In a country where more than 71% of people identify as Russian Orthodox, Patriarch Kirill is a powerful religious and political figure who has consistently refused to acknowledge the destruction and growing death toll of the war.
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Worldwide Orthodox Christian leader denounces ‘atrocious invasion’ of Ukraine
The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia says it will scale back operations near Ukraine capital as talks progress
Western officials say Moscow is reinforcing troops in the Donbas in an attempt to encircle Ukraine’s best-trained and best-equipped forces, which are concentrated in the east.
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Commentary: A double standard for refugees from Ukraine and Central America
The need is the same, regardless of geography, when people have to escape violence.
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Biden makes ‘no apologies,’ says Putin remark was about ‘moral outrage’
The president’s jarring remark about Putin at the end of a Saturday speech in Warsaw intended to rally democracies for a long global struggle against autocracy, stirred controversy in the United States and rattled some allies in Western Europe.
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‘Stand Up for Ukraine’ plan gets political, celebrity help
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for humanitarian help has been answered by the European Commission, the government of Canada and dozens of celebrities assembled by advocacy nonprofit Global Citizen.
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New round of talks aims to stop the fighting in Ukraine
If Russia succeeds in encircling and destroying the Ukrainian forces in the country’s industrial heartland, called Donbas, it could try to dictate its terms to Kyiv and potentially attempt to split the country in two.
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Our View: Help Ukraine refugees, and others across the world
The U.S. has stepped back from its position as a world leader on resettling displaced persons. That has to end.
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Ukrainian students overseas fret about relatives, the future
Students at a boarding school in the Rocky Mountains worry from a world away about their relatives in the war-torn region.
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Ukrainians brace for attack on port of Odesa
The Black Sea port is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself from a Mariupol-style fate.