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Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine is forcing many Ukrainians to leave their homes to seek shelter, with long lines already forming at th...

STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE(KYIV, Ukraine) -- As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital Friday and thousands of refugees continued to flee the country, several Ukrainian officials vowed...

Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) -- The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Francis made a visit to the Russian Embassy to the Holy Se...

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For many Ukrainians living in the United States, the early hours of Thursday morning were spent reaching out to family members and watching news developments a...

Cem Tekkesinoglu/dia images via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The streets of several major cities across the globe transformed into seas of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags on Thursday. Protesters are dema...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hold a joint press conference following a meeting in Kiev on October 31, 2019. - SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images...

ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russia's military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings...

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(PRIPYAT, Ukraine) -- As Russian troops continue to inch their way through its invasion of Ukraine, a secondary catastrophe to the fighting between the ex-Soviet neighbors i...

Ronald Wittek - Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Until his surprise election in 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy played a president on TV. Today, the 44-year-old is leading Ukraine as it faces an invasion from...

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, has described it as a "great honor" that Queen Elizabeth requested that she be known as queen consort when her husband, Princ...