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News Articles: Series: The Ukraine invasion, explained

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine's Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, is seen through barbed wire on the embankment in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, central Ukraine, on July 20. Russian soldiers have been shelling Nikopol from the premises of the nuclear power plant.

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Over the river from a Russian-occupied nuclear plant, a Ukrainian town fears a spill

The small town of Nikopol, Ukraine, sits across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Attacks are causing serious alarm for the community.

August 16, 2022
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Smoke rises after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea, in this still image obtained by Reuters Tuesday.

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  • World

Who was behind the explosions in Crimea? Ukraine and Russia aren't saying

Several days after Ukraine said nine planes were destroyed at a Russian air base in Crimea, nobody has publicly claimed responsibility for it — but speculation abounds.

August 14, 2022
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By:
  • Julian Hayda
Workers at Zaporizhstal iron and steel works on July 22 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

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Russia's war in Ukraine pushes Ukrainian steel production to the brink

The Russian invasion has taken a toll on Ukrainian metalworks — the country's second-largest industry — and there's still no deal to ship iron and steel products to customers.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
A Russian serviceman patrols Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station on May 1. A series of exchanges in recent weeks has made conditions at the plant more dangerous.

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  • World

Here's just how close the war in Ukraine has come to Europe's largest nuclear plant

Satellite images and social media analyzed by NPR show attacks have hit structures around the plant, coming dangerously close to causing a nuclear disaster.

August 11, 2022
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  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Julian Hayda,
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Oleg Repnoy stands in front of his Evacuation 200 vehicle. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," he says.

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These Ukrainian volunteers recover soldiers' remains to return them to their families

Evacuation 200 is a special volunteer unit that scours the country for the bodies of soldiers left on battlefields. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," one volunteer says.

August 07, 2022
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Ukrainian soldiers led NPR's team into the forest in the "gray zone" where they dug one of the defensive trenches used to stall Russia's advance.

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In the 'gray zone' outside Kherson, Ukraine's soldiers pay a terrible price

Ukrainian officials have vowed to retake the strategic city of Kherson. But the battlefield "gray zone," spanning more than 100 miles, is confusing — and danger can come in many forms.

August 06, 2022
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  • Brian Mann
Senior Crisis Advisor of Amnesty International Donatella Rovera (center) released a report August 4, 2022 condemning the Ukrainian army for putting civilians at risk, a possible war crime.

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Amnesty International's report criticizing Ukraine is dividing the rights group

A report says Ukraine placed its forces near noncombatants, putting them in danger. Government officials say they evacuate civilians from combat areas, and that the report depicts "a false reality."

August 05, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda
Russian President Vladimir Putin hands flowers to Alina Kabaeva after awarding her with an Order of Friendship during a ceremony at the Kremlin in June 2001.

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The U.S. has sanctioned Vladimir Putin's long-rumored romantic partner

Rumors of a relationship between Putin, 69, and Alina Kabaeva, 39, date back more than a decade. Putin and the former Olympic gymnast are thought to have had at least three children together.

August 03, 2022
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  • Jason Breslow
Inside the workshop and showroom of Giovanna Alessandro, in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

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Ukraine's wedding dress industry is alive and well, despite the war

The town of Chernivtsi, once the wedding dress capital of the Soviet Union, is still churning out dresses — for the West. "We are staying in Ukraine," says a dressmaker. "We will build our economy."

August 03, 2022
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
As Ukraine mounts its first major offensive against Russia, 29-year-old Col. Serhiy Shatalov leads a battalion of 600 men in some of the heaviest fighting. "This is war," he says. "You cannot predict nothing, absolutely nothing."

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A young officer hopes to turn the tide of war, as Ukraine fights to retake a key city

A 29-year-old battalion commander is leading 600 men, fighting in Ukraine's counteroffensive near Kherson. "This is war," Col. Serhiy Shatalov says. "You cannot predict nothing, absolutely nothing."

August 03, 2022
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By:
  • Brian Mann
A member of a Ukrainian military surveillance team gets ready to launch a drone from a wheat field in southern Ukraine.

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In the Russia-Ukraine war, drones are one of the most powerful weapons

Even relatively inexpensive drones can provide valuable intelligence to units on the battlefield. "This is our task," a Ukrainian drone surveillance unit member says. "We sit the whole day and watch."

July 30, 2022
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  • Jason Beaubien
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Russia strikes Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa in wake of grain export deal

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday's strike as "spit in the face" of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the grain export agreements.

July 23, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A cargo ship anchored in the Marmara Sea awaits access to the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13, 2022.

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A deal for Ukraine grain exports is due to be sealed in Istanbul

The deal would allow Ukraine to resume shipments of grain from the Black Sea to world markets and Russia to export grain and fertilizers, ending a standoff that has threatened world food security.

July 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Despite Russian missiles hitting Kharkiv on nearly a daily basis, 5 of the 18 branches of Bricks Coffee and Desserts in the city have reopened. The head of the coffee shop chain says sales are still far below pre-war levels.

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  • World

Cafes opening in Kharkiv, but most large Ukrainian businesses remain shuttered

Business is clawing back in Ukraine, but it won't be anything like normal for a long time.

July 21, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
Actors for the Donetsk Regional Drama Theatre of Mariupol, on stage during a rehearsal for their play <em>Cry of a Nation</em> at the Uzhhorod municipal theater on July 14.

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Bombed Mariupol Theater troupe back on stage with homegrown Ukrainian play

A Mariupol theater troupe displaced when Russia bombed their historic building have reconstituted what's left of their group and are putting on a play by a famous Ukrainian playwright.

July 21, 2022
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  • Joanna Kakissis
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