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Ukrainian diver Stanislav Oliferchyk prepares, during a practice session, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The path to the 2024 Paris Olympics for Ukrainian athletes is clouded by war, anger and pain. Russian bombardments have wrecked training venues. Air raids disrupt training sessions. Athletes have lost family members and friends. Or they worry that they will. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes' path to Paris Olympics

By John Leicester Mar. 02, 2023 02:33 AM EST

Ukraine's Ivan Kovbanyusk gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men's World Championship super-G race, in Courchevel, France, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
IOC's Bach says Olympics on history's side in Russia issue

By Andrew Dampf And Graham Dunbar Feb. 12, 2023 07:00 AM EST

Host Stephen Curry, NBA player with the Golden State Warriors speaks at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)
Katie Ledecky wins best women's athlete at The ESPYS

By Beth Harris Jul. 20, 2022 10:20 PM EDT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaks during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Zelenskyy praises IOC for supporting bans on Russian sport

Jul. 04, 2022 08:49 AM EDT

FILE - A Russian honor guard soldier salutes as Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova covers her gold medal with her hand after winning the women's biathlon 12.5 km. standing event during a medal ceremony at the 2014 Winter Paralympic, Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. None of the 20 athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic team have reached Beijing with the 2022 Paralympic Games opening at the end of the week, the International Paralympics Committee said Monday. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)
Ukraine's 20 Paralympic athletes have yet to arrive in China

By Stephen Wade Feb. 28, 2022 01:21 AM EST

FILE - In this frame from video, Vladyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, holds a sign that reads "No War in Ukraine" after finishing a run at the men's skeleton competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (NBC via AP, File)
Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

By Eddie Pells Feb. 27, 2022 01:13 PM EST

Ukraine wants to prepare a bid to host a Winter Olympics

Sep. 13, 2021 06:06 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine wants to enter formal talks about hosting the Winter Olympics, the IOC said Monday. Ukrainian...

FILE In this file pool photo taken on Saturday, April 4, 2020, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko takes part in a hockey match during Republican amateur competitions in Minsk, Belarus. A feud between Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and team officials that prompted her to seek refuge in Poland has again cast a spotlight on the repressive environment in the ex-Soviet nation, where authorities have unleashed a relentless crackdown on dissent. (Andrei Pokumeiko/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)
EXPLAINER: What is behind Belarus athlete's Olympics crisis?

By Yuras Karmanau And Vladimir Isachenkov Aug. 04, 2021 03:47 AM EDT

AP Exclusive: Diplomats say China puts squeeze on Ukraine

By Jamey Keaten Jun. 25, 2021 01:57 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — China pressured Ukraine into withdrawing its support for a call for more scrutiny of human rights in China's western region of Xinjiang by...

FILE - In this June 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden arrives for the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit

By Jonathan Lemire And Vladimir Isachenkov Jun. 15, 2021 01:05 PM EDT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Blinken off to London, Kyiv as Ukraine questions resurface

By Matthew Lee Apr. 30, 2021 11:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, a nurse cleans a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the ICU at the La Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France. The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday, April 17, 2021, amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)
Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million

By David Biller, Maria Cheng And Joshua Goodman Apr. 17, 2021 04:40 AM EDT

Medical workers tend to a patient affected with the COVID-19 in the Amiens Picardie hospital Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Amiens, north of Paris. European countries scrambled Monday, April 5 to tamp down a surge in COVID-19 cases and ramp up vaccinations, hoping to spare hospitals from becoming overwhelmed by the pandemic's latest deadly wave of infections. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
European countries scramble to tamp down latest virus surge

By Rafal Niedzielski And Angela Charlton Apr. 05, 2021 02:34 PM EDT

Craig Rawls, an Army National Guardsman, right, speaks with his wife Chris Rawls, with only a face mask as a protective garment at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Collins, Miss., as part of Operation "Family Reunion," Thursday, April 1, 2021. Due to the relaxation of protocols designed to slow the spread of coronavirus, the veterans home allowed indoor, in-person visits between veterans and two family members without the use of PPE for the first time since March of 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
The Latest: Navajo Nation reports 4 new virus deaths

By The Associated Press Apr. 03, 2021 06:19 AM EDT

Medical workers pack a thermal bag with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine marketed under the name CoviShield to deliver it to the other hospital in the mining town of Selydove, 700 kilometers (420 miles) east of Kyiv, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Ukraine received its first shipment of vaccine 500,000 AstraZeneca doses in late February. Yet, only about 19,000 people have been vaccinated since then. Ukrainians are becoming increasingly opposed to vaccination: an opinion poll this month by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found 60% of the country's people don't want to get vaccinated, up from 40% a month earlier. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Wide resistance to vaccines plagues Ukraine's COVID-19 fight

By Yuras Karmanau Mar. 10, 2021 03:17 AM EST

European Council President Charles Michel talks during a joint media conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Sergiy Dolzhenko/Pool via AP)
Top EU official vows more support for Ukraine

By Yuras Karmanau Mar. 03, 2021 11:30 AM EST

A woman walks through an empty street in Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Ukraine has recorded a 50% increase in the number of daily new coronavirus infections, as the country takes the first steps in its vaccination campaign. Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said Thursday that 8,417 new infections were found over the past day, up from 5,424 a day earlier. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine records 50% spike in coronavirus cases

By Yuras Karmanau Feb. 25, 2021 01:47 PM EST

A medic wearing a special suit to protect against coronavirus, back to a camera prepares a patient with coronavirus for a lung X-ray at a hospital in Kolomyia, western Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. After several delays, Ukraine finally received 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine marketed under the name CoviShield, the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine doses. The country of 40 million is one of the last in the region to begin inoculating its population. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine: Health workers welcome COVID-19 vaccination drive

By Yuras Karmanau Feb. 24, 2021 10:37 AM EST

Two medical workers escort an elderly woman suffering from COVID-19 into a hospital in Kolomyia, western Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. After several delays, Ukraine finally received 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine marketed under the name CoviShield, the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine doses. The country of 40 million is one of the last in the region to begin inoculating its population. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine gets first vaccine shipment as hospitals struggle

By Yuras Karmanau Feb. 23, 2021 11:40 AM EST

Brugge's Hans Vanaken on his way to scoring his sides second goal on a penalty during a Champions league Group F soccer match between Brugge and Zenit at the Jan Breydel stadium in Bruges, Belgium, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Club Brugge hit by virus cases ahead of Europa League match

Feb. 16, 2021 09:10 AM EST