According to U.N. data, more than 12,600 civilians have died in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including more than 2,400 children.

Religious leaders, scholars and diplomats have gathered at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana for a conference on Ukraine studies with a theme of hope.

The European bishops were careful to note that their expression of solidarity was extended to Ukrainians “who have been suffering from Russia’s unjustifiable full-scale invasion for more than three years.

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church told those gathered in Washington that his church will not survive if Russia succeeds, saying most parishes in occupied territories have been destroyed

As Ukraine marks the third anniversary of Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops are affirming belief in "the triumph of God's truth."

But it also hit far closer to home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a city about 4,700 miles (7,560km) away from Kyiv that has played its own small role in the conflict. Scranton is known as the setting for the American version of The Office television show, and as the birthplace of former President Joe Biden - one of Ukraine's biggest backers.

‘My heart really hurts a lot,’ Ukrainian archbishop says of thousands believed to be somewhere in Russia.

Last Friday, to conclude a week of parroting Russian propaganda on its war against Ukraine, President Donald Trump observed that he had been watching Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “for years, and I’ve been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards, and you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I’ve had it.”

Three years of relentless conflict with Russia has left Ukrainians displaced, traumatized, and facing an uncertain future, according to a leading Catholic international aid agency.

Today we gather again on this lawn to express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its struggle for freedom amid months of political turmoil and the unprecedented pressure that is being

Ukraine has the right to its existence and its self-determination," Cardinal Blase Cupich told hundreds gathered at Holy Name Cathedral to pray for peace and honor the dead at the three-year mark of war.