THE NUTCRACKER CANCELED? Ukraine Culture Minister Calls For BAN Of Russian Artists & Music
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss Ukraine’s culture minister’s call to temporarily boycott Russian artists and pause Russian-related productions, such at “The Nutcracker,” which was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. #Ukraine #russiaukrainewar #culturalboycott About Rising: Rising is a weekday…
The brutality of war on Ukraine’s front lines
Russia announced on March 29 it would scale back its assault on Kyiv. But in the village of Moshchun, just 20 miles north of the capital, the battle raged on. Read more: https://wapo.st/3wPdnKs. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:…
‘Women are much stronger than men’: A female combat medic on Kyiv’s front lines
Sgt. Daria Filipieva, a medic in the Ukrainian army, couldn’t make it back to her unit when the war broke out, so she joined the volunteer forces defending the capital. Read more: https://wapo.st/3ucPh9N. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:…
View of Kyiv skyline as massive Russian military convoy threatens Ukraine capital
A Russian convoy of tanks, troop carriers and artillery more than 40 miles long continued to gather near Ukraine’s capital city on March 1. Read more: https://wapo.st/3HCOAuJ. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
Making Molotov cocktails, lining up for guns: Ukrainians prepare for total war
Ukraine’s government has urged its citizens to take up arms to repel the Russian invasion. From Kyiv to Kharkiv, people from all walks of life are answering the call. Read more: https://wapo.st/36MY7mv. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK…
‘Nowhere to run’: Ukrainian families crowd into metro stations
Hundreds of people in the eastern city of Kharkiv sheltered inside a subway station on Feb. 24 as Russian troops advanced on the city. Read more: https://wapo.st/3hfQCX2. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
Fear and confusion in eastern Ukraine after Russian attacks
Following a night of explosions in Kharkiv, a family with a 5-month-old baby wondered what they should do next, and where they could go to find safety. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
Ukrainian forces prepare for war in ghost town near Chernobyl
Amid the threat of a Russian invasion, Ukraine’s armed forces conducted combat and first aid training drills on Feb. 5 in an abandoned town near the site of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster. Snipers fired at wooden targets in…
The women who weave camouflage nets for Ukraine’s front lines
In the basement of a Kyiv museum, volunteers are hard at work sewing together strips of cloth into camouflage covers, which are used to disguise military hardware from Russian surveillance. Read more: https://wapo.st/34oXOxs. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube:…
Fear, uncertainty grip Ukraine as Russian threat looms
On a Jan. 26 train ride from Kyiv to Kharkiv, in the east of the country, Ukrainians gave voice to their anxiety over a possible conflict with Russia. They don’t know what they will do in the event of an…