Ukraine invasion

The war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly two years, with human impacts across the globe. In New York, a family in Hoosick Falls connected with refugees through a sponsorship-focused organization.

Capital Region elected officials are showing support for Ukraine as Russia’s invasion reaches the 18-month mark.

History has a way of making uncertain events seem to have been inevitable. The Union won the Civil War, but what if the Confederacy had gotten European support, which almost materialized? The Watergate scandal upended our politics, but what if the burglars at the Democratic headquarters hadn’t been busted? What if World War II hadn’t turned into an Allied victory?

Iuliia Mendel is a Ukrainian journalist who served as press secretary and spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, from 2019 until 2021. Her book is "The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World."

Vermont’s at-large Congressman is returning from Latvia, Poland and Slovakia after assessing the situation in the region for a week.

During the Cold War paranoia of the 1950s, “witch hunts” of Americans seen as sympathetic to the cause of Russian communism were triggered by U.S. politicians like Sen. Joe McCarthy, fueling an ugly national hysteria targeted largely at film-makers and others in the arts community. Careers were ended and lives were ruined.

The Vermont State Police are sending nearly a thousand pieces of body armor collected over two weeks to Ukraine.

This week three Ukrainian students attending Middlebury College talked about the invasion and their families remaining in the war zone.

Vermont State Police are sending donated body armor vests to Ukraine.

As the situation in Ukraine worsens by the day, SUNY Orange is hosting a virtual lecture Wednesday night by Global Studies Professor Michael Strmiska.