Partners for World Health is shipping medical supplies – that hospitals and other facilities would otherwise throw out – to relief organizations.
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How Europe is responding to Ukrainian refugees
Members of the EU are giving them full access to the bloc for as long as three years.
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Rep. Pingree meets with Romanian leader on Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates that Romania has taken in about 543,000 of the nearly 4 million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
As war imperils wheat, farmers weigh growing more
Ukraine and Russia account for a third of global wheat and barley exports.
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Forest fires near Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear plant raise radiation fears, Ukraine says
Officials say that fires within a 6.2 mile radius of ‘significant radioactive waste and contamination could pose a particular danger.’
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From Maine to Ukraine: Cony graduate raises funds to quickly help Ukrainians under fire
Brian Milakovsky, who fled Ukraine with his family last month, is reaching out to his extended network to raise money to help others at risk.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Opera singer from Russia to hold benefit concert for Ukraine in Yarmouth
An opera singer from Russia will performing two concerts in Yarmouth on Tuesday, March 29, to raise money for victims of the invasion of Ukraine. Pavel Sulyandziga will include Ukrainian songs in his public concert from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the First Parish Congregational Church at 116 Main St. The concert is free, but donations will […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
We Love to Eat: March 24
Drive-thru haddock supper – Friday, March 25, 4:30-6 p.m., St. Hyacinth Church, Brown Street, Westbrook. Baked haddock, green beans, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, roll and dessert, $10. Sponsored by the Daughters of Isabella. Pick up dinners in the lower parking lot. Hand-in-Hand benefit dinner – Saturday, March 26, 6 p.m., First Russian Baptist Church, 211 Mosher […]
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Ukraine thwarts Russian advances as fight rages for Mariupol
Explosions and bursts of gunfire shook Kyiv, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several of the capital’s suburban areas.
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Life during wartime: Ukrainian families make new homes in Kharkiv subway
For nearly a month, thousands of residents of Ukraine’s second-largest city have lived deep underground.