Russian invasion of Ukraine
Special Coverage
Vladimir Putin began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that he started in 2014. The invasion received widespread international condemnation, including massive economic sanctions. Milwaukee’s Ukrainian American community began with immigrants in the early twentieth century, and continued to grow in the years after World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union.
These news stories cover the local connections in Milwaukee to an international crisis, and all the complexities woven into America’s political climate.
- Links to complete news coverage of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine: mkeind.com/ukraine
- Reports from Ukraine – Series of news reports from May 2022 in Ukraine: mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine
- Return to Ukraine – Series of news reports from June-July 2023 in Ukraine: mkeind.com/returntoukraine
- Selected features that focus on news from Milwaukee’s Sister City of Irpin: mkeind.com/irpin
Featured: Jennifer Vosters: A visit to Kyiv that offered insight, awareness, and an inspiration for solidarity [Feb 24, 2022]
How a grassroots Ukrainian school became a vital community anchor for a growing diaspora in America
In Bellevue, Washington, a grassroots cultural center shows how one immigrant’s determination to teach her children Ukrainian became a community hub for hundreds When Oksana Krivizuk arrived in Washington State in 2015 with two small children, she faced a...
Ukraine’s sea drones force the Russian Black Sea fleet into retreat as Kyiv prepares for next stage of war
The commander of sea-drone operations for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says more complex strikes against Russian forces are expected next year, after Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet succeeded in curbing the movements of Russia’s once-dominant Black...
When war ends: Why the U.S. is unlikely to invest in Ukraine’s recovery with a new Marshall Plan
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to repay the United States for helping to defend the country against Russia’s invasion. Since 2022, Congress has...
Russia outlines plan to rebuild its armored forces in preparation for large-scale war with NATO
In its most recent intelligence assessment, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russia’s defense industry is pursuing a long-term effort to expand T-90 tank production and reestablish its pre-war tank reserves, signaling intent to maintain a...
A diminished Russia risks losing control of Far East territory as China and North Korea expand influence
Russia’s remote Far Eastern territories are becoming the focal point of what Ukrainian intelligence describes as a gradual foreign takeover, with China and North Korea tightening their economic and demographic grip on a region that makes up nearly half of the Russian...
How Putin isolates Russia’s internet from the rest of the world by blocking access to websites
YouTube videos that won’t load. A visit to a popular independent media website that produces only a blank page. Cellphone internet connections that are down for hours or days. Going online in Russia can be frustrating, complicated, and even dangerous. It’s...
Backchannel deal to recognize Russia’s occupation links Ukrainian land to Trump’s corporate greed
As Trump’s popularity continues to drop, the MAGA coalition shows signs of cracking, and Trump’s mental acuity slips, there is a frantic feel to the administration, as if Trump’s people are trying to grab all they can, while they can. A source has told The Telegraph...
Fog and winter weather open gaps in Ukraine’s defensive lines as Russians push deeper into Donetsk
The fog rolls in across eastern Ukraine, and with it comes danger. For Ukrainian defenders, the murky weather that blankets the front lines has become as much an adversary as Russian forces themselves, grounding the drones that have become Ukraine’s primary...
Ukraine and NATO nations adopt jamming technology as Russian drones continue hostile incursions
In a warehouse more than 900 miles from Ukraine’s capital, workers in northern Denmark painstakingly piece together anti-drone devices. Some of the devices will be exported to Kyiv in the hopes of jamming Russian technology on the battlefield, while others will...
Basement café in Kyiv becomes a hub for recovery after Russian missile blast targets civilians in Kyiv
The blast came without warning. A Russian missile ripped through a cluster of townhouses on the edge of Kyiv, tearing facades from nearby apartment blocks and scattering debris across the streets like lumps of confetti. The neighborhood was left stunned by the...
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki rises to ozeki and nears the highest rank of Japan’s national sport
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki is only 21 but has moved just one step from the top rank of Japan’s national sport. In an elaborate ceremony on November 26, he was promoted by the Japan Sumo Association to the rank of ozeki, the rung just below the top. Only...
Trump demands President Zelenskyy surrender to Putin in concessions that ignore Ukraine’s sovereignty
With his new 28-point plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield and must come to a settlement that heavily...
Brutal Russian attack targeting civilians kills families in Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil
A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said on November 19. The nighttime attack hit two nine-story apartment blocks in Ternopil, located around 120 miles...
Featured: Photos from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk documents images of war as civilians evacuate Irpin [Mar 16, 2022]
Featured: Milwaukee formalizes Sister City status with Ukraine’s Irpin [Mar 23, 2018]
Milwaukee has a small but thriving Ukrainian American community, and Irpin is a sister city. Follow our special coverage at mkeind.com/ukraine for updates on Putin’s invasion, and about how the fight by Ukrainian people to preserve their democracy is having an impact on the families and businesses here in Milwaukee. 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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