Ukraine

A Tuscaloosa County man will fly to Romania this weekend before traveling to Cracau, Poland to aid Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country amid Russia's invasion.

Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh, the Alabama men who were captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukraine in June, were release after being held captive for 104 days.

The family of a Tuscaloosa man being held as a prisoner of war by Russian forces made contact with his mother here in Alabama after almost three weeks of silence.

The families of Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh, the Alabama natives being held captive by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine met virtually with several members of the U.S. Department of State Friday.

Tuscaloosa's City Hall will be lit in Ukrainian blue and yellow in honor of a local man who was captured by Russian forces while volunteering in Ukraine this month.

The family of Alex Drueke, a Tuscaloosa man who was presumably captured by Russians while fighting in Ukraine, is asking for help to try to have him released.

According to a report from CNN, a Tuscaloosa man is feared to have been captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside soldiers in Ukraine last week.

A family in Tuscaloosa is urgently scrambling to find and save a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl they intend to adopt as war continues to ravage the eastern European nation.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has proclaimed March 2, 2022, a Day of Prayer for Ukraine.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and Senators Richard Shelby and Tommy Tuberville lend their reactions to the escalating conflict between Ukraine and Russia.