In this emotional blacksmithing project, steel and flame come together to create a sunflower - the national symbol of hope ...

The Dnieper River has shaped the destiny of Eastern Europe for centuries. Flowing through Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, it’s ...

A Ukrainian immigrant grew the world’s tallest sunflower in his Indiana backyard as a tribute to his war-torn home country. Alex Babich, 47, achieved the feat of nursing Ukraine’s national flower ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — When Ukrainian immigrant Alex Babich stands in his Indiana backyard craning his neck to look 35 feet (11 meters) into the sky, he isn’t just staring at a sunflower. He is ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — When Alex Babich, 47, stood in his backyard in Fort Wayne, Indiana, craning his neck to look 35 feet into the sky, he wasn't just staring at a sunflower. He was looking at his roots ...

The sunflower has long been a national symbol representing peace in Ukraine and, since 2022, it became a symbol of solidarity with the embattled country. In one viral video clip in the war's early ...