'It's A Lot Of Tears': Russians And Ukrainians In Minnesota Ache As War Breaks Out
Watching a war unfold through a screen is a surreal experience in 2022. It's especially tough when you have family trapped there and waiting.
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Watching a war unfold through a screen is a surreal experience in 2022. It's especially tough when you have family trapped there and waiting.
For the estimated 17,000 Ukrainian-Americans living in Minnesota, the last 24 hours have been filled with concern, as Russia continues its invasion of the country.
The economic ripple effect from the escalating conflict between Ukraine and Russia is growing.
"People are worried. People can't live normal lives," said Luda Anastazievsky, who was born in Ukraine but has lived in Minnesota for decades. "There's a lot of psychological pressure, there's a lot of economical pressure."
"Without [U.S.] support, it's gonna be that much more bloody for Ukrainians," Stefan Iwaskewycz said. "We would hope that with a strong show of force it would deter what Russia's trying to do."
With tens of thousands of Russian troops massing on Ukraine's border Tuesday night, Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she agrees Russian President Vladimir Putin could be on the verge of an attack.
Elk River is part of the 6th congressional district, 40 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. There, 68% of voters backed Trump in 2016. But there were sharply divided opinions Wednesday.
The app developer is based in St. Petersburg, Russia, and that has many worried about where their data is going.
The U.S. is backing out of a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, the White House and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday morning. The Trump administration argues that Russia isn't keeping up its end of the bargain of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) arms treaty, which was has been a key component of European security since the Cold War.
The special counsel's office is calling Michael Flynn's cooperation "substantial" and is recommending no prison time for the former Trump administration national security adviser.
The Ukrainian navy says Russian ships fired on and seized three of its artillery ships Sunday.
President Donald Trump says he will pull United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.
Just two months before the midterm elections, bipartisan legislation to try to prevent foreign hacking into U.S. election systems is stalled in Congress as the White House and some Republicans worry it could exert too much federal control over the states.
A new poll released Friday finds 60 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's work as president.
Facebook says more than 290,000 accounts followed at least one of the fake pages.
Months of House Republican criticism of the Justice Department has culminated in the introduction of articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
National Security Adviser John Bolton cites Mueller's probe as reason the for the delay.
Minnesota political leaders are mirroring the divide at the national level, with some, but not all, Republicans criticizing the president, even after he walked back his statements on Tuesday.
He said he accepts the American intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the election.
Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen is distancing himself from President Donald Trump following his meeting in Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the congressman called "dangerous" and "embarrassing."
A 29-year-old gun-rights activist served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials.
The DOJ says the Russians intended to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, and all 12 defendants are members of the GRU, a Russian intelligence agency.
Russian working at this year's World Cup are getting a little extra job training: they're reportedly being taught how to smile.
"The size and scope of the infrastructure impacted by VPNFilter malware is significant," the FBI said.
Discussion forum company Reddit issued its transparency report for 2017 during Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Senate appearance, saying it had found and banned 944 suspicious accounts associated with Russia's Internet Research Agency.
