Russia invades UkraineIn Kyiv for a year of war, a former Mass. couple stands strongHelen Chervitz and Leon Ryrakhovsky lived in Swampscott for 15 years. After a year of war in Ukraine, they say they still feel relatively safe and plan to remain in...ResumeLocal Coverage07:17Feb 23, 2023Ukrainians, Junior Bruins celebrate unity arm-in-arm on iceThe decision to have players from both the Ukrainian Selects and Boston Junior Bruins line up together for the playing of the national anthems at the International Peewee Hockey tournament...Local CoverageFeb 14, 2023My Nazi grandfather wanted to cleanse his legacy. What his story tells me about this historical momentAttempts to control the way we remember history are a sign of hypernationalism, writes Julie LIndahl. Our democracy is in trouble.CognoscentiMay 20, 2022Ukrainian teen who fled to Mass. wants to return home as a post-war leaderSvitlana Pokliatska, her mother and brother fled Ukraine shortly after the war started. They're staying at her uncle's home in Sharon, Mass. Pokliatska says she wants to return to Ukraine...ResumeLocal Coverage06:54May 19, 2022How Mass. doctors and tech companies are helping Ukraine via telemedicineFrom telesurgeries to teleclinics, the hope is that telehealth can relieve pressure on local health care systems and boost skills for caregivers on the ground. ResumeHealth04:26May 16, 2022AdvertisementWhy people in my native Russia aren't protesting the attacks on UkraineSome of our friends and family in Russia say they don’t watch the news and that everything is fine, writes Anastasya Partan. Some sing Putin’s praises. Some admit that the...CognoscentiMay 11, 2022Russia is repeating its brutal history in UkraineThere are striking analogies between the way the USSR’s Red Army operated during World War II and the way the Russian Army is currently operating against Ukraine, writes Mark Kramer.CognoscentiMay 4, 2022For Essaibi George, a time to pay back by helping UkrainiansThis month, the former Boston city councilor and mayoral contender journeyed to Poland, accompanied by her sister Sonia and 26 hockey bags filled with supplies for Ukrainians who continue to...Local CoverageApr 27, 20222 burned Ukrainian children being treated at Shriners Children’sShriners Children’s Boston said Thursday that two children were transported by air ambulance, and arrived in Boston late Wednesday, each one accompanied by one of their parents.Local CoverageApr 22, 2022As companies vow to sever ties in Russia, a clean break proves complicatedLocal companies have promised to leave Russia since the start of the Ukraine invasion, but many are still there.ResumeLocal Coverage03:58Apr 14, 2022Missile kills at least 50 at crowded Ukrainian train stationAbout 4,000 civilians were in and around the station at the time of the strike, the office of Ukraine's prosecutor-general said, adding that most were women and children heeding calls...Local CoverageApr 8, 2022Russia suspended from U.N. Human Rights CouncilThe U.N. General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the world organization's leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.Local CoverageApr 7, 2022Boston Marathon bans Russian and Belarusian runners who live in those countries"We believe that running is a global sport, and as such, we must do what we can to show our support to the people of Ukraine," the president of the...Local CoverageApr 7, 2022Sometimes finding your way requires first getting lostHow an aimless dog, a "Do Not Eat" sign and a ripped bumper sticker helped Elissa Ely find her way back to empathy. CognoscentiApr 6, 2022Research partners from Boston, Ukraine, Russia fear war will hurt HIV and substance use effortsPublic health researchers from Boston University have collaborated with scientists in Ukraine and Russia for years to try to curb HIV transmission and substance use disorder. The war now puts...ResumeLocal Coverage06:48Mar 25, 2022Trahan, in Poland, meets with Ukrainian refugeesMass. U.S. Representatives Lori Trahan and Stephen Lynch were part of a Congressional delegation that spent the weekend in Poland to see first-hand the plight of refugees who've fled Ukraine...ResumeLocal Coverage05:37Mar 21, 2022Millions of people have fled Ukraine. We need a plan to reunite familiesWe are witnessing the largest wartime separation of families in living memory, writes Sasha Chanoff. Millions more will be displaced by Russia's maniacal aggression, unless it stops now.CognoscentiMar 21, 2022What we do when the world falls apartWe do these things to remember that peace is not only possible, writes Holly Robinson, but within us.CognoscentiMar 17, 2022Rep. Neal trade bill aims to increase pressure on RussiaPresident Biden would be authorized to increase tariffs on products of Russia and Belarus under legislation introduced Thursday by Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal.Local CoverageMar 17, 2022Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Ukraine theaterRescuers are searching for survivors in the wreckage of a theater ripped apart by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a...Local CoverageMar 17, 2022Next Page
