Department of Homeland Security officials have ordered what amounts to a pause for a range of programs that allowed immigrants to settle in the United States temporarily, including a key initiative providing an entryway for Ukrainians. The directive, contained in an email sent by the top official at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Wednesday
Social Vidoes: Far from the front lines, Ukrainians fight a war to preserve their culture : NPR Social Vidoes: Far from the front lines, Ukrainians fight a war to preserve their culture In the Transcarpathia region, some locals embrace a traditional lifestyle and cultural identity. After surviving Soviet threats, now they fear Russian President Vladimir
BBC/Xavier Vanpevenaege Anastasiia’s husband, Andriy, will never get the chance to meet his baby daughter Anastasiia Fedchenko, 36, wails in anguish – her agony echoing around the gilded walls of St Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv. She sits with her hands resting on both sides of her stomach. She is heavily pregnant with her first child,
BBC Svitlana’s husband was captured by the Russians Svitlana says she never considered betraying her country, “not for a second.” “My husband would’ve never forgiven me,” she says, as we meet in her flat near Kyiv. The 42-year-old had been waiting for news of her husband Dima, an army medic captured by Russia, for more
BBC Many Ukrainians have loved ones fighting on the frontline or in captivity A Ukrainian official has told the BBC they hope a New Year prisoner exchange with Russia will happen “any day,” although arrangements could fall through at the last minute. Petro Yatsenko, from Ukraine’s Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, said
In a remote region of western Ukraine, far from where the violent conflict of war with Russia is taking place and destroying human lives, Ukrainians are fighting a different type of battle: for culture and dignity. In this area of Transcarpathia, a historical region in Eastern Europe that is now primarily part of modern-day Ukraine,
NATO was forced to scramble warplanes on its eastern flank on Christmas Day as Vladimir Putin unleashed savage missile and kamikaze drone strikes on targets across Ukraine. Russia’s warplanes, missiles and drones attacked key civilian infrastructure, specifically power plants and supply networks, to leave long-suffering Ukrainians freezing over the festivities. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
Last Updated:December 22, 2024, 17:28 IST The Ukrainian boxer posted a 116-112 win in Riyadh as all three judges voted in his favour in an unanimous decision. Ukraine’s boxer Oleksandr Usyk speaks at a press conference after winning his fight against Britain’s boxer Tyson Fury for the WBA, WBO, and WBC heavyweight title in Riyadh,
It must feel strange to be hiding from your own army but that’s exactly what Yuri is doing. Ever since he escaped from his Ukrainian barracks late one night, he has been staying with friends – too scared to go back to his family or out in public. ‘I just pray that Donald Trump ends
A British traitor fighting for Vladimir Putin’s Russia has gloated about killing Ukrainians and ‘burning all his bridges’ with his family.  Jay Fraser, 24, from Dunblane, in Stirlingshire, fled Scotland in August to take up arms for the despot’s army. The former Tennent’s Brewery worker has claimed to have been on three deployments to fight alongside