Kids crafting for the Ukrainian cause Members of the Windham Historical Society’s Junior History Club are making bracelets to sell after learning about the conflict in Ukraine and deciding they would like to help by raising funds to send to the war-torn country. The kids are putting their creativity to use by making bracelets of […]
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Why the U.S. must not intervene in Ukraine
As Vladimir Putin is backed snarling into a corner, we are now only a few bad decisions away from nuclear annihilation.
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Posted inNation & World
From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to U.S. dad
An American father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal city of Mariupol.
Posted inNation & World
War in Ukraine spurs bid to take a closer look at U.N. vetoes
Russia’s veto power has stymied U.N. Security Council action on the war, but a new approach – simply subjecting vetoed matters to scrutiny by the full U.N. membership – appears to be gaining traction.
Posted inLocal & State
From ‘stir crazy’ in Bethel to the bustle of the border in Ukraine
Maine man helps shuffle refugees and supplies across the border between Poland and war-torn Ukraine.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden announces heavy artillery, other weapons for Ukraine
The president has chosen retired Lt. Gen. Terry Wolff, a National Security Council official during the Obama administration, to oversee coordination of the security assistance to Ukraine.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. to welcome Ukrainian refugees but no longer through Mexico
Ukrainians who show up at the border will generally be turned away without being able to apply for asylum.
Posted inNation & World, News
Putin claims victory in Mariupol despite steel-mill holdouts
Satellite images showed more than 200 new graves in a town where Ukrainian officials say the Russians have been burying Mariupol residents killed in the fighting.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: My new, Maine-made Ukrainian flag – long may it wave
The blue-and-yellow banner should serve as a beacon to defenders of democracy the world over.
Posted inNation & World
Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies
The latest milestone in Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II was reached as Russia unleashed a full-scale offensive in eastern Ukraine that will disrupt and end more lives.