In Kyiv for a year of war, a former Mass. couple stands strongHelen Chervitz and Leon Ryrakhovsky lived in Swampscott for 15 years. After a year of war in Ukraine, they say they still feel relatively safe and plan to remain in...ResumeLocal Coverage07:17Feb 23, 2023
Ukrainians, Junior Bruins celebrate unity arm-in-arm on iceThe decision to have players from both the Ukrainian Selects and Boston Junior Bruins line up together for the playing of the national anthems at the International Peewee Hockey tournament...Local CoverageFeb 14, 2023
My Nazi grandfather wanted to cleanse his legacy. What his story tells me about this historical momentAttempts to control the way we remember history are a sign of hypernationalism, writes Julie LIndahl. Our democracy is in trouble.CognoscentiMay 20, 2022
Ukrainian teen who fled to Mass. wants to return home as a post-war leaderSvitlana Pokliatska, her mother and brother fled Ukraine shortly after the war started. They're staying at her uncle's home in Sharon, Mass. Pokliatska says she wants to return to Ukraine...ResumeLocal Coverage06:54May 19, 2022
How Mass. doctors and tech companies are helping Ukraine via telemedicineFrom telesurgeries to teleclinics, the hope is that telehealth can relieve pressure on local health care systems and boost skills for caregivers on the ground. ResumeHealth04:26May 16, 2022
Why people in my native Russia aren't protesting the attacks on UkraineSome of our friends and family in Russia say they don’t watch the news and that everything is fine, writes Anastasya Partan. Some sing Putin’s praises. Some admit that the...CognoscentiMay 11, 2022
Russia is repeating its brutal history in UkraineThere are striking analogies between the way the USSR’s Red Army operated during World War II and the way the Russian Army is currently operating against Ukraine, writes Mark Kramer.CognoscentiMay 4, 2022
For Essaibi George, a time to pay back by helping UkrainiansThis month, the former Boston city councilor and mayoral contender journeyed to Poland, accompanied by her sister Sonia and 26 hockey bags filled with supplies for Ukrainians who continue to...Local CoverageApr 27, 2022
2 burned Ukrainian children being treated at Shriners Children’sShriners Children’s Boston said Thursday that two children were transported by air ambulance, and arrived in Boston late Wednesday, each one accompanied by one of their parents.Local CoverageApr 22, 2022
As companies vow to sever ties in Russia, a clean break proves complicatedLocal companies have promised to leave Russia since the start of the Ukraine invasion, but many are still there.ResumeLocal Coverage03:58Apr 14, 2022
Missile kills at least 50 at crowded Ukrainian train stationAbout 4,000 civilians were in and around the station at the time of the strike, the office of Ukraine's prosecutor-general said, adding that most were women and children heeding calls...Local CoverageApr 8, 2022
Russia suspended from U.N. Human Rights CouncilThe U.N. General Assembly has voted to suspend Russia from the world organization's leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.Local CoverageApr 7, 2022
Boston Marathon bans Russian and Belarusian runners who live in those countries"We believe that running is a global sport, and as such, we must do what we can to show our support to the people of Ukraine," the president of the...Local CoverageApr 7, 2022
Sometimes finding your way requires first getting lostHow an aimless dog, a "Do Not Eat" sign and a ripped bumper sticker helped Elissa Ely find her way back to empathy. CognoscentiApr 6, 2022
Research partners from Boston, Ukraine, Russia fear war will hurt HIV and substance use effortsPublic health researchers from Boston University have collaborated with scientists in Ukraine and Russia for years to try to curb HIV transmission and substance use disorder. The war now puts...ResumeLocal Coverage06:48Mar 25, 2022
Trahan, in Poland, meets with Ukrainian refugeesMass. U.S. Representatives Lori Trahan and Stephen Lynch were part of a Congressional delegation that spent the weekend in Poland to see first-hand the plight of refugees who've fled Ukraine...ResumeLocal Coverage05:37Mar 21, 2022
Millions of people have fled Ukraine. We need a plan to reunite familiesWe are witnessing the largest wartime separation of families in living memory, writes Sasha Chanoff. Millions more will be displaced by Russia's maniacal aggression, unless it stops now.CognoscentiMar 21, 2022
What we do when the world falls apartWe do these things to remember that peace is not only possible, writes Holly Robinson, but within us.CognoscentiMar 17, 2022
Rep. Neal trade bill aims to increase pressure on RussiaPresident Biden would be authorized to increase tariffs on products of Russia and Belarus under legislation introduced Thursday by Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal.Local CoverageMar 17, 2022
Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Ukraine theaterRescuers are searching for survivors in the wreckage of a theater ripped apart by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a...Local CoverageMar 17, 2022
