President Biden’s first State of the Union Address clocked in at just more than an hour long. During his speech, he touched on issues both foreign and domestic, focusing on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine first. “Putin has unleashed violence and chaos,” Biden told the joint session of Congress. “But while he may make gains on the battlefield…

Russia continued its quest to take over Kyiv Tuesday, launching at least two attacks on Ukraine’s capital city. One of the attacks, targeting Kyiv’s main TV tower, killed five people. Another attack targeted a nearby Holocaust memorial. The Russian attacks on Kyiv came on the same day Russia fired what appeared to be a missile…

Anti-war activists have taken to Russia’s streets to protest the country’s invasion of Ukraine, despite the arrests of hundreds of protesters each day by police. Russia’s paramilitary police, the OMON, have been dispatched to address the growing unrest. The OVD-Info group monitoring protests and arrests in Russia said more than 6,000 people had been arrested for…

As day six of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine got underway, Russia continued to focus on Ukraine’s two largest cities: Kharkiv and the capital of Kyiv. Tuesday brought the second straight day of shelling in Kharkiv. Explosions tore through residential areas, and a maternity ward was moved to an underground shelter. “As a result of air…

On the same day more Russians received sanctions for the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States announced the expulsion of 12 diplomats from the Russian Mission to the United Nations. According to a statement from a spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the U.N., the 12 “have abused their privileges of residency in the United…

Five days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed an application for membership into the European Union (EU). Pictures of the signing were tweeted out by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Video of the signing can be found above. “This is the choice of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. We more than…

According to multiple sources within the United Nations, including this tweet from High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, more than 500,000 refugees have escaped Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. According to a UNHCR spokeswoman, most of those refugees have ended up in Poland (281,000), Hungary (84,500), Moldova (36,400), Romania (32,500) and Slovakia (30,000). The…

The new week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began with peace talks between the two nations in Belarus. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said his country was seeking an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. The Kremlin declined to comment on what Russia was looking for out of the Monday peace…

Ukraine recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant one day after the site was taken by Russian forces. Officials say the increased readings were the result of military activity causing radioactive dust to rise into the air. “Radiation starts to increase. It is not critical for Kyiv for the time being,…

As the world closely monitors the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians and even the country’s president have gone viral on social media with their response. According to Belarus-based journalist Hanna Liubakova, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described himself as Russia’s top enemy. “The enemy marked me as target number one, and my family as target…