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Cars leave Kherson, southern Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Fleeing shelling, hundreds of civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Pockets of shelling hit across Ukraine

by Sam Mednick Associated Press, and Jamey Keaten Associated PressNovember 27, 2022

KHERSON, Ukraine — Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine early Sunday as utility crews scrambled to restore power, water and heating with the onset of snow and frigid temperatures, while civilians continued to leave the…

Police officers inspect inspect corpses of people killed after a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Most Ukrainians without power after Russian strikes

by John Leicester Associated Press, and Sam Mednick Associated PressNovember 23, 2022

In this photo posted on Facebook, Ukrainian soldiers take a selfie with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, during his visit to Kherson, Ukraine, Monday.

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Zelenskyy hails liberation of Kherson

by Sam Mednick Associated PressNovember 14, 2022

FILE - Russian army soldiers stand next to their trucks during a rally against Russian occupation in Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kherson, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022. Russia’s military has announced that it’s withdrawing from Ukraine's southern city of Kherson and nearby areas. That would be another in a series of humiliating setbacks for Moscow’s forces in the 8-month-old war. (AP Photo, File)

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Russia claims pullout from occupied city

by Sam Mednick Associated PressNovember 9, 2022

People fill containers with water from public water pumps in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. A massive barrage of Russian cruise missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday morning, knocking out water and power supplies in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea Fleet. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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Russian barrage cuts water for Kyiv

by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press, Sam Mednick Associated Press, and Hanna Arhirova Associated PressOctober 31, 2022

The Navi-Star sits full of grain as it waits to sail from Odesa, Ukraine, July 29. U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage for ships carrying Ukrainian grain.

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Russia resumes grain blockade of Ukraine

by Sam Mednick Associated PressOctober 30, 2022

Soldiers loyal to Capt. Ibrahim Traore are cheered in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Burkina Faso's new junta leadership is calling for calm after the French Embassy and other buildings were attacked. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo)

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Ousted Burkina Faso leader leaves country for Togo

by Sam Mednick Associated Press, and Arsene Kabore Associated PressOctober 2, 2022

A man holds a portrait of Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who has taken the reins of Burkina Faso, in Ouagadougou, Jan. 25.

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Growing jihadi attacks in Burkina Faso confound junta’s efforts

by Sam Mednick Associated PressJune 13, 2022

In this image made from video, Burkina Faso mutinous soldiers walk outside the Guillaume Ouedraogo military camp in Ouagadougou, Monday Jan. 24, 2022. Mutinous soldiers said they detained Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday, a day after rebellious troops seized a military barracks, setting off a series of gunbattles in the capital of the West African country. (AP Photo)

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Soldiers say military junta now controls Burkina Faso

by Sam Mednick Associated PressJanuary 24, 2022

This TVGE image made from video shows smoke rising over the blast site at a military barracks in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Sunday, March 7, 2021. A series of explosions killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said. (TVGE via AP)

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Apparent dynamite blasts kill at least 20 dead, wound 600 in Equatorial Guinea

by Sam Mednick Associated Press, and Joseph Wilson Associated PressMarch 7, 2021