Russo-Ukrainian War

The Ukrainian national flag flies near Holy Wisdom Cathedral, or St. Sophia Cathedral, in central Kyiv on Feb. 14, 2025, amid Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine. Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which also damaged the historic cathedral. (OSV News photo/Thomas Peter, Reuters)

Kyiv’s historic cathedral damaged in Russian air strikes

June 12, 2025
Up to seven people were killed and up to 13 injured in a large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv and Odesa June 10, which also damaged the historic Holy Wisdom Cathedral, also known as St. Sophia Cathedral.
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A serviceman of 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a 2S5 "Hyacinth-S" self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops at the frontline near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine Nov. 18, 2024, amid the ongoing the Russia-Ukraine war. (OSV News photo/Oleg Petrasiuk, Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters)

US Catholics help ‘heal the wounds of war’ in Ukraine through fund

March 20, 2025
Catholic bishops and faithful in the U.S. are helping to heal broken bodies, minds and spirits in Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale invasion, thanks to a church-driven initiative.
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A church in Lukashivka, Ukraine, that was destroyed by Russian shelling is pictured April 27, 2022. (OSV News photo/Zohra Bensemra, Reuters)

Report: Russia weaponizes orthodoxy to persecute, kill Christians in Ukraine

February 17, 2025
A new report calls for the Russian Federation to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism.
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People gather at Lourdes

Ukrainians gather at Lourdes to pray for peace in homeland and world

October 23, 2024
As Russia’s war on Ukraine approaches its 11th year, thousands of Ukrainians from all over the world gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France to pray for peace in their homeland and throughout the world.
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Ukrainian youth pray on Apparition Hill (Mount Podbrdo) in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina during a May 19-27, 2024 pilgrimage for peace as Russia escalates attacks on their nation amid a war now in its 11th year. (OSV News/Sister Lucia Murashko/Oksana Dmyterko)

Ukrainian youth make pilgrimage to Medjugorje, praying for peace

May 28, 2024
A group of Ukrainian youth have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, asking Mary to bring peace as Russia doubles down on its 11-year war in Ukraine and brutally targets civilians.
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The flag of Ukraine is seen outside St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead, N.Y., in 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

‘Prayer’ behind passage of U.S. aid to Ukraine bill, say Ukrainian Catholics

April 23, 2024
Ukrainian Catholics in the U.S. are breathing a sigh of relief and prayers of gratitude, after a bill for aid to Ukraine cleared the House of Representatives following months of delay, political infighting and even openly anti-Ukrainian sentiment among some ...
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