Russia-Ukraine war

Firefighters tackle a blaze at the site of a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A Russian border region reels from sustained Ukrainian artillery and drone strikes

A Russian border region being pounded by Ukrainian shelling and drones is expanding its closure of schools and colleges amid a major evacuation plan.

Girls practice in a ballet studio in a bomb shelter in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. In northeast Ukraine, a dance studio that doubles as a bomb shelter is an escape from the horrors of war for about 20 young girls. The Princess Ballet Studio in Kharkiv is a spartan, windowless room, but practicing underground means they can dance through the almost hourly air raid alerts. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

In one Ukrainian city, ballet in a bomb shelter is an escape from the horrors of war

Piotr Korycki, a 34-year-old Polish farmer, stands in a warehouse filled with grain on his farm in Cywiny Wojskie, Poland, on Monday March 18, 2024. Korycki has been organizing protests of farmers in Poland that have been taking place for the past three months in Poland. They are among the Europe-wide protests by farmers angry about imports from Ukraine which they say are driving down prices. They are also angry about EU climate policies which they say will create more administrative work and further financial burdens. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

With unsold grain piled high, a Polish farmer faces an uncertain future as war in Ukraine grinds on

A Ukrainian soldier walks in position on the front-line near Klishchyivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 18, 2024. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Russia says it will evacuate 9,000 children from a border region being targeted by Ukraine

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, flanked by Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, speaks at the beginning of the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding to send additional weapons to the front. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

US defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill

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In this undated photo taken on the front-line, provided by Viktor Biliak, a Ukrainian infantryman with the 110th brigade, poses for a photo, in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. The loss of the city of Avdiivka in February 2024 marked the end of a long, exhausting defense for the Ukrainian military. One brigade had defended the same block of buildings for months without a break. Another unit had been in the city for nearly two years. (Viktor Biliak via AP)

How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia

The loss of the city of Avdiivka last month marked the end of a long, exhausting defense for the Ukrainian military.

Raney Aronson-Rath, from left, Vasilisa Stepanenko, Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Michelle Mizner, and Derl McCrudden accept the award for best documentary feature film for "20 Days in Mariupol" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

‘20 Days in Mariupol’ wins best documentary Oscar, a first for AP and PBS’ ‘Frontline’

A harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, “20 Days in Mariupol” has won the best documentary Oscar.

People waves Ukrainian flags before Pope Francis Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ comment is met by criticism from Ukraine and its allies

Ukrainian and allied officials have criticized Pope Francis for saying that Kyiv should have the “courage” to negotiate an end to the war with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy smiles during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope Francis: Ukraine should have the courage of the ‘white flag’ and negotiate an end of the war with Russia

Pope Francis has said in an interview that Ukraine, facing possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers a question during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following their meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

2 killed including a 16-year-old in Russian artillery strikes in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities say two people including a teenage boy have been killed in Russian artillery attacks.

FILE - Police officers detains a demonstrator with a poster that reads: "Freedom for Alexei Navalny,” in Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow on Sunday, June 4, 2023. In the last two years, ordinary Russians have been increasingly swept up in an unprecedented government crackdown, together with opposition politicians, independent journalists and human rights activists. (AP Photo, File)

A lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin’s crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians

A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted by police after he recited a poem objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Elena Koposova sits in her house in the village of Rogaca, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. When Elena Koposova signed an open letter denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago, she never thought it could lead to an express order to leave Serbia where she has been living with her family since 2019. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia revokes an expulsion order for a Russian woman after a public outcry

A pro-democracy Russian group in Serbia says authorities have revoked an expulsion order for a Russian woman who signed an open letter denouncing the invasion of Ukraine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the end of a join news conference following their meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey’s Erdogan offers to host a peace summit with Russia during a visit from Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to hold a peace summit between Russia and Ukraine.

