Haaretz Israel News
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:52:29 +02:00Kyiv's top diplomat apologizes for accusing El Al of making 'money soaked in Ukrainian blood’
The foreign minister took a jab at Israel's flag carrier, claiming on Twitter it was accepting payment via a Russian system 'designed to evade sanctions.' The airline says denied the allegations
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 11:16:00 +02:00Israel drops terrorism charges of six accused of attacking Arab in plea bargain
The deal was reached despite recent appeals to toughen the sentences of those convicted of rioting in mixed cities during last May's round of fighting in Gaza
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:53:31 +02:00Iran says it launched second satellite into orbit
Iran's Revolutionary Guards says the Noor-2 satellite reached a low orbit only days after satellite pictures suggested Iran's civilian program suffered another failed launch attempt
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:18:17 +02:00Israel razes homes of two Palestinian assailants over deadly West Bank shooting
The men are accused of shooting at a car driving near a West Bank outpost, killing a Jewish seminary student and wounding two others
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 09:15:45 +02:00Israel to scrap cash deposit requirement for Ukrainian refugees
Currently, Israelis wishing to host a relative from Ukraine must deposit collateral of at least 10,000 shekels and guarantee that they will leave the country within a month, though first-degree kin are exempt
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 08:45:30 +02:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Moscow says it opened humanitarian corridors from five Ukrainian cities
Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanctions on Russian banks and...
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 06:41:50 +02:00Oh, what a useful war
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 06:30:50 +02:00Bennett bears responsibility
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 05:58:09 +02:00Israel wants to mediate in Ukraine, but believes little stands in the way of the Russian steamroller
Israel's security echelon is diverging from the U.S. defense establishment, convinced that Russia will plow through Ukraine despite surprising Ukrainian victories
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 23:08:12 +02:00Public health chief says likely hundreds of asymptomatic polio cases in Israel
Health services say sewage testing revealed the virus only in the Jerusalem area. Health Ministry urges residents to push vaccine doses forward
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 22:49:04 +02:00Israel charges four Sheikh Jarrah residents with torching Jewish family's home
The four Palestinian defendants threw Molotov cocktails at one of a few settler homes in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 22:07:27 +02:00Zelenskyy pleads to U.S. Jews for support as Russia is 'bombing the life out' of Ukraine
The Ukrainian president, who is Jewish, ties the question of Ukraine's survival to antisemitism in remarks to the Conference of Presidents of American Jewish Organizations
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 22:01:36 +02:00Jerusalem officer whacks protester who documented police brutality
'I’ve encountered violent officers more than once, but I never saw them beating without fear of someone filming them, especially with billy clubs,' says the protester, who was hit after asking officer's name
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 21:17:26 +02:00Kyiv's top diplomat accuses El Al of making 'money soaked in Ukrainian blood'
The foreign minister took a jab at Israel's flag carrier, claiming on Twitter it was accepting payment via a Russian system 'designed to evade sanctions.' The airline says it has blocked it a week ago
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 19:20:31 +02:00Researchers find long-term cognitive decline in COVID-19 patients
Months after contracting COVID-19, changes in areas such as smell and memory were detected in patients' brains
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 18:50:50 +02:00Ukraine war: Plane carrying Belarusian immigrants secretly lands in Israel
Amid uproar over Israel's slow intake of Ukrainian refugees, a plane carrying 73 Jewish immigrants from Belarus lands in Israel under the radar
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:58:15 +02:00Palestinian shot dead after stabbing two Israeli officers in Jerusalem
Footage from the scene shows a police officer firing at the assailant while he was on the ground. The two officers were taken to hospital in moderate condition
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:30:54 +02:00Turkey, Israel in race to mediate between Ukraine and Russia
Perhaps finding an end to the Russia-Ukraine war can be what Israel and Turkey need to end a decade of bad blood between them, as Ankara prepares for president Herzog’s visit
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 17:26:22 +02:00While Israel was fixated on Ukraine, this threat made a comeback
Public discourse in Israel moved in a fast and decisive manner from COVID to an exclusive focus on Ukraine. But experts warn the pandemic is far from over, and could even be rising in the near future
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:57:43 +02:00‘Irpin was beautiful’: Jewish leader mourns Ukrainian hometown shelled by Russia
The Kyiv suburb of Irpin became famous after a horrifying Russian attack. A leader in Ukraine’s Reform Jewish community, who recently left the town, recalled its peaceful past, and expressed rage at the widespread destruction
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:37:02 +02:00Ukraine War: Time is no longer on Putin’s side
Twelve days into the war, Putin has failed to topple the Ukrainian government. Meanwhile, Western governments are preparing for a war of attrition that will crush Russia’s economy
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:28:43 +02:00Israel downed drones launched from Iran 'in coordination with other countries'
Incident happened in 2021, but cleared for publication just now. IDF says the Iranian drones – carrying firearms and ammunition – were testing airlifting military equipment to Gaza
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:17:48 +02:00Inside the Israeli ‘war room’ rescuing Ukrainians under bombardment
In a southern Israeli city, volunteers take endless phone calls, pore over maps and keep up with train schedules to get as many people out of Ukraine as they can
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 16:01:42 +02:00'Very intelligent animals': Israeli researchers discover octopuses' impressive cognitive abilities
The team discovered that octopuses learn when neural activity sparks long-term changes in their synapses
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:39:32 +02:00Ukraine war: Israel is like Russia? Seriously?
