The surprise trip signals the Kremlin is trying to keep up business as usual, two days after an international court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian president.
Tag: Mariupol (Ukraine)
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Ukraine Hits Russian Positions Deep Behind Enemy Lines
Nearly a dozen explosions rang out in the Russian-held Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, site of one of the best-known battles of the war.
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Christmas in Ukraine: Flickering Lights, Patriotic Trees and Hope for Peace
One town is protecting a statue of St. Nick with sandbags, another is putting its Christmas tree underground and others are cranking up noisy generators to keep the holiday spirit alive.
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Using Adoptions, Russia Turns Ukrainian Children Into Spoils of War
Thousands of Ukrainian children have been transferred to Russia. “I didn’t want to go,” one girl told The New York Times from a foster home near Moscow.