FILE- Police officials stand guard during a protest outside Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regional office in Bangalore, India, Oct. 26, 2018. India says several of its citizens have been duped to work with the Russian Army, a day after a federal investigation agency said it had busted a human trafficking network which lured young men to Russia. On Thursday, India’s Central Bureau of Investigation said at least 35 Indian nationals were sent to Russia through these agents. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

India says some of its citizens have been duped into working for the Russian army

Indian authorities say they are in talks with Russia’s government about the return of Indian citizens who were duped into working for the Russian army.

FILE - Chinese FAW V2 car is displayed at the Moscow International Automobile Salon in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, the Chinese foreign minster trumpeted the export of Chinese cars to Russia and Russian natural gas to China. The sharp rise in China-Russia trade is something the West sees as undermining its sanctions on Russia. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

China trumpets rising car exports to Russia as its envoy holds talks in Ukraine

The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, the Chinese foreign minister trumpeted the export of Chinese cars to Russia and Russian natural gas to China.

Muscovites write letters to political prisoners in the office of the liberal party Yabloko in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Yabloko hosts monthly letter-writing evenings in cities across the country. With protests all but stifled, more and more Russians at home and abroad are seeking to channel their activism by writing letters to political prisoners. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

With dissent stifled, some Russians help political prisoners by writing them letters of support

Russians who are too fearful to protest in the streets are finding an outlet for their activism by writing letters to political prisoners.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, poses for a photo with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson holding Sweden's NATO Instruments of Accession in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality

Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shake hands, in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece's prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern city Wednesday. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Few Americans want US more involved in current wars in Ukraine and Gaza, AP-NORC poll finds

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds few Americans want the U.S. to take a more active role in solving the world’s problems.

FILE - A police officer stands inside a police bus with detained demonstrators during an antiwar protest near Red Square in Moscow, on Sept. 24, 2022. Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups. (AP Photo, File)

A timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on dissent in Putin’s Russia

Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups.

FILE - The atrium of C2F, US Strategic Command's new command and control facility at Offutt AFB in Neb., is seen before its dedication ceremony in honor of General Curtis E. LeMay Nov. 18, 2019. The Justice Department says a civilian U.S. Air Force employee has been charged in federal court in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Ex-Air Force employee pleads not guilty to sharing classified info on foreign dating site

A former Air Force employee and retired Army lieutenant colonel has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shared classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating site.

FILE - State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 27, 2022. Nuland, the third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on Russia and its actions in Ukraine, will leave her post this month, the State Department said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Victoria Nuland, third-highest ranking US diplomat and critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine, retiring

The third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on Russia and its actions in Ukraine will be leaving her post.

FILE - In this undated photo provided by Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine a Magura V5 (maritime autonomous guard unmanned robotic apparatus V-type), Ukrainian multi-purpose unmanned surface boat capable of performing various tasks, is seen in Ukraine. Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological innovations broadened their potential uses. Lethal, advanced sea drones developed and deployed by Ukraine in its war with Russia have opened a new chapter in that story. (Daniyar Sarsenov/Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine via AP, File)

Meet Ukraine’s small but lethal weapon lifting morale: Unmanned sea drones packed with explosives

Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological innovations broadened their potential uses.

FILE - IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a joint press conference with head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami in Tehran, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium, according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday, and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. The IAEA report estimated that as of Feb. 10, Iran’s total enriched uranium stockpile was at 5,525.5 kilograms, an increase of 1038.7 kilograms since the last quarterly report in November 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

The UN atomic watchdog’s director says he’s heading to Moscow for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director said that he’s due to depart for a trip to Moscow on Tuesday for high-level talks with Russian officials to discuss the issue of nuclear safety in Ukraine.

FILE - This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. Teixeira has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets. Teixeira pleaded guilty in Boston’s federal court on Monday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act. (Margaret Small via AP, File)

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Police Press Office, emergency workers work on the site of a destroyed multi-store building after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

A woman clutching an infant is found in the rubble of Ukraine building after Russian drone strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Western allies to boost his country’s air defenses after a Russian drone strike destroyed an apartment block in the southern port city of Odesa and killed at least 11 people.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency workers clear the rubble on the site of a destroyed multi-store building after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Ukrainian Emergency Service Office via AP)

Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa kills 7

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service says seven people were killed when debris from a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight.

