Russian invasion of Ukraine
Special Coverage
Vladimir Putin began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that he started in 2014. The invasion received widespread international condemnation, including massive economic sanctions. Milwaukee’s Ukrainian American community began with immigrants in the early twentieth century, and continued to grow in the years after World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union.
These news stories cover the local connections in Milwaukee to an international crisis, and all the complexities woven into America’s political climate.
- Links to complete news coverage of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine: mkeind.com/ukraine
- Reports from Ukraine – Series of news reports from May 2022 in Ukraine: mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine
- Return to Ukraine – Series of news reports from June-July 2023 in Ukraine: mkeind.com/returntoukraine
- Selected features that focus on news from Milwaukee’s Sister City of Irpin: mkeind.com/irpin
Featured: Jennifer Vosters: A visit to Kyiv that offered insight, awareness, and an inspiration for solidarity [Feb 24, 2022]
Winter of war: Display of scorched transformer highlights Russia’s attack on civilian energy
A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s badly damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s city center, a stark reminder of the scale of destruction caused by Russian strikes on the country’s energy system. The massive blackened hulk...
Outnumbered defenders in Ukraine’s Avdiivka face collapse due to GOP’s obstruction of sending aid
Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka struggled on February 16 with severe ammunition shortages as Russian forces tightened the noose around the strategic eastern city in an intense Kremlin push for a battlefield win. The timing is critical as Russia is looking for a morale...
Carlson’s Clown Show: Takeaways from the exchange between former Fox News host and a Russian dictator
Vladimir Putin turned to a trusted ally for his first interview with a Western media figure, since he launched without provocation the brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago. Putin has heavily limited his contact with international media since February...
Advanced Wireless begins shipping hundreds of access points it donated to rebuild Irpin’s Wi-Fi network
Darryl Morin, President and CEO of Advanced Wireless, Inc. (AWI), formally announced on February 1 the donation and pending shipment of more than 800 site-survivable Wi-Fi access points to Milwaukee’s Sister City of Irpin, Ukraine. The donation, consisting of...
Putin’s love of money: Efforts to steer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine made little progress over two years
It has been nearly two years since the United States and its Western allies froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign holdings, in retaliation for Moscow’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. That roughly $300 billion in Russian Central...
Interview with Tom Barrett: U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg reflects on forging ties with Irpin
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Wisconsin Ukrainians host annual fundraising picnic to support homeland on 500th day of war
Local Ukrainian Americans celebrated their vibrant ethnic culture during an annual community picnic in Franklin, while holding in their hearts the many family and friends still living under brutal Russian occupation in Ukraine. It was an immersive experience that allowed residents from all over Wisconsin to experience Ukraine’s unique heritage.
Return to Ukraine: A trauma loop of travel from Milwaukee to a country still at war a year later
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
From Weddings to War: How Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov photograph Ukraine’s daily horrors
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Being Friends of Angels: The Milwaukee nonprofit saving lives and offering hope in Ukraine
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Fear grows over deliberate leak by Russia at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine
Ukraine continues to accuse Russia of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, but has not provided evidence to support the claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The...
U.S. defends controversial plan to deliver cluster munitions to Ukraine with promise of careful usage
President Joe Biden recently defended what he said was a “difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine’s promise to use the controversial bombs carefully....
Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine: Understanding the rules behind Putin’s threat of using atomic weapons
Since Russia launched its unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the brutal dictator Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin voices have frequently threatened the West with its nuclear arsenal. On Day 1 of the war, Putin said “whoever tries to impede us,...
Featured: Photos from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk documents images of war as civilians evacuate Irpin [Mar 16, 2022]
Featured: Milwaukee formalizes Sister City status with Ukraine’s Irpin [Mar 23, 2018]
Milwaukee has a small but thriving Ukrainian American community, and Irpin is a sister city. Follow our special coverage at mkeind.com/ukraine for updates on Putin’s invasion, and about how the fight by Ukrainian people to preserve their democracy is having an impact on the families and businesses here in Milwaukee. 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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