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A woman lights a candle in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, in 2006 as part of a remembrance of the estimated 3 million to 5 million Ukrainians who died in a famine in 1932-33. The Ukrainians starved to death when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin forced farmers from

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From Stalin to Putin, Ukraine is still trying to break free from Moscow

12:19pm January 31, 2022

by Greg Myre

Josef Stalin caused a famine when he tried to remake Ukraine's farms. Vladimir Putin is threatening to invade Ukraine — again. For a century, Ukraine has been trying to escape Moscow's grip.

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Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units, train close to Kyiv on Saturday. Dozens of civilians have been joining Ukraine's army reserves in recent weeks amid fears about Russian invasion.

Is Ukraine ready for a Russian attack? It depends what kind

8:32pm January 29, 2022

As experts and officials in Ukraine's capital consider a range of possible actions by Russia — including invasion, cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns — they say Ukraine lacks critical defenses.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council via a videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Friday.

Explaining NATO and Ukraine: How a 30-year-old debate still drives Putin today

11:50am January 29, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Here is how the history of NATO, Russia and Ukraine got so complicated.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to reporters on Friday in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges calm as world leaders work to avert Russian invasion

6:19pm January 28, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

With more than 100,000 Russian troops on his borders, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the reaction of world leaders had created a "panic" in his country.

A soldier pauses in territory controlled by pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine. The U.S. and its allies are preparing responses and counter-responses if Russia invades Ukraine.

President Biden says a Russian invasion of Ukraine 'would change the world'

4:10pm January 25, 2022

by Brian Naylor

Biden said should Russian President Putin move in using the more than 100,000 Russian troops surrounding Ukraine, "it would be the largest invasion since World War II. It would change the world."

Georgian activists hold posters as they gather in support of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia on Sunday, Jan. 23. The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine's government with a pro-Moscow a

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Who is Yevheniy Murayev, the man the U.K. says Russia wants to install in Ukraine?

5:57pm January 23, 2022

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The British government named Murayev as one of Russia's top picks to lead Ukraine were it to invade the country. Murayev, a critic of Ukraine's pro-Western government, has dismissed the claim.

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the armed forces, train in a city park in Kyiv. Tensions remain high between Ukraine and Russia as the United States and its NATO allies have tried to intervene diplomatically.

90 tons of U.S. military aid arrives in Ukraine as border tensions with Russia rise

1:30pm January 22, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The aid, which includes ammunition, is part of a $200 million package that President Biden approved in December and is meant for Ukraine's front-line defenders should Russia choose to invade.

Marina Kluchnikov reads to her youngest child, Sasha, 3, as husband Artyom Kluchnikov looks on and daughter Olenka, 11, reads a book of her own. With Russian troops amassed along Ukraine's border, they worry if an invasion could be imminent.

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Despite fears of a Russian invasion, one Ukrainian family tries to keep life normal

5:26pm January 21, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

"You have to find ways to live a normal life," says a mother of four in Kyiv. She and her family keep their car full of fuel and plan to take refuge in a village outside the capital if Russia attacks.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before their meeting on Friday in Geneva.

The U.S. and Russia are talking, and Ukraine's fate hangs in the balance

12:50pm January 21, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, ended talks in Geneva with no major breakthroughs but an agreement to keep talking.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov speaks at the Woodrow Wilson Institute in Washington, D.C., in November.

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As tension over Ukraine continues, Russia says it has no plans to stage an attack

2:15pm January 19, 2022

by Scott Neuman

Amid diplomatic efforts aimed at preventing a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's embassy in Washington called to "end the hysteria," reiterating that Moscow plans no such military move.