Ambassador Alexander Ben Zvi stresses that any decision on such a meeting is up to the two leaders, says Bennett and the Russian president are 'in regular contact'

Billionaire Vadim Rabinovich entered politics in 2014 and was elected to parliament in 2019 as head of a small opposition party

Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova, who survived Nazi occupation of the port city in 1941, spent weeks in basement without water or heating

The Ukraine war is now the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Three Hadassah leaders discuss their medical involvement in this humanitarian mission.

Defense minister says protective equipment will be provided to civilian rescue and medical forces, not military, after numerous requests from Kyiv

Charles Michel tours devastation in Borodyanka as he becomes latest Western leader to visit country in show of support amid Russian invasion

Fighting intensifies in country's east as Russian forces press their offensive

Ukrainian cities attacked along a front hundreds of miles long in new phase of the war; hospital said shelled in town of Bashtanka, 4 civilians killed in Kharkiv bombardment

Russian defense ministry calls on Kyiv 'to show reason' and surrender, as Moscow ramps up plans to 'liberate' eastern Ukraine; Kremlin refuses to shed light on sunken flagship

Many ordinary Iranians sympathize with Ukrainians despite Tehran's tilt toward Moscow in recent years, with state media echoing Russian talking points on invasion