Ukraine

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suggested that United States forces "need to align" with non-European countries including Russia to enhance global security, a remark that comes amid the Biden administration's approval for millions more in military aid to assist Ukraine in fending off Russia's invasion. Haley's response came Wednesday to a question from a WMUR-TV reporter on regions of the world to which she felt the U.S. could pay more attention. A campaign spokesman said Haley misspoke. The U.S. has been upping its military aid to Ukraine as Russia's invasion enters its 16th month. In late May, President Joe Biden approved a new aid package that totals up to $300 million.

Today at 11:00 a.m. - President Biden is delivering remarks in Poland on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden on Monday made a secret visit to Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of U.S. support.Watch live video, here...

A South Carolina man serving as a medic in the Ukrainian military has been identified by his commanding officer as one of two Americans killed in action last week. Luke Lucyszyn died on July 18 in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine after he was knocked unconscious by an artillery strike and fatally shot by a tank, their commander, Ruslan Miroshnichenko, wrote on Facebook. The State Department confirmed the deaths of two Americans in Ukraine on Friday but did not release their names or further details. Family and friends have confirmed reports that the 31-year-old Myrtle Beach resident Lucyszyn was one of the men who died.

Hundreds of war refugees pour into a railway station in Bucharest. The 'lucky' ones make it to Mexico and, eventually, the US. A 23-year-old volunteer tells what she encountered.

Dr. Patrick Warren, co-founder of Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub, is collecting quite the archive of doctored images from Russian trolls that are meant to look like fakes, in order to discredit Ukrainian media.

President Biden is holding a press conference in Brussels following a meeting with NATO allies about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. and allies are expected to step up sanctions on Russia while providing new resources to Ukrainians fleeing the war. Listen at 1:30, on all SC Public Radio stations - or, watch live, here...

Illia Ovcharenko had already chosen the music he would perform for the 2022 Hilton Head International Piano Competition when his home country was invaded in February. By the time of the competition in mid-March, some of the works he selected were resonating on a deeper level.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to Congress Wednesday morning. His remarks come as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third week.Watch live, here...

David Beasley, Executive Director for the UN's World Food Programme, describes current challenges and possible long-term food supply chain problems that could go beyond Ukraine

Anderson-based Summer of God Slavic Evangelical Church has members from the Upstate on the ground in Ukraine right now. They're facing harrowing conditions while performing humanitarian aid.