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:25:50 +02:00Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s revolutionary Jewish hero
Until Russia’s invasion, Zelenskyy's Jewish roots seemed almost incidental. But now, his Jewishness has become hugely powerful and symbolic, not only for Ukraine but for contemporary Jewish identity and history
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:16:07 +02:00Israeli mediation more important to us than weapons, Ukraine envoy says
'What are they afraid of?': Ambassador condemns Israel's unwillingness to provide Ukraine with protective military equipment as Russia fighting continues
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 14:43:46 +02:00Poland, Portugal and even Nepal: Israeli tech looks for alternatives to Ukraine
With war in the Ukraine ruining Israeli hi-tech’s plans to expand operations in the country, other alternative states have emerged: ‘Nepalese programmers work in cyber and blockchain’
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 14:26:44 +02:00Israel's Bennett, Ukraine, and Putin's rigged game
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 13:52:36 +02:00NATO allies send Ukraine 17,000 anti-tank missiles in six days: here's the result
Ukrainian leaders say the shipments – sent by U.S. and other NATO allies – have made a difference against Russia's armored vehicles, The New York Times reports
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:39:37 +02:00Ukraine war: How Israel is helping Putin
The Russians protesting Putin's war in Ukraine, despite intense Kremlin propaganda and repression, are the conscience of the world. Israeli cyberweapons and its shameful, sycophantic policies are betraying them
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:39:02 +02:00Israel to limit number of non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees
The policy, which Israel's interior minister says should be announced in the coming days, will allow some refugees to obtain work permits
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:15:27 +02:00Hazardous leak at Israeli plant; three lightly wounded
The leak was quickly brought under control by firefighters; Environmental Protection Ministry to investigate
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 11:51:09 +02:00U.S. 'very much appreciates' Israel's Ukraine-Russia diplomacy, Blinken tells Lapid
Secretary of State Blinken is expected to visit Israel soon, but likely only after negotiations on a new Iran nuclear deal are concluded
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 10:18:56 +02:00Iran criticizes Russian 'interference' in nuclear talks, report says
Moscow has raised a potential stumbling block, as months of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Vienna appear to be headed for a deal
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 09:53:03 +02:00How to spot fake news in the Ukraine-Russia disinformation war
Putin's Ukraine invasion has unleashed an onslaught of disinformation online, from deep fakes to viral videos from the West Bank. Fortunately, there are some tools to help you tell what's fake and what's not
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 08:55:59 +02:00Russia-Ukraine updates: Third round of talks ends, humanitarian corridors let civilians flee
Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanctions on Russian banks and...
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:09:00 +02:00Israel girds for violent months as Muslim and Jewish holidays converge
Following the intercommunal violence seen in mixed Jewish-Arab cities last May, security forces in Israel are preparing for what they believe will be an explosive holiday season
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:08:03 +02:00Iran, UN watchdog reach compromise, paving way for nuke deal
The UN nuclear agency refused to immediately close the probe into trace uranium found at undeclared sites across Iran, spun by Prime Minister Bennett as a victory, but that could change in the coming months
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:06:56 +02:00Bethlehem factories now face harsher security regulations from Israel
Factory owners say the requirements – which include installing cameras in factories, equipping trucks with GPS devices and assisting in security checks on workers – are too costly for many to bear
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 05:37:48 +02:00Two reportedly killed in Israeli attack over Syria's Damascus
Echoes of explosions were heard in the city's skies and the country's air defense systems were activated in response to 'Israeli aggression,' Syria's state media reported
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 05:22:54 +02:00Does ‘never again’ only refer to Jews?
