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A Ukrainian deputy prime minister overseeing the country’s push to join the European Union says she’s “100%” certain all 27 EU nations will approve making Ukraine a candidate for membership in the bloc.

Charles, Prince of Wales traveled to Romania’s capital on Wednesday to visit refugees, mostly women and children, that have found safety in the Eastern European country after fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

First Lady Jill Biden visited Ukrainian refugee students at a Romanian public school on day two of her four-day overseas trip to Romania and Slovakia on Saturday

One woman has made it her mission to help people seek asylum from war-torn Ukraine. In April, immigration lawyer Dana Bucin traveled from her Hartford office to a refugee camp in Tijuana, Mexico. There she spent three days helping 2,000 Ukrainians obtain the proper paperwork to legally cross the border. At the time, she and her colleague were the only…

One woman has made it her mission to help people seek asylum from war-torn Ukraine: immigration lawyer Dana Bucin.

Russia and the United States carried out a dramatic prisoner exchange on Wednesday, trading a Marine veteran jailed in Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.

It’s been three weeks since Anastasia Kavunenko and her two-year-old daughter Karolina made it all the way from war-torn Ukraine to Connecticut. But there are still tears. Anastasia was able to seek refuge in the U.S. to live with her boyfriend’s parents in Suffield. Starting Monday under President Biden’s Uniting for Ukraine program, 100,000 refugees like Anastasia can stay...

A woman who escaped the war in Ukraine to come to Connecticut a few weeks ago hopes a new Biden Administration policy will help more Ukrainian refugees make it to the U.S.

Hartford’s Russian Lady is changing its name to “The Ukrainian Lady” amid the ongoing international conflict between the two countries. The popular bar and nightclub destination announced the change on Facebook. Many people came out Thursday night to celebrate the name change with music and drink specials. “It is just a name. We don’t support what Russia’s doing and...

Semem Bobrovskii and his wife left their home in Ukraine, as it was their only option after missiles began landing near their home.

Ukrainian refugees are now making their way to the U.S. and to Connecticut. The safe landing comes nearly two months since Ukraine was invaded by Russian military forces. Simon Bobrovskii and his wife left their home, as it was their only option after missiles began landing near their home. Bobrovskii is Russian and his wife is Ukrainian and they...

It was a long journey for three Ukrainian refugees who escaped their home and the terror taking place in Ukraine.

The South Fire District in Middletown held the Equipment Drive, collecting fire equipment and medical supplies to send to Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has led to some remarkable profiles of humanity – including a love story spanning several continents.

The spirit of community is going international with the Ukrainian Firefighters Equipment Drive in Middletown this weekend. Hosted by Middletown’s South Fire District and co-sponsored by six organizations, the goal is to collect fire equipment and medical supplies in Connecticut to send over to Ukraine to help firefighters fight on the frontline. “I was seeing the buildings in the...

Several businesses and organizations in Middletown are sponsoring a medical equipment drive that supports firefighters in the Ukraine this weekend.

Jamie McDonald got back last week from Poland where he volunteered with World Central Kitchen to feed Ukrainian refugees.

An East Granby family has welcomed loved ones who escaped the war in Ukraine in a long journey through several countries.

The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at U.S. financial institutions to be made in U.S. dollars, an agency official says

Six businesses and organizations in Middletown are co-sponsoring a Ukrainian Firefighters Equipment Drive that will support multiple fire services in Ukraine, according to a press release. Teaming up with the Lviv Oblast Fire Department in Ukraine, the donation drive will be held this weekend to gather supplies for emergency responders as they serve those in need. “Over these past several…