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News Articles: Russia Ukraine

Workers plow wheat in Husakiv village in western Ukraine late last month. Russia and Ukraine account for a large percentage of global wheat exports.

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Global food prices hit their highest recorded levels last month, driven up by the war

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says prices of food commodities like grains and vegetable oils soared in March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 08, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Aleksandra Makoviy said she isn't the only Ukrainian mother to write emergency contact info on their children since the war began.

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A Ukrainian mom scribbled her contact info on her daughter's back as the war erupted

As bombed rained down on the streets of Kyiv, Aleksandra Makoviy wanted to make sure that her 2-year-old would be safe. The only way to do that was by writing her phone number on the girl's back.

April 08, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd, performs live on stage at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2016.

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  • Music

How (members of) Pink Floyd reunited to record a song for Ukraine

Pink Floyd's "Hey Hey Rise Up" features vocals by Boombox singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk; it's the band's first new original music since 1994's "Division Bell."

April 08, 2022
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  • Saeed Ahmed
A satellite image from the company Planet shows Russian vehicles and an encampment in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on March 16, 2022.

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  • Science

Satellite photo shows Russian troops were stationed in Chernobyl's radioactive zone

The satellite image lends credence to the idea that Russia may have exposed its troops to unhealthy levels of radioactivity.

April 07, 2022
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
People crowd into a bus on Thursday on their way to a train station in Severodonetsk, as they try to flee eastern Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 7)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 07, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Internally displaced people arrive at a center in Zaporizhzhia, northwest of Mariupol, on Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 6)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 07, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Runners near the finish line on Boylston Street during the 125th Boston Marathon on October 11, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Runners residing in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's event.

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Runners who live in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's Boston Marathon

Organizers also said that Russians and Belarusians who live elsewhere will still be able to run, just not under their countries' flags. The marathon and 5k are planned for the weekend of April 16.

April 07, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
El Peso Hero saves civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in a special edition of Héctor Rodríguez's self-published comic book series. The 18-page issue is free, with text in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian.

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  • Arts & Life

Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue

Fed up with Mexico's non-interventionist policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, Héctor Rodríguez sends his Mexican American superhero to Mariupol in the latest issue of the series.

April 06, 2022
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  • Olivia Hampton
A resident looks for belongings on Tuesday in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 5)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 05, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the United Nations Security Council via video link on Tuesday in New York City.

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  • World

Zelenskyy urges U.N. Security Council to boot Russia or dissolve for the world's sake

The Ukrainian president described the horrific scenes he saw in Bucha, calling it just one example of the destruction Russia has wrought. He urged the Security Council to hold Russia accountable.

April 05, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Smoke and fire are seen after shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022.

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  • World

Russia hits an oil processing plant near the port city of Odesa

Meanwhile, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko spoke of "cruel war crimes" by Russians retreating from the nearby city of Bucha.

April 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Menorah memorial is seen outside of Kharkiv at the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial, a location that saw a mass killing of Jewish people by Nazis during WWII. UNESCO included the memorial in its list of sites that have sustained damaged since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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  • World

UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion

The damaged sites include churches, historic buildings, museums and monuments. A UNESCO spokesperson said they fear more sites will be added to the list, as the group works to verify the destruction.

April 02, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Ukrainian servicemen ride on a fighting vehicle outside Kyiv on Saturday. Russian forces are retreating from the capital's region as they turn their firepower to the south and east.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 2)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 02, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
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  • Opinion

Opinion: The weightlessness of peace

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the cooperation between Americans and Russians working with the International Space Station, despite tensions on Earth over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 02, 2022
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  • Scott Simon
Damage is seen after what Russia says was a Ukrainian Army attack on an oil refinery in Belgorod, Russia, on Friday.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 1)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

April 01, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
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