Dasha Litvinova
Correspondent at Associated Press
Tell stories for a living. Currently at @AP.
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argus-press.com | Jon Gambrell |Dasha Litvinova
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian-American woman freed by Moscow arrived back in the United States late Thursday as part of a prisoner swap completed as the two countries aim to repair ties. A plane carrying Ksenia Karelina landed around 11 p.m. EDT at Joint Base Andrews, where she was greeted by her fiancé. Morgan Ortagus, President Donald Trump's deputy special envoy to the Middle East, presented her with a bouquet.
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post-gazette.com | Eranga Jayawardena |Krishan Francis |Jill Lawless |Dasha Litvinova
KAKUMA, Kenya — Windswept and remote, set in the cattle-rustling lands of Kenya’s northwest, Kakuma was never meant to be permanently settled. It became one of Africa’s most famous refugee camps by accident as people escaping calamity in countries like South Sudan, Ethiopia and Congo poured in. More than three decades after its first tents appeared in 1992, Kakuma houses 300,000 refugees. Many rely on aid to survive. Some recently clashed with police over shrinking food rations and support.
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bismarcktribune.com | Dasha Litvinova |Hanna Arhirova
When she heard her front door open almost two years ago, Kostiantyn Zinovkin’s mother thought her son had returned home because he forgot something. Instead, men in balaclavas burst into the apartment in Melitopol, a southern Ukrainian city occupied by Russian forces. They said Zinovkin was detained for a minor infraction and would be released soon.
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post-gazette.com | Jon Gambrell |Dasha Litvinova |Lolita Baldor |Lorne Cook
BRUSSELS (AP) — European countries vowed Friday to send billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a U.S. envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to Russia amid growing questions about the Kremlin’s willingness to stop the more than three-year war.
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thesunchronicle.com | Jon Gambrell |Dasha Litvinova
By JON GAMBRELL and DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press A plane carrying Ksenia Karelina landed around 11 p.m. EDT at Joint Base Andrews, where she was greeted by her fiancé. Morgan Ortagus, President Donald Trump's deputy special envoy to the Middle East, presented her with a bouquet. She was released earlier in the day in exchange for a Russian-German man who'd been jailed in the U.S. on smuggling charges. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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