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Conor McGregor’s father hit back at Volodymyr Zelensky after the Ukrainian president criticized the former champion for meeting with Vladimir Putin. Tony McGregor posted a photo on Instagram of Zelensky seated at a table alongside French president Emmanuel Macron, former German chancellor Angela Merkel, and Putin, along with the caption,…

‘You taught me that I could think what I liked, speak up when I wanted to and have the courage to change my mind," writes Cathy Burrell to her aunt The first time we spoke after the war in Ukraine began, you were outraged. “Our relatives are being systematically slaughtered,”…

UNICEF says 5.2 million children require humanitarian aidChildren seen at an underground shelter. Nearly 100 days of war in Ukraine have rendered 3 million children inside Ukraine and over 2.2 million children in refugee-hosting countries in need of humanitarian aid, with nearly 2 out of every 3 children displaced by…

Canada has imposed sanctions on Alina Kabaeva, reportedly the girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The former Olympic gymnast is one of 22 close associates of the Russian regime added to the sanctions list over the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The United Kingdom sanctioned Kabaeva earlier this month and her…

2 hours ago22:45 Olivia Stringer US will not send long range missiles to UkraineThe US will not be sending long-range rockets "for use outside the battlefield" in Ukraine, US press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said.  2 hours ago22:10 Olivia Stringer Zelensky says Ukraine's military forces have had some successesUkraine's military has…

Image A Ukrainian soldier in a trench on the front lines in the Donetsk region on Sunday.Credit...Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York TimesKRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers, seeking to spread Russian forces thin, launched a counteroffensive on Sunday in Kherson, the key southern city that Moscow considered so securely under…

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s embattled president, criticized Conor McGregor during a meeting with senior Irish politicians. During a 45-minute meeting with Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Seanad Cathaoirleach Mark Daly in Kyiv last weekend, Zelensky informed the Irish delegation that he was once a fan of the former two-division UFC…

KYIV, Ukraine—Russian President Vladimir Putin told his German and French counterparts that Moscow was open to resuming negotiations with Ukraine, but that the West’s supply of weapons to the Kyiv government could exacerbate the crisis, the Kremlin said Saturday. The comments came a day after U.S. officials signaled that the…

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ROME—Remember back to Feb. 24 when Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special operation” in Ukraine quickly escalated into a bloodbath? It was the first full-scale invasion in Europe since the end of World War II, and the European Union scrambled to offer support and promises that are increasingly looking like they…