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Pope Francis slammed Russian atrocities and ever more horrendous cruelties in Ukraine. The pope hosted child refugees at the Vatican and handed them chocolate Easter eggs.

Putin is trying to build an empire stretching from Vladivostok to Lisbon, Dmitry Medvedev warned amid Western fears that Moscow is planning an offensive in south and eastern Ukraine.

LVIV, Ukraine -- Russian troops who occupy the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson seized one of the countrys most prominent theater directors “in a fascist manner” and took him to

Officials representing Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city devastated by Russian missile attacks, on Friday announced that 300 people have died after Russian forces attacked a theater on Wednesday, citing eyewitnesses.

LVIV, Ukraine -- Russian troops who occupy the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson seized one of the country's most prominent theater directors “in a fascist manner” and took him to an unknown location, Ukraine’s Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department says Russia has begun the process of expelling several more diplomats from the U.S. embassy in Moscow.

By Blanchard and Company, Inc ......   In early March, a bill was introduced to the United States Senate in an attempt to restrict Russia from

A senior Russian official says the country’s nuclear arsenal should help deter the West from intervening in the war in Ukraine.

LVIV, Ukraine -- Speaking on the eve of the NATO summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the alliance to provide "effective and unrestricted" support to Ukraine, including any weapons the country needs to fend off the Russian invasion.

By The Associated Press