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News Articles: Series: The Ukraine invasion, explained

Soldiers form the First Center of Unmanned Systems preparing long/middle strike drones for launch in undisclosed location in Ukraine on May 21, 2025

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Inside a secretive Ukrainian team launching deep drone strikes at Russia

Ukraine's long-range drones are striking deep inside Russia, up to 1,200 miles away, hitting oil refineries and depots. NPR recently spent time with one of the Ukrainian strike teams launching drones at Russian targets.

June 27, 2026
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Polina Lytvynova
Rescue workers put out a fire at a building destroyed after a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Friday.

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  • Europe

Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments, as Russia strikes Ukraine

Ukraine launched a major nighttime attack on a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, and Russia attacked various regions of Ukraine, as their war grinds on.

June 26, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's oil refinery on the outskirts of Moscow on Thursday. Moscow was fending off a "large-scale" drone attack from Ukraine, with several drones reaching an oil refinery, the city's mayor said.

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Ukraine hits a Moscow oil refinery and other sites in a large-scale drone attack

Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on Russia early Thursday — one of the largest attacks on Russia's capital since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago.

June 18, 2026
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
A scene showing the aftermath of the overnight attack on Kyiv, Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Scenes from the aftermath of Russia's latest massive attack on Kyiv

Russian missile and drone attacks killed civilians across Ukraine overnight, in one of Moscow's largest assaults in recent months.

June 02, 2026
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By:
  • Polina Lytvynova
A man carries a box from a burning trade center after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026.

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  • World

Russia pounds Kyiv in powerful drone and missile attack

At least two people were killed and 77 injured in the attack, which included the use of a powerful hypersonic ballistic missile called the Oreshnik, which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

May 24, 2026
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a house heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 14, 2026.

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  • World

Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.

May 15, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes statements as he arrives for the EU Summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Thursday, April 23, 2026.

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EU approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto

The European Union on Thursday approved a $106-billion loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for two years, ending months of political deadlock.

April 24, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Drone nets cover the streets of Izium, Ukraine, on Feb. 7. The netting discourages drones from diving at cars and people because their propellers get tangled in it.

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  • World

Ukraine strings nets over cities as killer drones turn streets into war zones

In eastern Ukraine, white nylon nets now stretch over roads and city streets, a low-tech defense against deadly FPV drones that dominate the battlefield and threaten civilians near the front line.

March 17, 2026
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Nelia Stepanivna Thomashevska, an 80-year-old resident of Kyiv, Ukraine, waves from her kitchen window.

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Kyiv's elderly endure blackouts and bombardment, clinging to warmth and hope

In Kyiv's darkened high-rises, as Russian strikes batter the Ukrainian capital, older residents endure freezing nights and power cuts, relying on volunteers, pets and faith to survive another winter.

February 28, 2026
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
The Sunrise cheerleading team from Kharkiv, Ukraine, competes in the Ukraine Cheer Cup competition in the capital, Kyiv, on Dec. 13, 2025.

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  • Europe

A team of midlife cheerleaders in Ukraine refuses to let war defeat them

Ukrainian women in their 50s and 60s say they've embraced cheerleading as a way to cope with the extreme stress and anxiety of four years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

February 27, 2026
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Polina Lytvynova
A woman with a bouquet of flowers walks past a high-rise residential building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 25, 2025.

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Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, and the fighting continues. Here's a look at where the war stands today.

February 24, 2026
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Charles Maynes
Sgt. Misha Varvarych, 28, an 80th Airborne Assault Brigade commander delights in the ocean waters of Daytona Beach FL on January 28, 2023.  To live with joy and hope has become a weapon against war.

He faces a profound new battle - to walk again. 

He and his fiancé Ira Botvynska, 19, traveled to the US to receive rehabilitation and state-of-the-art prosthetics with assistance from the nonprofit Revived Soldiers Ukraine.  They navigate an altered destiny after he lost both legs fighting during the Russian…

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Ukraine's combat amputees cling to hope as a weapon of war

Along with a growing number of war-wounded amputees, Mykhailo Varvarych and Iryna Botvynska are navigating an altered destiny after Varvarych lost both his legs during the Russian invasion.

February 22, 2026
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  • Carol Guzy
Relatives of Kenyan nationals conscripted by the Russian army in Ukraine pose with photos of their family members during a demonstration demanding urgent government action to repatriate their kin, in Nairobi on Feb.19, 2026.

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  • Africa

'Given a gun and sent to die': Kenyans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Kenya's intelligence service warns that over 1,000 citizens may have been recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, many under false pretenses.

February 21, 2026
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  • Emmanuel Igunza
Protesters hold placards at a small demonstration held by Ukrainians, Russians and Kenyans against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, on Feb. 26, 2022.

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  • World

1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, intelligence report says

A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.

February 19, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych holds his crash helmet as he stands outside the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday.

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  • Europe

Ukrainians rally in support of Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych, banned for his helmet

Ukrainians are uniting in solidarity with Olympic skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych after he was disqualified for wearing a helmet with images of Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's invasion.

February 12, 2026
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  • Polina Lytvynova
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