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Refugee children fleeing Ukraine arrive in Hungary via humanitarian trains at the Zahony train station this week.

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The 1.5 million children who fled Ukraine are at risk of human trafficking

5:10pm March 19, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

UNICEF warned about the higher risk for children fleeing the conflict. More than 500 unaccompanied children have crossed from Ukraine into Romania since the Russian invasion began.

Pope Francis has issued the "Praedicate Evanglium" — or "Proclaiming the Gospel" — as part of his reform work for the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis gives greater support for the Vatican to fight sexual abuse

4:07pm March 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

His long-awaited reform program includes new institutional weight to efforts tight clerical sex abuse. He also envisages more decision-making roles for lay members of the Catholic Church.

Alina Mykhailova, 27, is a veteran of the 2014 war in eastern Ukraine who now serves on the Kyiv City Council. Earlier this year, she re-enlisted in the army and says she's seeing heavy combat.

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Ukrainian women are volunteering to fight — and history shows they always have

1:43pm March 19, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

Ukraine's military has been inundated with volunteers. That includes women, who are not required as men are to stay and fight the Russian invasion.

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A Ukrainian soldier fires a U.S.-made Javelin missiles during a training exercise in January. The Ukrainians have used the Javelins to repeatedly take out Russian tanks and other armored vehicles.

With small, portable weapons, Ukraine's fighters keep Russia at bay

1:43pm March 19, 2022

by Greg Myre

Ukraine is outgunned by Russia but is making the most of its mobile weapons that allow Ukrainian troops to be more nimble. Some of the most important weapons are from the United States.

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Maksim Chepchenko near a burning home in in Irpin, Ukraine, after Russian bombings on Saturday.

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A photojournalist in Ukraine heads toward deadly conflict to humanize war

12:56pm March 19, 2022

The deaths of three journalists this week in Ukraine are a reminder of the perils of covering conflicts from behind a camera. Photojournalist Marcus Yam is on assignment in Kyiv covering the war.

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A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft taxies behind an Osprey carrying members of the White House press corps at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on April 24, 2021. Four Marines were killed in in the crash of a V-22B Osprey in Norway, Norway's armed forces said

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4 U.S. Marines are killed in an aircraft crash during a NATO exercise in Norway

11:20am March 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Marines were killed in the crash of a V-22B Osprey aircraft during a NATO exercise unrelated to the Ukraine war, officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the U.S. Congress by video at the Capitol on March 16, 2022, to plead for support for his besieged country.

Zelenskyy's plea to Congress recalls Churchill and others who fought for democracy

8:40am March 19, 2022

by Ron Elving

Other addresses to Congress by foreign leaders have paled compared to Winston Churchill welding with his words the alliance that overcame Adolph Hitler, until Volodymyr Zelenskyy's this week.

Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of an apartment block on fire following a Russian attack.

4 reasons why social media can give a skewed account of the war in Ukraine

8:31am March 19, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

Images of Ukraine are flooding social media, but experts warn they don't show the full picture and can sometimes give a misleading account of the conflict on the ground.

Halyna Hutchins' parents are trapped in Ukraine, Matt Hutchins says

8:03am March 19, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Months after the Rust cinematographer was shot and killed, Halyna Hutchins' mother and father have been unable to escape the country, says her widower, who calls for safe corridors for refugees.

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Crowds of people are trying to leave Ukraine as Russia invades from all sides

8:02am March 19, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Russia claims to have hit a weapons depot in Ukraine's west, and Ukrainians continue to seek refuge in other parts of their country, as well as neighboring countries.