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Putin's warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges
The Russian president's references to "cleansing" of "scum and traitors" evoked terrifying memories of the mass arrests of the Stalin era, when repression was justified for "cleansing" Soviet society.
Minnesota native killed in attack in Chernihiv, Ukraine
Jimmy Hill, 68, became stranded in Chernihiv, a city north of Kyiv, after taking his partner there for medical treatment.
Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russian forces largely bogged down outside major cities in Ukraine have turned to shelling them from a distance, including dozens of confirmed attacks on health facilities during the war that on Thursday entered its fourth week.
Russia's onslaught continues amid optimism over talks
Russian forces are raining fire on Kyiv and other major cities, with Ukrainian authorities saying an airstrike destroyed a theater where hundreds of people were sheltering in Mariupol. 
Biden calls Putin a war criminal
President Joe Biden on Tuesday was asked by reporters whether he was ready to call Russian President Putin a war criminal. "I think he is a war criminal," he said.
In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced
Belorusets' book “Lucky Breaks,” written in the aftermath of Russia's previous assault into Ukraine in 2014, was published in English this month. The author remains in Kyiv producing art as war rages.
Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch warns Putin will move west if he wins in Ukraine
Yovanovitch served as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine but was relieved of her post following a smear campaign orchestrated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Her new memoir is “Lessons From the Edge.”