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 05:15:58 +02:00Russia's big stick policy on Ukraine
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 04:13:21 +02:00Jewish settlers in la la land
Mon, 7 Mar 2022 03:39:38 +02:00Haaretz Cartoon
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:45:42 +02:0016-year-old shot, killed by Israeli army near Jerusalem
Yamin Jaffal was wounded by Israeli fire after he allegedly threw firebombs at a military position, a statement by the military says
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:30:44 +02:00Ukraine diplomacy will win Israel's Bennett prestige, but not votes
It's clear Netanyahu isn't irreplaceable, but even if Bennett proves himself a capable prime minister, many of his potential supporters on the right won’t be able to forgive him for forming a government with left-wingers and Islamists
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:11:51 +02:00In first case in three decades, 4-year-old Israeli diagnosed with Polio
The child, a Jerusalem resident, had not received routine vaccinations for the virus
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 20:55:02 +02:00‘A good place to raise kids’: First organized flights of Ukrainian immigrants, since Russian invasion, land in Israel
A total of 400 new immigrants arrive in Israel, including 100 children, as efforts to evacuate Jewish refugees from war-torn Ukraine are underway
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 19:46:58 +02:00Israeli officer, indicted for brutality, allegedly pins demonstrator's head with knee
Officer Yossi Tzarfati faces trial for assaulting a handcuffed detainee in East Jerusalem ■ Protesters block the main highway leading to Jerusalem at an ultra-Orthodox demonstration against the military draft
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 19:17:55 +02:00Putin, Bennett speak less than a day after meeting in Moscow; Lapid to meet Blinken in Latvia
Israel's Bennett speaks by phone with Putin less than 24 hours after the two leaders met at the Kremlin to discuss Ukraine war as well as in Vienna nuclear talks
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 18:33:56 +02:00Kahanist lawmaker pulls gun on Palestinians in the West Bank
Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir claims that Israeli soldiers at the scene were waiting for reinforcements, but the army denies his allegations and says troops pursued the suspects
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 17:49:56 +02:00With no set plan, Israel to shut down polluting oil refineries in Haifa
The closing of Haifa oil refineries will reduce fossil-fuel use, an essential step in complying with the Paris Agreement on climate change
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 17:03:38 +02:00Israel poised to decriminalize recreational cannabis use
The proposed regulations, which are expected to be approved in the coming days, would decriminalize personal cannabis use and expunge the criminal records for those convicted in the past in the majority of cases
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:53:26 +02:00Global retail giant Carrefour to set up stores in Israel
The move, which comes via a franchising agreement with an Israeli firm, comes after years of attempts to bring international food chains into the country
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:26:20 +02:00How opponents of the Israeli occupation are losing the digital war
In her new book, Duke University’s Rebecca Stein proves the limits of video images in exposing the truth
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 16:15:23 +02:00Tectonic events can cause global chain reactions, Israeli-Dutch team proves
We knew continental plate movements cause quakes, volcanism and sundry miseries. Now for the first time, evidence for a trigger setting off tectonic events (over eons) has been found
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:48:45 +02:00The intelligence community's assessment of Putin: Psychopath or rational leader?
Even before the Ukraine war, Intelligence agencies have developed psychological profiles of Vladimir Putin. Is the Ukraine invasion a sign that the Russian President is mentally unwell, or is this just another case of a dictator holding onto power fo...
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:27:49 +02:00Early humans in Israel had a special reason to recycle their stone tools
Throughout the Homo line, early humans were making some of their tools from older tools, changing their usage. Why?
