Kyiv has no plans to pull out of Bakhmut. Ukrainian officials say it's not just a matter of what the loss would mean for the public's morale. The city's defense, they say, is linked to a planned spring offensive that could commence within weeks as the weather warms.
Civilian massacres at Bucha and other towns foreshadow more carnage amid Russia s brutal invasion, said Archbishop Borys Gudziak and local Ukrainian Catholics.
More than 10,000 miles from his childhood hometown in Ukraine, San Francisco Bay Area gay Ukrainian Leonid "Leo" Volobrynskyy is horrified watching Russia destroy the country where his family and close friends still live.