Civilians tried to escape eastern Ukraine, sharing jammed highways with military convoys, leaving homes, pets and belongings behind in a search for safety.
Tag: Donetsk (Ukraine)
Scenes From Eastern Ukraine as Russia Strikes
After Russia attacked, Ukrainians piled into cars, buses and trains in a frantic retreat west toward safety in Poland. “All Ukraine is exploding!”
Russian Mercenaries Have Covertly Entered Separatist Areas of Ukraine
Two senior European security officials say that the paramilitary fighters are inside the rebel territories of Ukraine to lay the groundwork for war.
Russian Mercenaries Covertly Entered Separatist Areas of Ukraine
Two senior European security officials say that the paramilitary fighters are inside the rebel territories of Ukraine to lay the groundwork for war.
The Limits of a Europe Whole and Free
Vladimir Putin sets down a marker in Ukraine. Does the West have the means to stop him?
Piece by Piece, Russia’s Rationale for a Ukraine Invasion Is Put in Place
Theatrical meetings and dubious battlefield reports have shaped the Kremlin’s narrative that war is being pushed on it by a United States determined to destroy Russia.
Ukraine Enclaves Long Steeped in Conflict Face New Peril
A decision by Russia to recognize two separatist territories and order in troops raises the risks of intensified fighting in an already fraught region where violence has defined life for nearly a decade.
Putin Orders Forces to Russia-Backed Ukraine Regions
The moves by the Russian leader were his most blatant yet in a confrontation with the West that threatens to escalate into the biggest military action in Europe since World War II.
For Ukraine’s Jews, the Threat of War Stirs Memories of Past Horrors
In Odessa, Jewish leaders are preparing for the worst: hiring security guards, scoping out bomb shelters and making plans to evacuate if Russia invades the country.
Why Donetsk and Luhansk, in Donbas Region, Matter in Ukraine
The act of recognition is fraught with meaning because the borders claimed by the Russia-backed leaders of the two breakaway regions extend into space controlled by the Ukrainian army.