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News Articles: Russia Ukraine

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
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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March 07, 2024
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By:
  • Wailin Wong,
  • Darian Woods,
  • and 2 more
A view of a lectern at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2019. A retired U.S. Army officer has been accused accused of leaking classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.

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  • National Security

Air Force employee accused of sharing classified info on a dating website

David Franklin Slater, a retired U.S. Army officer, was accused of leaking top classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website.

March 06, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address in Moscow on Thursday.

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  • World

Putin warns of nuclear war if NATO sends troops to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued explicit nuclear threats to the West, even as he assured Russians their country could both win the war in Ukraine and thrive economically.

February 29, 2024
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
President Biden and Vice President Harris met with House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top congressional leaders in the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss government funding and Ukraine aid.

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  • Politics

Congressional leaders hope to avoid a shutdown. But Ukraine aid is still unclear

After tense talks in the Oval Office, congressional leaders said they were hopeful they could reach a deal to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday. But they appeared divided on Ukraine aid.

February 27, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Eric McDaniel
Clockwise from top left: lawyer Liudmyla Lysenko in Kyiv; restaurant co-owner Iryna Savchenko in Kramatorsk; tour guide Artem Vasyuta in Odesa; homemaker Nataliya Kucherenko in the Sumy region; obstetrician Iryna Kulbach in Dnipro; and architect Max Rozenfeld in Kharkiv.

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  • Europe

After 2 years of war in Ukraine, 6 cities hold out hope under fire

In the 80% of Ukraine that remains in Kyiv's hands, two years of full-scale war with Russia have brought grief, destruction and, despite all, optimism.

February 24, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 2 more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Harris arrive at a press conference at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

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  • Politics

Harris says 'there is only Plan A' for Ukraine aid. Zelenskyy says he's counting on it

Ukraine aid is stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives. Vice President Harris said there's no other option for helping Ukraine push back against Russia's invasion.

February 17, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Vice President Harris, seen here in December 2023, will be making a major address on Friday at the Munich Security Conference.

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  • Elections

Trump is rattling Europe. Now Harris is going there to try to calm nervous allies

Vice President Harris is making a major address on Friday at the Munich Security Conference. But European leaders are alarmed at the U.S. failure to keep its promise to continue to back Ukraine.

February 16, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
A Russian ship named Caesar Kunikov passes through the Dardanelles strait in Turkey en route to the Mediterranean Sea, on Oct. 4, 2015.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's military says it sank a Russian landing ship in the Black Sea

Ukraine's military says it destroyed Russia's Caesar Kunikov ship off the coast of occupied Crimea, although Russia has so far not confirmed the incident.

February 14, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Yulya Dmytrieeva and her husband, Vadym, who have been together for over a decade, embrace in the snow in Sloviansk. They will spend a few days together while he has a break from the trenches on the front lines.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian soldiers' valentines arrive by 'train of love'

Ukrainian soldiers on a break from the front lines meet up with their wives and girlfriends, who arrive on the so-called "train of love," where every day is Valentine's Day.

February 14, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi attends an event for Statehood Day in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, July 28, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he met with Zaluzhnyi and told him it's time for someone new to lead the army.

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  • Europe

Ukraine's Zelenskyy replaces the army's leader almost 2 years into war with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi for his two years of service as commander-in-chief and appointed Сol. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi to lead the army.

February 08, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
President Biden pauses in remarks in the State Dining Room on Feb. 6. Biden urged Congress to pass a Senate compromise bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security priorities.

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  • Elections

Biden tells Republicans to 'show some spine,' buck Trump, and back border bill

President Biden said it seems like the bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security issues will fail. He vowed to make that failure an election issue.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Olha Bilianska's husband was mobilized two years ago. Even after being injured, he is being redeployed. "Some people still believe that this war won't get them," Bilianska says. "It will get them. This war is cruel."

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  • Europe

As Ukraine seeks to replenish its depleted army, a divide grows among its civilians

Ukraine is looking to reform its conscription policies to help bolster troop numbers after nearly two years of war, fueling fears among some civilians who don't want to fight.

January 31, 2024
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
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