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:16:25 +02:00Eight years on, Ukrainian Jewish community is displaced once again
The Chabad community in Kyiv evacuates amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, after they were internally displaced from Donetsk in 2014
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 15:05:07 +02:00Ukraine wants volunteers for its anti-Putin hacker army. Don't join
Unless you’re an experienced hacker, answering Ukraine’s digital cry for arms is a bad idea and may actually turn you into a Russian target
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 14:34:53 +02:00We Jews know where Putin’s dehumanizing language on Ukraine leads
Putin is preparing the ground to commit atrocities in Ukraine. Here in Kyiv, I am waiting for the Russian military invasion, and for Israel to choose the right side of history
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 14:30:27 +02:00Israeli minister: 90% of Ukrainian refugees arriving are non-Jews, situation 'cannot go on'
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked hails Israel's intake of Ukrainian refugees following Russia's invasion, but others in the cabinet say that the policy toward Ukrainians arriving at its borders is 'immoral'
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:56:48 +02:00‘Sadly, we’re kinda experts’: Germany on why Russia is not ‘fighting Nazism’ in Ukraine
Germany's embassy in South Africa slams 'cynical' Russian tweet on Ukraine invasion
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:51:07 +02:00AIPAC's endorsement list: dozens of Republicans who deny Biden's election win
Critics say the endorsements by the powerful lobby's new PAC endanger its declared bipartisanship and increase its association with the Republicans. AIPAC's reply: 'We are a single-issue organization focused on Israel'
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:40:01 +02:00This comedy made Zelenskyy Ukraine's president. It’s also very funny
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s character in ‘Servant of the People’ is straight out of a Frank Capra movie. It’s easy to see why the people of Ukraine voted for him, even if they didn't imagine him defending their country from Putin
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:36:07 +02:00Russia's Ukraine invasion pushes the U.S. and Iran together
Russia's insinuation that it could tie the nuclear accords to a resolution in Ukraine only testifies to its fraying relationship with Iran, which is sensing new opportunities from a détente with the West
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 12:04:26 +02:00'An escort or a nymphomaniac?' Israel’s first Arab transgender was misunderstood her entire life
Mahmouda Riad lived with persecution, abuse and fear that didn’t stop even when she left Israel and move to Berlin
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 11:34:48 +02:00What Israel can do for Ukraine – and what it can't
Israel faces growing pressure to take a more explicitly pro-Ukrainian position, but it fears angering Russia. On Iron Dome, mediation, field hospitals and cold hard reality, this is what Israel can actually offer Ukraine
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 11:16:53 +02:00Bennett's Ukraine-Russia strategy: Have your cake and eat it too
Israel is trying to align with the world against the Russian invasion while still maintaining dialogue with Moscow, and that's allowed Naftali Bennett to serve as a surprise mediator between Putin and Zelenskyy
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 09:55:21 +02:00Archaeologists find evidence for 40,000-year-old modern culture in China
No sapiens bones were found at Xiamabei, but archaeologists found a pigment-processing industry and miniaturized stone tools far in advance of their broad adoption in prehistoric China
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 08:55:33 +02:00Ukraine-Russia updates: Staff at Europe's largest nuclear plant in Ukraine now under Russian orders
Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanctions on Russian banks and...
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 08:35:18 +02:00What Israel stands to gain – and lose – from Bennett's Ukraine Russian roulette
The Israeli prime minister's surprise weekend excursion to Moscow and Berlin on the Ukraine invasion may draw some frowns in Washington. But Bennett's eye was more likely on the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna
Sun, 6 Mar 2022 06:29:14 +02:0019-year-old Palestinian injures two cops in Jerusalem stabbing attack
Karim El Kusami from East Jerusalem, attacked the police officers at 4.30 A.M. at a gate to Jerusalem's Old City
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 23:35:43 +02:00Haaretz cartoon
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 23:23:15 +02:00One more reason to dismantle the Jewish National Fund
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 23:20:56 +02:00One SWIFT motion and the occupation is over
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 23:20:14 +02:00Israelis trying to help Ukrainian refugees blocked by Shabbat-observant computers
Over the course of a few hours at the government credit clearing system, relatives of Ukrainians who fled Russia's invasion to come to Israel described numerous bureaucratic hurdles, interrogations
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 23:01:57 +02:00Israel’s rejection of Ukrainian refugees shows that it’s the darkness unto the nations
When war refugees are stopped at Israel’s airport, deported or required to deposit huge sums they don’t have in order to taste freedom and security, it’s clear that something in Israel’s moral compass is warped
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 23:00:41 +02:00The mistake of comparing Russia's invasion of Ukraine to WWII
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 22:06:33 +02:00Bennett’s meeting with Putin was the right move, but what can it achieve?
