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News Articles: Russia-Ukraine war

As Ukrainian forces staged an incursion into western Russia, this house was damaged in the town of Sudzha. The photo was released by the acting governor of Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, on his Telegram channel on Tuesday. Russian military officials say some 1,000 Ukrainian troops have entered Russia.

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  • Europe

In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia

Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
FILE - An F-16 fighter lands at a Turkish air base in the Central Anatolian Turkish city of Konya on Sept. 8, 2004. Norway said Wednesday, July 10, 2024, it will donate six F-16 in the course of 2024 to Ukraine because Kyiv's “ability to defend itself against attacks from the air is absolutely crucial in its defensive battle against Russia.”

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  • Europe

Report: Ukraine receives first batch of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets

Ukraine has long sought the U.S.-made warplanes, saying they're needed to counter Russia's superior air power. Four NATO members have pledged F-16s, though it wasn't clear who sent them, or how many.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Scenes of destruction at the Factor Druk printing house, one of Ukraine's largest, can be seen days after it was hit in a Russian missile attack, on May 27.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

Ukraine's bookstores have expanded despite the war, fueled by interest in works by Ukrainian writers, some who have been killed by Russian forces. But a Russian missile struck a top printing plant.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
<em>Neak, a 43-year-old Ukrainian graffiti artist, mixes green paint at a workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine. His ETC graffiti crew works to camouflage cars to be sent east to the front line of the war with Russia.</em>

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  • World

How these Ukrainian artists are using their talents to support the war effort

From graffiti artists painting camo on cars to dancers raising money for the army, this is a look at how young Ukrainians use their creative talents to support the country against Russia's invasion.

July 10, 2024
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By:
  • Natalie Keyssar
Palmer Luckey, 31, founder of Anduril Industries, stands in front of the Dive-LD, an autonomous underwater drone at company headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif. Andruil recently won a U.S. Navy contract to build 200 of them annually.

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  • National

He created Oculus headsets as a teenager. Now he makes AI weapons for Ukraine

Palmer Luckey launched his first tech company as a teenager. He sold it to Facebook for $2 billion. Now he's making AI weapons the Pentagon is buying for itself and also sending to Ukraine.

July 09, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8.

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  • World

Modi's Moscow visit points to enduring friendship with Putin's Russia

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow for a two-day visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Emergency workers respond at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday.

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  • Europe

Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv and other sites across Ukraine

A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring more than 149, and destroying a large children’s hospital in Kyiv, the state emergency service said.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Kateryna Malofieieva,
  • and 1 more
Debris at the site of a missile attack on a hardware superstore that killed 19 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 26.

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  • World

Ukraine's Kharkiv has withstood Russia's relentless strikes. Locals fear what's next

While some have fled Ukraine's second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war.

June 21, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vietnam's President To Lam pose for photos at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday.

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  • World

Putin signs numerous deals with Vietnam in a bid to shore up Russia's ties in Asia

Russia's president signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart and offered to supply fossil fuels to Vietnam, as Moscow is seeking to offset its international isolation.

June 20, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Part of a welcome for the United States-Soviet commission on Korea on their arrival in Pyongyang on July 23, 1947, was this parade of Korean communists carrying huge portraits of Josef Stalin and Kim Il Sung. The commission visited Pyongyang, 165 miles north of Seoul, for the purpose of getting views of political groups on the prospecting.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance

As Russia's leader visits North Korea, Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko offers insights into the fascinating history of twists and turns in relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.

June 19, 2024
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By:
  • Sergey Radchenko
Editions of <em>Peremoha</em> sit on a table near the archives.

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  • News

A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

Only four staffers work at the weekly Perehoma, which means "victory." Its motto: "Don't let ordinary people be erased from history."

May 22, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Polina Lytvynova,
  • and 1 more
Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's Prime Minister, at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's prime minister says, if passed, $60B U.S. aid package will be critical

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discusses on NPR's All Things Considered how further U.S. aid would make a difference on the front lines, and the state of the war in general.

April 20, 2024
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area.

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  • Europe

A mayor in Ukraine aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

Russian attacks have driven out most of Chasiv Yar's residents. NPR accompanies the mayor on a routine visit to check on those who remain.

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Students leave the underground school built in a Kharkiv subway station to board a bus home.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's Kharkiv moves classrooms underground so kids survive Russian attacks

With Russian troops on the offensive, Ukraine's second-largest city is taking the drastic step of moving classrooms for primary and secondary education underground.

March 27, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Two Ukrainian citizens hold up posters against Russia's military intervention.

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  • Economy

How to get Russia to pay Ukraine

Ukraine desperately needs money. And there's a tempting solution sitting in a Belgian financial institution: nearly $200 billion in frozen Russian assets. In today's episode, we learn about this unique depository where most of the Russian assets are stored and two proposals to get some of this money to Ukraine.

Related episodes:
The cost of a dollar in Ukraine (Apple / Spotify)
Russia's sanctions, graded (Apple)
Why Israel uses diaspora bonds (Apple / Spotify)
Economic warfare vs. Fortress Russia

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