The changes make Twitter the latest social platform to grapple with the misinformation, propaganda and rumors that have proliferated since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
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Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol are registered as POWs
The Red Cross registers hundreds of the soldiers as prisoners of war in a step toward ensuring their humane treatment under the Geneva Conventions.
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Senate passes $40 billion Ukraine aid package
An infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies now heads to President Biden for his signature.
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Surrendering Ukrainian troops in Mariupol face interrogation, uncertain fate
While Ukraine hopes to get them back in a prisoner swap, Russia threatens to put some of them on trial for war crimes.
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Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine’s 1st war crimes trial
He could get life in prison for shooting a a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window.
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After Kyiv visit, Sen. Collins expresses support for Ukraine military aid
Maine’s senior senator says a trip led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also was meant to signal support for Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids.
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Mariupol on verge of falling to Russians, as Ukrainian fighters leave steel plant
More than 260 fighters — some of them seriously wounded and taken out on stretchers — left the ruins of the Azovstal plant on Monday and turned themselves over to the Russian side in a deal reached by the two warring parties.
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More than 260 fighters evacuated from Mariupol steel plant, Ukraine says
Russia continues to pound the Donbas region, but Ukrainian troops advance as Russian forces pulled back from around the northeastern city of Kharkiv in recent days.
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McDonald’s to sell its 850 restaurants in Russia
McDonald’s says it’s started the process of selling its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people
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Small wins buoy Ukraine; West says Russians losing momentum
‘Ukraine can win this war,’ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.