple directions in a move that could rewrite the world’s geopolitical landscape. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Ukraine鈥檚 capital under threat as Russia presses invasion

February 25, 2022 at 7:06 a.m.

Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears...

A woman and child peer out of the window of a bus as they leave Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences you have never seen.” (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russia attacks Ukraine; peace in Europe “shattered”

February 24, 2022 at 7:15 a.m.

Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine's government said Russian...

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the ...

Russia attacks Ukraine as defiant Putin warns U.S., NATO

February 23, 2022 at 10:08 p.m.

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to...

Russia evacuates embassy in Ukraine as crisis escalates

February 23, 2022 at 9:25 a.m.

Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region braced for further confrontation after President Vladimir Putin received authorization...

A Ukrainian serviceman points to the ...

U.S. claims Russia has ordered final preparations for invasion

February 20, 2022 at 5:08 p.m.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine's northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put...

An instructor shows a Kalashnikov assault ...

U.S.: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine

February 13, 2022 at 3:13 p.m.

Ukraine's president urged calm amid intensified warnings of a possible Russian invasion within days, saying he had yet to see convincing evidence of that, even as the U.S. reported Sunday...

Members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Dozens of civilians have been joining Ukraine’s army reserves in recent weeks amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia rejects UK claim of trying to replace Ukraine leader

January 23, 2022 at 9:29 a.m.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a British claim that Russia was seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and that former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy...

Riot police walk to block demonstrators during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Demonstrators denouncing the doubling of prices for liquefied gas have clashed with police in Kazakhstan’s largest city and held protests in about a dozen other cities in the country. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)

Dozens of protesters, 12 police dead in Kazakhstan protests

January 6, 2022 at 8:10 a.m.

Security forces killed dozens of protesters and 12 police died during extraordinarily violent demonstrations in Kazakhstan that saw government buildings stormed and set ablaze, authorities said Thursday. One police officer...

Shooting at Russian university leaves 8 dead, 28 hurt

September 20, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

A gunman opened fire Monday at a university in Russia, leaving eight people dead and 28 hurt, officials said.

抖阴ap