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]
Milwaukee civic leaders join national advocates at global forum to unite for Ukrainian Independence
A high-level international forum held on August 23 at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Chicago brought together leading foreign policy voices, elected officials, and civic delegations from across the United States. The event was organized to reinforce public support...
Russia’s effort to keep control of an independent Ukraine it once colonized has lasted decades
Oleksandr Donii was one of the leaders of student-led protests for sovereignty and political reform in 1990 that preceded Ukraine’s declaration of independence. He remembers thinking the fight for autonomy would take decades. Instead, it came much sooner than he...
Trump frustrated by failure to end Russia’s invasion as Putin sets “a trap” in demands for Ukraine concessions
Donald Trump declared a diplomatic breakthrough on August 18 in his bid to prod Moscow and Kyiv closer to peace, announcing he had begun arranging for direct talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Four days later, the...
Intelligence officials fear Russia’s brazen campaign of sabotage is growing more dangerous
It was almost midnight when a truck driver resting in his cab heard the crackling of flames at a warehouse in east London storing equipment for Ukraine. He grabbed a fire extinguisher and leapt out, but realized the blaze was too big and retreated. When police...
Why a U.S. archbishop’s meeting with Putin was denounced as “betrayal of Christian witness”
An American Orthodox archbishop’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, in which they exchanged warm greetings and gifts of holy icons, is drawing a denunciation by Ukrainian Orthodox bishops in the United States. They called it a...
Trump hands Putin global stage and legitimacy while sidelining Ukraine and weakening U.S. alliances
On August 15, military personnel from the United States of America literally rolled out a red carpet for a dictator who invaded a sovereign country and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, including the stealing of children. Apparently coached...
Zelenskyy meets with Trump and EU leaders under pressure for concessions to end Russia’s invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump expressed hope that their critical meeting on August 18 with European leaders at the White House could soon lead to three-party talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to his war on Ukraine....
Crimea and beyond: A timeline of Russia’s land grabs during its brutal invasions of Ukraine
Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War. It also paved the way for Russia’s full-scale...
War and Criminals: Trump’s meeting with Putin ends in epic failure to end bloodshed in Ukraine as promised
Donald Trump failed to secure an agreement from Vladimir Putin on August 15 to end Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine, falling short in his most significant move yet to stop the bloodshed, even after rolling out the red carpet for the dictator who started it. The 2...
Ukrainian flag raised in City Hall to show Milwaukee’s solidarity with sister city Irpin and Ukraine
Milwaukee’s City Hall rotunda was filled with the blue and yellow colors of Ukraine on August 11, when Wisconsin Ukrainians, Inc., in partnership with the City of Milwaukee, hosted a special Ukrainian Flag Display Ceremony. The special event marked the beginning of a...
Zelenskyy says Kyiv must be part of any negotiations and rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed on August 9 the planned summit between Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.” The Trump-Putin meeting, scheduled for...
Trump to host Putin in Alaska despite ICC war crimes indictment and ongoing invasion of Ukraine
During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed he could stop Russia’s war on Ukraine with a single phone call. Instead, Matt Murphy and Ned Davies of the BBC report that Russian attacks on Ukraine have doubled since Trump took office. August 8 was the...
Crimea and the war for identity: From the Mongol siege of Kiev to Putin’s campaign to erase Ukraine
In December of 1240, the Mongol Empire unleashed hell upon the capital of Kievan Rus’. Under the command of Batu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, the Mongol horde breached the fortified city of Kiev after a ten-week siege. What followed was a calculated massacre....
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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