If successful, the Russian offensive in what is known as the Donbas would essentially slice Ukraine in 2 and give President Vladimir Putin a badly needed victory.
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Russia has begun its major offensive in eastern Ukraine, Zelensky says
Russia bombarded the western city of Lviv and numerous other targets across Ukraine on Monday in what appeared to be an intensified bid to grind down the country’s defenses elsewhere.
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No sign of surrender in Mariupol after ultimatum
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says the port city has yet to fall under full Russian control.
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In Lviv, displaced artists create antiwar, anti-Russian work
Ukrainians feel a need to tell the world – and especially Russians – what’s happened here. The country’s contemporary artists find themselves at the forefront of that storytelling mission.
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Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol defy surrender-or-die demand
The fall of Mariupol, the site of a merciless, 7-week-old siege that has reduced much of the city to a smoking ruin, would be Moscow’s biggest victory of the war yet.
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The Maine Millennial: Putin’s anti-gay agenda digs in close to home
Right-wing Christians are pushing the same freedom-killing laws that took root in Russia a decade ago.
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Russia renews strikes on Ukraine capital, hits other cities
Forces have resumed scattered attacks on Kyiv, western Ukraine and beyond after warning that it planned to step up missile strikes on the capital.
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Maine Voices: Putin invokes demons to justify war against Ukraine
His rhetoric and its historical ties to mass violence stir grave concerns about what the future holds for the Ukrainian people.
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Kremlin crackdown silences war protests, from benign to bold
Hundreds of Russians are facing charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine since a law was passed last month that criminalizes the spread of ‘false information’ about the invasion and disparaging the military.
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Russia threatens to move nukes to Baltic Sea if Finland, Sweden join NATO
The threat came a day after Finnish officials suggested the country could request to join the 30-member military alliance within weeks and as Sweden mulled making a similar move.