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By Lianne Kolirin and Tim Lister, CNN Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world’s media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the “mass murder of Ukrainian civilians.” In recent weeks Zelenska has repeatedly used social media to highlight the plight of her nation, yet none have

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the 2005 killings of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Facts Haditha is a city on the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Eight US Marines faced charges in the deaths, but only one was convicted of a crime, that of negligent dereliction of duty. Timeline November 19,

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 2007. Facts At the end of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 687 setting the terms for the ceasefire between Iraq and the US-led coalition. Section C of the resolution called for the elimination of

By Hadas Gold, CNN In Israel, when someone is trying to tread carefully, it is said that they are “walking between the raindrops” — trying not to get wet. For several weeks now, Israel has been walking between the raindrops as Russia wages war on Ukraine. On the one hand is Foreign Minister Yair Lapid,

By Jack Guy, Tim Lister, Olga Voitovych, Paul P. Murphy, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Celine Alkhaldi and Katie Polglase, CNN Russian forces bombed a maternity and children’s hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as an “atrocity.” The attack came despite Russia agreeing to a 12-hour pause

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Just two weeks ago, residents of the Ukrainian capital were tending to their shops, teaching schoolchildren or parked at their office desks. The Russian invasion changed all that. Fighting literally for their lives, civilians, turned into volunteer soldiers, helped construct defenses with military precision — and they are now manning them.

By Sebastian Shukla, Alex Marquardt and Christian Streib, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine — “Excuse me for disturbing you, I’m calling regarding my brother.” “Do you have any information about my husband?” “Hello hotline, is this the place that you can find out if a person is alive?” These are excerpts from audio recordings made to a

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN In late February, days before Russian forces launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine, videos and photos began circulating on social media showing tanks, communications trucks and rocket launchers emblazoned with the letter “Z” rolling toward the border. Digital sleuths speculated over what the “Z,” written in the Roman alphabet rather than