Ukraine

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy has paid a defiant wartime visit to Washington to thank Americans for helping to fund the war against Russia. In a speech to Congress, he said the money is “not charity” but an “investment” in global security and democracy.

The Conversation sat down with University of Hawaiʻi ethnic studies professor Noel Kent to discuss the anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis and its similarities with the Ukraine conflict.

A Honolulu surgeon who recently returned from Ukraine said he prays for the end of the war. Dr. Andy Oishi took part in a month-long humanitarian mission through the nonprofit group Samaritan’s Purse.

The United States continues to enforce an embargo against Russian oil, along with a number of other western countries. But one U.S. ally in the Asia-Pacific is considering an energy deal with Russia. HPRʻs Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

Five medical professionals from Ukraine are training at the Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu this week. The training focuses on rehabilitating children who experienced catastrophic injuries.

A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch arrived in San Diego on Monday. The Amadea made a stop in Honolulu Harbor en route to California.

A Russian-owned superyacht seized by the United States has arrived in Honolulu Harbor flying an American flag. The U.S. last week won a legal battle in Fiji to take the $325 million vessel and immediately sailed it to Hawaiʻi.

“Supply chain disruption.” It’s a phrase you’ve heard since the early days of the COVID pandemic. But for one product, it’s a squeeze hitting poor people around the world—including in the Asia Pacific. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

Dr. Irina Crook, a physician at Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi, has been working as a medical volunteer at a camp on the Ukraine-Poland border over the last month.

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