The U.S. and other global powers hit Russians with tougher sanctions and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals for a cease-fire while refusing American help to evacuate.
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Troy Barnies was playing pro basketball in Ukraine; his decision to leave was not an easy one
Troy Barnies, 33, struggled to decide when to leave the southeastern city of Mykolaiv as Russian troops drew closer to invasion.
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Auburn woman watches in horror as war unfolds in her native Ukraine
Olga Dolgicer says Ukrainians will resist the Russian invasion and urges Western nations to offer aid but not troops.
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Biden hits Russia with new sanctions, says Putin ‘chose’ war
The United States and its allies will block assets of 4 large Russian banks, impose export controls and sanction oligarchs.
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Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital; U.S., allies toughen sanctions as worldwide outrage grows
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Kyiv ‘could well be under siege’ and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tells lawmakers that Russian forces were about 20 miles from the city.
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Putin announces Ukraine military operation, explosions heard
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
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Explosions heard in cities across Ukraine; peace in Europe ‘shattered’ as world leaders decry assault
President Biden denounces the ‘unprovoked and unjustified’ attack on Ukraine and pledges new sanctions meant to punish Russia for its aggression.
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Ukraine invasion unsettling and perhaps ‘very bloody,’ Bates College professor says
James G. Richter, an expert on U.S. and Russian foreign policy, questions Putin and praises Biden as war heats up
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Biden and Putin signal bigger confrontation ahead over Ukraine
The president says he is moving additional U.S. troops to the Baltic states on NATO’s eastern flank bordering Russia.
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West hits back with sanctions for Russia’s incursion into Ukraine
The first set of sanctions takes aim at the 351 Russian legislators who voted in favor of recognizing separatist regions in Ukraine, and 27 other Russian officials and institutions from the defense and banking world.