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Ukraine archbishop slams Russian invasion, calls Putin the anti-Christ
March 3, 2022 — Statements underline religious conflict between the Orthodox churches in Russia and Ukraine
Russian strikes cripple the Antonov Myira, Ukraine-made world's largest airplane
March 3, 2022 — Antonov-225 Mriya was damaged during Russian strikes at the Hostomel airport near Kyiv. Restoration would cost over $3 billion
At Lviv university, defiant students weave their nation’s defense
March 3, 2022 — Polytechnic students volunteer to weave camouflage nets for Ukrainian army defenders against Russian invaders
ICC opens war crimes probe as Russia intensifies assault, appears to take major city
March 3, 2022 — Fate of Kherson disputed, with some reports of ongoing street battles; refugee tally passes 1 millionas war enters second week
Ukraine foils assassination attempt on Zelensky by Chechen special unit
March 2, 2022 — Kyiv claims it received intelligence from FSB agents who ‘have no desire to take part in this bloody war’
Biden vows to check ‘dictator’ Putin’s aggression, but won’t fight Russia in Ukraine
March 2, 2022 — Congress gives rousing ovation to Ukraine as president touts sanctions unity, lay out plans to deal with inflation, COVID-19
Russia strikes Kyiv TV tower, killing 5 and damaging Babi Yar Holocaust site
March 2, 2022 — Head of memorial site calls attack ‘symbolic,’ as Putin is ‘seeking to distort and manipulate the Holocaust to justify an illegal invasion’
$1 million bounty on Putin offered by Russian businessman
March 2, 2022 — Russian entrepreneur Alex Konanykhinsays the Russian president came to power by ‘blowing up apartment buildings in Russia’
After fleeing Ukraine, Kyiv rabbi says he’s working to help those left behind
March 2, 2022 — Rabbi Jonathan Markovich says some are still sheltering in synagogue, while others being brought food by volunteers
Russian forces intensify attacks on Ukraine’s No. 2 city and close in on Kyiv
March 1, 2022 — Zelensky: Kremlin shelling cities to ‘put pressure’ during talks; Kharkiv mayor says 3 children killed; 40-mile-long Russian convoy nears Kyiv
Fleeing city near Belarus border, busloads of Ukraine Jewish orphans look to Israel
March 1, 2022 — Till now in quiet part of southeastern Ukraine, director of Chabad orphanage says many of the almost 100 children are reliving trauma of 2014 war
Russia likely committing war crimes in Ukraine, The Hague says, opening probe
March 1, 2022 — International Criminal Court to launch investigation ‘as rapidly as possible’ as UN confirms 102 civilians, including 7 children, killed so far
