Category Archives: World News – ABC Audio
Russia-Ukraine updates: Pro-Russian oligarch captured in Ukraine: Zelenskyy
Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian troops invading from Be...
Apr 12, 2022
How humanitarian corridors work to offer lifeline to besieged Ukrainians
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For tens of thousands of civilians trapped in active combat zones in Ukraine, the establishment of humanitarian corridors could mean the difference between liv...
Apr 12, 2022
New Russian commander, same 'depravity and brutality': Pentagon update Day 47
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's efforts to resist. Her...
Apr 12, 2022
Queen Elizabeth says COVID-19 leaves 'one feeling very tired and exhausted'
Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke for the first time publicly about her own battle with COVID-19, saying the virus leaves "one feeling very tired and exh...
Apr 11, 2022
Ukraine is 'preparing' for attack in the east by Russian forces, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that an attack from Russian forces in the east is looming. But he said Ukrainian ...
Apr 11, 2022
Macron, Le Pen advance to second round of French elections
Chesnot/Getty Images(PARIS) -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, a far-right presidential candidate, took the top two spots in the first round of the presidential elections on Sunday...
Apr 11, 2022
With eyes on 'Londongrad,' U.K. seeks to overhaul ties to Russian oligarchs
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- To Daria Kaleniuk, a Ukrainian anti-corruption activist, Russian President Vladimir Putin "has two armies." "One is visible and obvious, it operates in Ukra...
Apr 09, 2022
At least 50 killed in attack on Ukrainian train station
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- At least 50 people, including five children, were killed in a rocket attack on a train station in eastern Ukraine on Friday, authorities said. Two Russian...
Apr 08, 2022
Mariupol couple recounts escape from bombed Ukraine city
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A scar left by a piece of shrapnel runs from just above Nadiya's right eyebrow up to her hairline. She said it is a memento of a harrowing 140-mile escape to safety she, her husb...
Apr 08, 2022
Russia accused of using 'mobile crematoriums' to incinerate civilians in Mariupol
Yulii Zozulia/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images(MARIUPOL, Ukraine) -- In one of the creepiest allegations to emerge from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin is being accused by Uk...
Apr 07, 2022