Michael Eckels News Today

The Ukrainian government says that nearly one-third of its territory is mined, and that when the war ends, demining could last a decade or more. Evgeny Maslov has more in this story, narrated by Anna Rice. Videographer: Michael Eckels

More than 43,000 migrants have arrived in New York City in recent months, and Mayor Eric Adams has warned that services to help new arrivals in America’s most populous city are at a “breaking point.” Evgeny Maslov reports on the extraordinary steps New York is taking in this story, narrated by Anna Rice. Camera: Michael Eckels

Residents of the East Village neighborhood in New York City known as Little Ukraine, as well as members of the local Ukrainian American community, have been doing what they can to help refugees from the war-torn country who have made it to the United States. Evgeny Maslov has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. Camera: Michael Eckels.

The VOA News Center's Tina Trinh is on the scene near the site of this morning's subway shooting in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. After the 20-block-wide barrier was lifted, she and a team from VOA's Russian service got into the area immediately surrounding the subway station. There they found a heavy police presence and tension in the air as word surfaced that 16 people were injured, several seriously, with the gunman still on the loose. Camera: Tina Trinh, Michael Eckels

Eleanor Reissa’s mother and father survived the Nazi Holocaust in Europe during the 1940’s. After the war but before they were married, they wrote letters to each other. Those letters led Eleanor on a journey to learn about her parents’ past. The result of that journey was just released in book form. Victoria Kupchinetsky has the story from Cold Spring, New York. Camera – Michael Eckels.

PEN America, a nonprofit that promotes free expression through the advancement of literature, held its annual street action called 'An Empty Chair' outside the Russian consulate in New York City in support of journalists imprisoned for covering the occupied territories of eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Evgeny Maslov has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. Camera: Michael Eckels