Ukraine Under Attack

Ukraine Under Attack

One year of Russia-Ukraine conflict

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Ukraine Under Attack
  • Here's what China is saying

    China’s Two Sessions will primarily focus on the economy and domestic issues. Given the unfolding crisis in Ukraine, the Heat’s Anand Naidoo asked Cheng Li, Director of the China Center, at Brookings, how the conflict could impact China, given this is the age of globalization and an interconnect...

  • Reasons behind the Ukraine conflict

    On The Heat, Sergei Zhuk, Professor of History at Ball State University, and Vladimir Sotnikov, Director of the Russia-East-West Center for Strategic Studies and Analysis, debated each other on why Russia and Ukraine are in a conflict.

  • Living in a bomb shelter

    Tatyana is a teacher who has spent the last few nights in a bomb shelter in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine. She talks about her hope that the crisis will end soon, and how she feels as tensions build.

  • What's next for international students?

    In this video, a Chinese student studying in Ukraine takes us around a local grocery store, where he shows us how much food and daily necessities are stocked. He also talks about his worries about his academic future.

  • What air raid sirens sound like

    Alex, a Mariupol resident, encountered an air raid in Mariupol, Ukraine. In this video, he shows how people in the city hid in a bomb shelter during an airstrike.

  • A silent night in Kyiv

    It has been more than a week since the conflict began in Kyiv. Air raid sirens and bombings can still be heard almost every evening in the city. A resident in Kyiv depicts how his family spends their time on one rare silent night. Although he and his family are worried, they still look forward to...

  • Could the Ukraine conflict be avoided?

    In 2015, U.S. political scientist John Mearsheimer predicted that western interference in Ukraine would lead to a conflict with Russia. Could it have been avoided? Alexander Clackson, a researcher at the University of Lancaster, explains on the Heat.

  • Jewish children evacuated

    Families in the Jewish community in Odessa helped their children evacuate the city.
    Parents said tearful goodbyes to their children.
    Buses are traveling to Romania for safety during the crisis.
    President Zelenskyy warned that the port city could be a target in Russia's military operations.
    The ci...

  • Ukraine's makeshift humanitarian centers

    The Lviv Humanitarian center is getting supplies like food, clothing and medicine from all over Europe, and people are relying on it to survive. 😢

  • Escaping Ukraine

    A member of the CGTN News team is from Ukraine and her mother arrived in Washington, D.C. from Kyiv amid the ongoing crisis. She had to leave behind her partner, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews. See her story here.

  • Ukraine's refugees: An international call for help

    The UN refugee agency is warning the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis could see the “largest refugee crisis this century”.

    More than a million people have already crossed the borders out of Ukraine and up to 4 million are expected to flee the country over the next few months. To put this into cont...

  • What might this mean for Europe?

    The conflict in Ukraine is showing few signs of subsiding, quite the opposite in fact. But just how might it all play out and what will be the lasting impact on geopolitics and the future of Europe?

    The Agenda’s Stephen Cole is joined by Frank Furedi - Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Uni...

  • The Ukraine Crisis

    As the crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate, this week on The Agenda, Stephen Cole considers just how we arrived at the current crisis and what it all could mean for the future of Europe and indeed for the global balance of power.

    He speaks to Frank Furedi, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at ...

  • Like a ghost town

    See shocking footage from the air and on the ground in Borodyanka and Hatne, just two of the Ukrainian villages decimated by Russian shelling on Thursday.

  • Behind Russian military lines

    CGTN reporter Dmitriy Maslak is behind Russian military lines in #Ukraine. This is his report on day 9 of the conflict.

  • Russian attack on nuclear power plant

    Security cam footage allegedly shows Russian flares and bombardment hitting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
    The staff is reportedly operating the plant under gunpoint. The fire has been put out and so far there have not been any radiation leaks detected.

  • Ukrainians on Belarus border prepare for battle

    Russia’s attack on Ukraine is facing resistance, but concerns are growing in the country’s north about reinforcements coming from Belarus.

    In response, residents along the Belarus border are preparing for battle.

    Nawied Jabarkhyl reports from Lutsk, Ukraine.

  • Russian troops could soon begin advancing south from Belarus

    As the war in Ukraine intensifies, US officials have warned Russian troops could soon begin advancing south from Belarus.

    That would open up a new front in the conflict, although Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko says his country won't enter Ukraine.

    Nawied Jabarkhyl reports.

  • On the ground: Nawied Jabarkhyl in Lviv

    Our correspondent Nawied Jabarkhyl is in Lviv, as more refugees arrive in the city hoping to cross the border into Poland.

  • 60 Km-long Russian Convoy

    This is the full video that @Maxar Technologies released showing the Russian military convoy 64 km northwest of Kyiv, making its way towards the #Ukraine capital.

  • Biden threatens to punish Putin

    U.S. President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union speech in front of U.S. lawmakers to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a dictator and vowed to stand with Ukraine.

    He also announced the closure of U.S. airspace to Russian aircraft and said Washington would tighten sanctions further...

  • Why companies are quitting Russia

    Russian actions in Ukraine have triggered an unprecedented number of companies to withdraw from Russia.

    They include banks, tech companies, and energy giants like BP, Shell, and Exxon Mobil.

    For some companies, this marks the end of ties that have lasted for more than two decades.

  • Normally Voloydmyr would be running a consultancy business, now he is fighting

    Normally Voloydmyr would be running a consultancy business, now he is fighting for his country

  • Vienna prepares to welcome more Ukrainian refugees

    While many Ukrainians who’ve fled the war are currently sheltering in Poland, other neighboring countries are preparing for further influxes of people.

    Austria's capital Vienna, around 400km from Ukraine's border, has converted a sports arena into a welcoming center providing shelter and psycho...