This image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 510th Fighter Squadron takes off during Red Flag 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on Jan 25, 2024. U.S. senators declined on Thursday, Feb. 29, to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey, despite voicing deep disdain for Turkey's conduct as an ally. They were upholding an unofficial bargain that Turks would get the fighter jets if they stopped blocking Sweden's accession to NATO. (Staff Sgt. Heather Ley/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Senators warily allow F-16 sale to Turkey as part of NATO expansion agreement. ‘A deal’s a deal’

U.S. senators have declined to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey. The vote on Thursday gives the Senate’s OK to an unofficial U.S. bargain with Turkey after it stopped blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO.

FILE - Sergei Sokolov, a deputy editor of Russia's Novaya Gazeta newspaper where Anna Politkovskaya worked before her 2006 murder, speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. The editor-in-chief of renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained in Moscow on Thursday for "discrediting" Russia's armed forces. Sergei Sokolov was detained by officers from Russia's Center for Combating Extremism, Novaya Gazeta announced. (AP Photo, File)

Editor of top independent Russian newspaper fined for allegedly discrediting military

The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained and later fined 30,000 rubles ($329) after being accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces.

FILE - Firefighters extinguish a fire after a Russian attack on a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine Feb. 10, 2024. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for military aid for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov, File)

US adults fracture along party lines in support for Ukraine military funding, AP-NORC poll finds

A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for military aid for Ukraine.

FILE - In this Monday, May 7, 2018 file photo, Vladimir Putin enters to take the oath during his inauguration ceremony as Russia's new president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. With most opposition figures either in jail or abroad and many independent media outlets blocked, the Kremlin maintains a tight control over the country's political system and the vote is all but guaranteed to see President Vladimir Putin, 71, cement his place in power until at least 2030. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

What to know about Russia’s presidential election, set to give Putin another six-year term

With most opposition figures either in jail or abroad and many independent media outlets blocked, the Kremlin maintains a tight control over the country’s political system.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech on security and defense at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. A top European Union official called on Wednesday for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine with the purchase of weapons and ammunition made in Europe at its heart. “European sovereignty is about taking responsibility ourselves for what is vital, and even existential, for us,” Von der Leyen said. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

A top EU official calls for a new defense industry strategy with locally made arms at its heart

A top European Union official is calling for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hold a press conference with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama after he summit of Southeastern European countries on peace in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Ukraine's president co-hosts a summit with Albania's government on Wednesday that is meant to encourage further support for Kyiv by southeastern European countries, as signs of fatigue grow two years after Russia's full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/Armando Babani)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations

Ukraine’s president has pleaded for more ammunition to repel Russian advances at a summit he co-hosted with Albania’s government to build further support for Kyiv among southeastern European countries.

People watch a screening of "20 Days in Mariupol" at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

State Dept. screens AP-PBS Ukraine war film days after 2-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion

The U.S. State Department has hosted a screening of the award-winning Associated Press-PBS “Frontline” Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”

This handout image from the state-run Saudi Press Agency shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Zelenskyy arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and met the kingdom's powerful crown prince to push for a peace plan and the return of prisoners of war from Russia. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy lands in Saudi Arabia to push for peace and a POW exchange with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has arrived to Saudi Arabia and met the kingdom’s powerful crown prince to push for a peace plan and the return of prisoners of war from Russia.

FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 6, 2024, in Washington. Yellen is offering her strongest public support yet for the idea of liquidating roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets and using them for Ukraine’s long-term reconstruction. The U.S. and its allies froze Russian foreign holdings in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Yellen urges world leaders to ‘unlock’ frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is offering her strongest public support yet for the idea of liquidating roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets and using them for Ukraine’s long-term reconstruction.