Russia invades Ukraine
In Kyiv for a year of war, a former Mass. couple stands strong
Helen 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...
Ukrainians, Junior Bruins celebrate unity arm-in-arm on ice
The 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...
Ukrainian teen who fled to Mass. wants to return home as a post-war leader
Svitlana 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...
How Mass. doctors and tech companies are helping Ukraine via telemedicine
From telesurgeries to teleclinics, the hope is that telehealth can relieve pressure on local health care systems and boost skills for caregivers on the ground.
For Essaibi George, a time to pay back by helping Ukrainians
This 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...
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2 burned Ukrainian children being treated at Shriners Children’s
Shriners 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.
As companies vow to sever ties in Russia, a clean break proves complicated
Local companies have promised to leave Russia since the start of the Ukraine invasion, but many are still there.
Missile kills at least 50 at crowded Ukrainian train station
About 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...
Russia suspended from U.N. Human Rights Council
The 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.
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...
Research partners from Boston, Ukraine, Russia fear war will hurt HIV and substance use efforts
Public 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...
Trahan, in Poland, meets with Ukrainian refugees
Mass. 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...
Rep. Neal trade bill aims to increase pressure on Russia
President Biden would be authorized to increase tariffs on products of Russia and Belarus under legislation introduced Thursday by Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal.
Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Ukraine theater
Rescuers 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...
Boston physician urges diplomacy to Russian doctors, scientists amid threat of nuclear war
Dr. James Muller, a Brigham and Women's Hospital doctor and co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), warned the Russian invasion of Ukraine had raised...
Keating reflects on Ukrainian President's speech to Congress
Massachusetts Congressman William Keating joined WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to Congress and the U.S. response to the Russian invasion.
Watch live: Ukrainian president addresses U.S. Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a remote address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, asking for more support as his nation continues to fight against Russian invaders.
A Russian living in Mass. is trying to get his grandmother home to the U.S.
Yakov Kronrod flew to Russia to take care of his sick grandmother in late February — and found himself in the middle of a war. He spoke to WBUR's Morning...
Ukraine sees room for compromise, as 20,000 escape Mariupol
Ukraine said it saw possible room for compromise Tuesday in talks with Russia, while Moscow's forces stepped up their bombardment of Kyiv, and an estimated 20,000 civilians fled the desperately...
Special exhibit 'Immersive Shevchenko' opens in Boston, offering window into 'the Ukrainian soul'
Ticket proceeds will go to Red Cross humanitarian relief and a fund set up by the National Bank of Ukraine to support the country's armed forces amid the Russian invasion,...