Ukraine

Following a trip to Ukraine, Maine Sen. Angus King said he hopes Congress will continue to support providing military aid for that country’s war against Russia and that the U.S. must stay engaged “until Putin is out.”

One Ukrainian-born Mainer in Pownal has taken in two families, with plans to welcome more.

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory said it will find space for two families of four and three others and their spouses to live in the cottages on its Bar Harbor campus.

Pingree called the Biden Administration's plan to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians an important step.

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is touring Poland and Romania this week as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation. She said Polish people in particular have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees, and called for the U.S. to do the same.

Maine's senators travelled to Europe over the weekend to meet military officials and refugees amid Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

King said that he supports more assistance for Ukraine, but he still can't support Zelenskyy's request for a no-fly zone over Ukraine because of the real possibility of a broader conflict between nuclear powers.

One Ukrainian man from Bath is heading to Poland to help deliver his family to safety.