From California to New York, elected officials, sheriff’s departments, and nonprofits say they have also collected thousands of sets of body armor and millions of rounds of ammunition for Ukraine.
Russia's military bombed an art school where about 400 people had taken refuge, destroying the building, Ukraine says. Authorities in Kharkiv say at least five civilians had been killed in the latest Russian shelling in the eastern city.
The "Kohav Meir" (Shining Star) field hospital, operated by Sheba Medical Center, is expected to begin operations on Tuesday, March 22.
Poland to make formal proposal at next NATO summit, while German Chancellor Olaf Sholz urges ceasefire in phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian FM: Moscow has lost "all illusions" about the West.
In nine-minute Twitter video, "Terminator" star and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger seeks to dispel Kremlin propaganda and tells Putin: You started this war, you can end it.
"We collected a team of welders, engineers. We gave them drafts, we familiarized ourselves with the drafts. We made a prototype model and it worked," says Oleksandr Fedchenko.
Ukrainian authorities claim over 14,000 Russian soldiers killed since Feb. 24. Kyiv holds as world leaders demand probe into Russian attacks on civilians, which Russia denies. In Moscow, Kremlin official calls Russians leaving the country "scum and traitors."
"Paramedics and EMTs, at times risking their own lives, have saved the lives of many patients while using these ambulances," Director-General of Magen David Adom says, expressing hope they will not benefit civilians in Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Blinken says administration is concerned that Beijing is "considering directly assisting Russia with military equipment to use in Ukraine."
Hundreds of men, women and children had taken shelter in the basement of the theater. Russia has denied attacking the theater on Wednesday evening.