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The air raid sirens are wailing. The shelters are full. Women and children are fleeing to escape the horrors of invasion and war. Men, once working and studying, ar...
Russia Slow To Win Ukraine’s Airspace, Limiting War Gains
WASHINGTON (AP) — In war, winning quick control of airspace is crucial. Russia's failure to do so in Ukraine, despite its vast military strength, has been a surprise and may help e...
Column: Ukraine’s Boxers In The Fight Of Their Lives
The two big men standing shoulder to shoulder in The Associated Press photo taken Sunday in the mayor’s office in beleaguered Kyiv, Ukraine, were instantly recognizable to most box...
42-Year-Old Israeli Man Shot Dead In Ukraine After Soldiers Suspect Him Of Being Russian Hit Man
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: An Israeli Jewish man was shot dead Monday near Kyiv the capital of the Ukraine. The man is the first known Israeli casualty of the war in the Ukraine.
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ICC Prosecutor To Open Probe Into War Crimes In Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he plans to open an investigation “as rapidly as possible” into possible war crim...
US States Adding To Financial Squeeze On Russian Over War
Seeking to tighten the financial squeeze on Russia over its war against Ukraine, governors and lawmakers in numerous U.S. states were taking actions Monday to pull state investment...
Europe Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees — Others, Less So
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — They file into neighboring countries by the hundreds of thousands — refugees from Ukraine clutching children in one arm, belongings in the other. And they’r...
Waiting, Fearing, Singing: A Night Sheltering In Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When the children start crying, the adults start playing Ukrainian folk songs, or make up fairy tales to chase away the fear. Food and water are sometimes scar...
Rav Aharon Motoz, Head of Dirshu In Ukraine: “No One Wants To Live Under Putin Dictatorship, We Are Fleeing”
“It Is Our Fervent Hope That the Zechus of the Chofetz Chaim Will Protect Us!”
Yidden around the world are bring requested to be mispallel for our brethren in Ukraine.
An exclus...
Russia, Ukraine Peace Talks End, Second Round Planned
MOSCOW — The first round of Ukraine-Russia talks aimed at ending the fighting between Moscow and its smaller neighbor concluded with no immediate agreements.
An aide to Russian ...
Ruble Plummets As Sanctions Bite, Sending Russians To Banks
MOSCOW (AP) — Ordinary Russians faced the prospect of higher prices and crimped foreign travel as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting, leading ...
500,000+ Refugees Flee Ukraine Since Russia Waged War
BEREGSURANY, Hungary (AP) — The mass exodus of refugees from Ukraine to the eastern edge of the European Union showed no signs of stopping Monday as they flee Russia's burgeoning w...
AP Photos: Exit Out Of Ukraine: Escape By Foot, Train, Car
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — By car, train, foot and — in at least one case — office chair, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian war refugees have sought safety in the bordering nations of P...
Russian Military Says Nuclear Deterrent Forces Now On High Alert
MOSCOW — The Russian military says its nuclear deterrent forces have been put on high alert in line with President Vladimir Putin’s order.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has rep...
Policemen Who Brutally Beat Chaim Mizrachi Indicted
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Department for Police Internal Investigations submitted to the Jerusalem Magistrates Court an indictment against detectives Shai Ezra Eliyahu and Yotam Ga...
Chabad Son And Father From Dniepro Serving In Ukrainian Army:’ Waiting For Russians To See What We Have’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Ukrainian army is composed of large numbers of conscripts, some of whom are Jewish. David Tzerkaski, a Chabad chasid from the city of Dniepro in central Uk...
‘One Mustn’t Cry On Shabbos But This Shabbos I Cried Three Times’: Rebbetzin Moskowitz In Kharkiv
NEW YORK (VINnews) — "It says that one mustn't cry on Shabbos but this Shabbos I couldn't hold back tears three times," Rebbetzin Miriam Moskowitz, the Chabad emissary in Kharkiv, ...
READ: Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Releases Statement About Ukraine
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America has released a statement in support of Jews in Ukraine. They are asking Klal Yisrael to say extra Tehillim. In addition,...
New York Orders Russia Sanctions, Welcomes Ukraine Refugees
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Sunday forbidding her state from doing business with Russia, including cancelling its investments there.
The...
A Shelling, A Young Girl, And Hopeless Moments In A Hospital
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — In the port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainians are trying to fend off a Russian advance, an ambulance raced into a city hospital Sunday, carrying a 6-year-...