For there to be any kind of mediation, both warring sides need to be open to some kind of deal. Everything Putin has said and done over the past 10 days suggests any sort of compromise on Ukraine is not on the table
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 21:41:34 +02:00President Herzog to meet Erdogan in two-day Turkey visit, Israel says
In the first visit by an Israeli leader since 2008, Herzog will also meet with members of the Jewish community in Istanbul
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 18:38:20 +02:00Israel's Bennett meets Putin in Moscow over Ukraine invasion
The Biden administration had been informed about the Moscow meeting in advance. Bennett continued from there to Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 17:11:07 +02:00Ukraine cease-fire for civilian evacuation falters as Russian forces shell key port city
Mariupol has been a scene of growing misery in recent days amid an assault that knocked out power and raised the prospect of food and water shortages for hundreds of thousands of people
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 17:00:08 +02:00Finland mulls buying Israeli anti-aircraft system, citing Russian invasion of Ukraine
Finland shares the longest European border with Russia, and while not a NATO member, Putin's invasion of Ukraine has renewed debate over the prospect of joining
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 12:11:09 +02:00New Russian position tying Iran talks and Ukraine sanctions is 'not constructive,' Tehran says
Iran agrees to a roadmap to resolve all of its issues with the UN nuclear watchdog by late June after the agency's chief says a nuclear deal would not possible without it
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 02:09:17 +02:00Iran negotiations reaching end, U.K. and France say
The war in Ukraine is creating a sense of urgency to conclude talks as cooperation with Moscow may prove more difficult in the near future
Sat, 5 Mar 2022 00:33:27 +02:00How much is Russia willing to pay for Ukraine?
As the international community mobilizes to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the West must ask itself if sanctions are a viable substitute for war
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 23:26:10 +02:00'I fled the Nazis, now I'm fleeing the Russians': Jewish refugees from Ukraine find shelter in Moldova
Anna Kalinichenko, who escaped the Nazis as a young girl, is among 280 Jewish refugees who have found sanctuary. For some, the next stop is Israel
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 21:44:29 +02:00He survived a 141-day hunger strike in Israeli custody. He vows to do it again if arrested
After conducting the longest hunger strike of any Palestinian administrative detainee ever, Hisham Abu Hawash was held by Israel for more than another month until his release from prison last weekend
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 20:52:25 +02:00As West Bank simmers, scars of intifada come to light
The political and psychological ramifications reverberate today even as suicide attacks have subsided
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 19:35:01 +02:00Israel mulls one-year residency, work permits for Ukrainians fleeing Russia war
Ministries dispute how many Ukrainians to grant entry into Israel under such scheme, while the number of arrivals from the war-torn country is set to exceed 2,000 early next week
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 18:32:24 +02:0013-year-old boy seriously wounded in clashes with Israeli army in West Bank
Clashes break out as Palestinians protest against a military post set up in Hebron
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 17:27:03 +02:00Conservative, Reform leaders accompanying Women of the Wall denied entry to Western Wall
As prime minister, Netanyahu brokered a deal in 2016 that would have allowed mixed-gender prayer at the site. While the plan was suspended after 18 months, Bennett says it's still on the table
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 14:48:00 +02:00Putin is destroying two countries. Only one of them can stop him
While the Russian military is bombing Ukraine, international sanctions are crushing Russia's economy. The unspoken hope in Western capitals is that Moscow's generals, oligarchs and spy chiefs will reach a breaking point
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 14:18:07 +02:00Teenage yeshiva students escape Ukraine after 40-hour, cross-country trip
With just a few hours notice, yeshiva students hailing from the U.S. and other Ukrainian cities embarked on a journey to escape the Russian invasion. 'God willing, we'll go back,' says the local Chabad emissary
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 13:41:59 +02:00'Collective punishment': Israel Police sets up checkpoint to tackle neighborhood's crimewave
The residents Jawarish in Ramle, the most dangerous neighborhood in Israel last year, are split about the police campaign but they all feel that the checkpoint is a burden on their daily lives
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 12:27:12 +02:00The world united for sanctions on Russia. Why can't it do the same for Palestinians?
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 10:54:37 +02:00Israel, UAE salvage flight route after deal reached on security protocols
The Shin Bet announces that a dispute over flight security, which threatened to halt flights between Israel and the UAE, has been resolved and that all flights between the two countries will resume as normal
Fri, 4 Mar 2022 08:25:05 +02:00Ukraine-Russia updates: Bennett meets Putin in Moscow as cease-fire attempt fails
Russia invades Ukraine: Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides, prompting Western sanctions on Russian banks and...