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Russia-Ukraine recap
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receives a standing ovation after his video address on the first day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 23)

May 23, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Europe
A sign on a Moscow Starbucks informs visitors that the coffee chain had suspended its work in Russia.

Starbucks is exiting Russia, shutting 130 stores

May 23, 2022
The coffee chain joins McDonald's in taking its brand out of the country. Starbucks had temporarily paused operations in March.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin waits for the start of a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Judges went on to sentence him to life in the first war crimes trial since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A Russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine's first war crimes trial

May 23, 2022
Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty last week to shooting an unarmed Ukrainian man in late February. On Monday, a panel of judges in Kyiv sentenced him to life in prison.
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World
Russian soldiers left graffiti in the school in Borodyanka, a town outside of Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate

May 21, 2022
As residents return to a liberated town near Kyiv, a teacher and her high school students recount what it took to survive the war.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
Russian-backed Donetsk militia fighters man "Gvozdika" (Carnation) self-propelled artillery vehicles to fire toward a Ukrainian army position outside Donetsk, in territory held by the separatist Donetsk government in eastern Ukraine, Friday. Fighting has

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 20)

May 20, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Europe
Ukrainian servicemen from the Azovstal steel plant sit on a bus near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, on Friday.

Russia aims to capitalize on controlling the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

May 20, 2022
More than a thousand soldiers were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, and Russia is consolidating control of Mariupol. It is making plans to annex the southwestern parts of the country.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
President Biden, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 19)

May 19, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
President Joe Biden, standing with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday.

Biden backs Sweden and Finland's NATO membership application

May 19, 2022
Biden said Thursday he was sending paperwork to Congress to ratify Finland and Sweden's application to join NATO. The ratification process is expected to pass with bipartisan support.
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Europe
A woman walks through the Oleksiivska station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Thousands of residents have been sheltering in the city's subway stations, but the mayor says it's safe to emerge now that Russian forces are retreating.

Kharkiv's mayor says it's time to move out of the city's subway stations

May 19, 2022
As Ukrainian troops push Russian forces away from its second-largest city, the mayor urges thousands of residents to emerge from their makeshift shelters in the city's metro stations and trains.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Russian Army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. His case is the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three months ago.

Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband

May 19, 2022
The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."
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Russia-Ukraine recap
Russian army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind glass during a court hearing in Kyiv on Wednesday. He went on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian and pleaded guilty. It is the first time a member of the Russian military has be

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 18)

May 18, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks via video during the opening ceremony for the 75th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 17)

May 17, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
A wounded service member of the Ukrainian forces from the besieged Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol is transported out of a bus on a stretcher under escort of pro-Russian fighters, upon arrival in Novoazovsk, Ukraine, on Monday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 16)

May 16, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
A Ukrainian soldier examines a fragment of a Russian Air Force Su-25 jet after a battle at the village of Kolonshchyna, Ukraine, on April 21. Russia was expected to establish air superiority in the first days of the war. But Ukraine's air defenses have b

Ukraine says it's downed 200 aircraft, a mark of Russian failures in the sky

May 16, 2022
Russia was expected to dominate the skies over Ukraine. But Ukrainians are still shooting down helicopters and planes, making Russian pilots very wary about venturing into Ukrainian airspace.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
Russian army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind a glass during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. He is accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian. The first war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion of its neighbor opened Friday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 13)

May 13, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto speaks during a press conference with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday in Helsinki, Finland. Niinisto and Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Thursday in a joint stateme

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 12)

May 12, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Siemens headquarters in Munich, Germany, pictured in May 2019. The German industrial giant is ending operations in Russia after more than a century.

German industrial giant Siemens is leaving Russia after nearly 170 years

May 12, 2022
The company first arrived in Russia in 1851 to deliver devices for a major telegraph line. It primarily does maintenance work on high-speed trains these days — though it's now winding down operations.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
Wives of Ukrainian soldiers holed up inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol meet with Pope Francis during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 11)

May 11, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
An Ukrainian firefighter works near a destroyed building on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The Ukrainian military said Russian forces fired seven missiles a day earlier from the air at the crucial Black Sea port of Odesa, hitting a shopping

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 10)

May 10, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Journalists conduct interviews on the doorstep of an hotel on Maidan Square on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Pulitzer Prize Board is honoring the courage and commitment of Ukranian journalists.

Ukranian journalists win a Pulitzer citation for their courage and persistence

May 10, 2022
At least seven journalists have been killed while covering the war in Ukraine, while many face shelling, shooting and detention on the job. They were recognized by the Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Bono, Taras Topolia and "The Edge" perform at a subway station-turned-bomb shelter in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday.

U2's Bono and the Edge held a concert in a Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine

May 10, 2022
The musicians said they were performing in Kyiv at the invitation of Ukraine's president. They played acoustic versions of U2 hits and also shared the "stage" with the Ukrainian band Antytila.
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Ukraine invasion — explained

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world

May 10, 2022
Stores running out of cooking oil. Gas prices soaring. Farmers scrambling for fertilizer. Nations rethinking alliances. We zoom in on the war's seismic, far-reaching repercussions.
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The Picture Show
A man stands outside a residential building in Kyiv that was struck by a missile last week. Residents returned to collect their belongings, clean up and board up the building's broken windows.

Kyiv residents begin to find calm after Russian forces' retreat

May 10, 2022
Ukrainians in Kyiv are starting to piece their lives back together as the Russian invasion enters its third month. Even in moments of calm, residents still live with the threat of airstrikes.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint news conference Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Trudeau visited the suburb of Irpin to look at devastation left in the wake of Russia's in

World leaders weighed in on the war in Ukraine on Victory in Europe Day

May 09, 2022
Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned peace is impossible under Russian dictatorship, saying "freedom and security will win the day, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, ... 77 years ago."
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Europe
Russian servicemen march during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Here's what Putin said about Ukraine in his Victory Day speech

May 09, 2022
Speaking at an annual parade to honor the end of World War II, Russia's president sought to link the past Soviet victory to the battle in Ukraine and signaled no major military or policy shifts.

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