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1 year ago, scenes of horror emerged from Ukraine's Bucha

Mar. 30, 2023 13:46 PM EDT

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The cratered roads have been repaved and the damaged houses are gradually being repaired. But the scenes that emerged from this town near Kyiv a year ago, after it was retaken from Russian forces, have indelibly linked its name to the savagery of war. On the...

Kyiv monks accused of Russia links refuse eviction order

Mar. 29, 2023 15:53 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Orthodox monks who've been ordered out of a monastery in Kyiv refused to leave on Wednesday, as a deadline to vacate the complex expired. The dispute over the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox site, is part of a wider religious...

Feel the Force: Hamill carries 'Star Wars' voice to Ukraine

Mar. 28, 2023 08:42 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — “Attention. Air raid alert,” the voice says with a Jedi knight’s gravitas. “Proceed to the nearest shelter.” It's a surreal moment in an already surreal war: the grave but calming baritone of actor Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker of “Star Wars,”...

Zelenskyy, atomic agency chief discuss nuclear plant fears

Mar. 27, 2023 15:43 PM EDT

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N.'s atomic energy chief warned during a meeting Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the perilous situation at Europe’s largest nuclear plant “isn’t getting any better” as relentless fighting in the area keeps the facility at risk of...

Russian strikes in Ukraine kill 10 civilians, wound 20 more

Mar. 24, 2023 10:22 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Long-range Russian bombardment killed at least 10 civilians and wounded 20 others in several parts of Ukraine on Friday, officials in Kyiv said, as a Kremlin official boasted that its forces were prepared to repel an expected Ukrainian counteroffensive this spring. ...

China calls Xi's Russia visit one of friendship, peace

Mar. 22, 2023 10:19 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday said President Xi Jinping’s just-concluded visit to Russia was a “journey of friendship, cooperation and peace,” and again criticized Washington for providing military support to Ukraine. The trip that ended Wednesday signaled no new progress...

Japan's Kishida pledges aid for Ukraine-backing Poland

Mar. 22, 2023 09:08 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Japan's prime minister pledged Wednesday to provide Poland with development support to help the European country assist neighboring Ukraine as it defends itself from Russia's invasion. Polish Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hosted Japanese Prime...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow, wrapping up a three-day visit, shortly after Japanese PM Fumio Kishida left Kyiv.

Mar. 22, 2023 02:09 AM EDT
MOSCOW (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping left Moscow, wrapping up a three-day visit, shortly after Japanese PM Fumio Kishida left Kyiv.

NHK says Japanese leader Fumio Kishida is in Kyiv, showing support for Ukraine as China's Xi Jinping visits Russia

Mar. 21, 2023 06:28 AM EDT
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NHK says Japanese leader Fumio Kishida is in Kyiv, showing support for Ukraine as China's Xi Jinping visits Russia.

Japan's Kishida heading to Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy

Mar. 20, 2023 23:57 PM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was heading to Kyiv early Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that coincide with the Chinese leader's visit to Moscow. Kishida will “show respect to the courage and patience of the Ukrainian people who...