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As Russia's war in Ukraine enters its fourth month, European countries are scrambling to wean themse

To combat Russia's larger military, Ukraine has turned to creative tactics, from low-tech to high-te

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Lori Hinnant, investigative correspondent with the Associated Press,

Behind some of the success of the Ukrainian military against Russia is a little-known U.S. initiativ

The U.S. wants to weaken Russia and help Ukraine win, while some in Europe are looking for a diploma

Monday, May 23, 2022

2022/5/23

The court gave a life sentence to a 21-year-old Russian army sergeant for shooting and killing an un

Monday, May 23, 2022

2022/5/23

NPR's Ari Shapiro visits a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine to chronicle the journeys of U

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the mayor of Warsaw, Poland, about how his city is managing the influx

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ukrainian economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko about the cost of rebuil

NPR's Ari Shapiro spends a day at the Medyka border crossing to see how the flow of refugees has cha

The U.S. is using its presidency of the UN Security Council to focus on food security, as much of th

The Senate approved about $40 billion in aid to Ukraine in a largely bipartisan vote. The House has

Sweden and Finland officially applied to join NATO, but Turkey's president may oppose their acceptan

More than 6 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded. Not all of them are Ukrainian. S

A Russian sergeant pleads guilty for killing a Ukrainian civilian in the war's first war crimes case

Col. Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, has built a reconnaissance and sabotage team to target Ru

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ukrainian refugee Daria Bietschasna about what life is like some two m

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Polish young adults about how the war in Ukraine and the influx of refu

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

2022/5/17

In Ukraine, hundreds of soldiers who'd been barricaded in the Azovstal Steel Works in Mariupol have

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

2022/5/17

More than 14 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine. At a shelter in Lviv (luh-VEE