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News Articles: Series: The Ukraine invasion, explained

Alexei Venediktov in 2017 the office of Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, which the Russian authorities shut down earlier this month citing its coverage of Russia's military activities in Ukraine. Venediktov, who was an editor at the station, says someone left an antisemitic message at his door.

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A top Russian journalist found a pig's head and antisemitic slur left at his door

It was the latest in a series of acts of intimidation in Russia aimed at journalists and critics of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

March 25, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor at the state broadcaster Channel One who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine, will reportedly face a fine of between 30,000 and 50,000 rubles when her case is heard on April 14.

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Russian TV editor will reportedly face a fine for her on-air protest

Marina Ovsyannikova, who burst onto the set of a live broadcast holding a sign reading "No War," could be fined between 30,000 and 50,000 rubles when her case is heard on April 14.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Reporters and residents stand outside a residential building that was damaged by what authorities say is a Russian bombardment in the Vynogradir district of Kyiv, Ukraine on  March 15. Some Ukrainian journalists have been detained and held hostage in Russian-occupied areas of the country.

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  • Europe

Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage

International groups say Russian soldiers are threatening, detaining and even torturing Ukrainian journalists in occupied areas. One news editor says troops are holding her 75-year-old father hostage.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Left to right: Alexey Voloshinov, 20, Nastasya Dubovitskaya, 23, Leonid Kabanov, 30, and Lev Kalashnikov, 35, are all Russians who are living in Tbilisi, Georgia, after leaving their country in recent weeks.

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  • World

Meet the Russians who are fleeing — not the war, but their own government

Thousands of Russians have left their country since their government began its invasion of Ukraine. Many have settled in Georgia, a country with a complicated history with its neighbor to the north.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 2 more
A satellite image shows the destruction wrought on the theater (center left) in Mariupol, Ukraine. The city council says around 300 people are believed to have died in the bombing.

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A Russian air strike may have killed 300 sheltering in a theater, officials say

The Drama Theater had become a place of refuge, with hundreds of people gathered inside and in the bomb shelter below. City officials accused Russia of inhuman cruelty.

March 25, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Sailors who were trying to rescue Ukrainian troops from Snake Island were instead captured along with the soldiers — and now they've been freed in a prisoner exchange, Ukraine announced on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Snake Island sailors are freed as Ukraine and Russia conduct a prisoner exchange

Ukrainian soldiers at the Black Sea outpost made headlines at the start of the war by profanely defying threats from a Russian warship. Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 10 prisoners on Thursday.

March 24, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
People pass through Przemysl station in Poland on their journey out of war-torn Ukraine on Thursday. One in four Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes in the past month.

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  • World

One month of war has displaced more than half of Ukrainian children

More than 4.3 million children have fled their homes in the month since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to UNICEF. It warns that consequences could last for generations to come.

March 24, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Russian journalist Oksana Baulina in 2017. Baulina was killed in a rocket strike while on assignment in Kyiv.

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A Russian journalist was killed by shelling while on assignment in Kyiv

Oksana Baulina reported on government corruption for The Insider, based in Latvia. She formerly worked for the non-profit of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and was "amazingly brave," a colleague said.

March 24, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Refugees from Ukraine wait to get on buses to other destinations in Poland, outside the train station in Przemysl, near the Ukrainian-Polish border in southeastern Poland, on Wednesday.

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  • Politics

The U.S. will take in up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war

The United States will welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians and other displaced people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine, a senior administration official told reporters traveling with President Biden.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Demonstrators stand around a peace sign during a vigil for Ukraine near the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. Activists are calling on EU leaders to impose a full ban on Russian fuel.

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  • World

Russia's invasion of Ukraine transforms Europe's political and military landscape

As Russia's war in Ukraine grinds through its fourth week, President Vladimir Putin's greatest accomplishment so far may be one he never intended: a unified Europe.

March 24, 2022
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  • Frank Langfitt
A man walks with a bicycle on a street damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, earlier this month.

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  • Europe

What the city of Mariupol means for Ukraine — and for Russia's military campaign

Ukraine's Mariupol has been battered by Russian airstrikes. Why is this city so important? The reasons range from geographic and strategic, to economic and psychological.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
A yacht reportedly belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich is docked at an Aegean coastal resort in Bodrum, Turkey, on Monday. A group of young Ukrainian sailors had protested its arrival from a small boat.

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  • World

Ukrainian sailors tried to block a Russian oligarch's yacht from docking in Turkey

Two superyachts linked to Roman Abramovich have docked in the sanction-free waters of Turkey this week. One of them was met at the dock by a Ukrainian youth sailing team protesting the war.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Protesters hold a banner calling out Swiss food giant Nestlé during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine next to the Swiss House of Parliament in Bern on Saturday. The company faced criticism in recent days for continuing to do busines in Russia.

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  • Business

Major food company Nestlé will limit its sales in Russia after Zelenskyy's criticism

Nestlé says it will now focus solely on providing essential food, not making a profit. Ukraine's leaders had criticized the company for continuing to do business in Russia weeks after the invasion.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks as he arrives for a visit of the Joint Operations Command of the German armed forces in Schwielowsee near Berlin, March 4.

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  • World

With war on its doorstep, Germany plans a major military buildup

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's plan to boost defense spending could remake Germany's beleaguered military into the strongest armed forces in Europe — an idea that has met resistance in the past.

March 22, 2022
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  • Rob Schmitz
Cars wait in a long line to leave Mariupol, on March 17. The city, on Ukraine's southeastern coast, has been heavily damaged by Russian bombardment.

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  • Europe

When Russia shelled their building in Mariupol, 13 neighbors banded together to flee

Before the war, Mariupol residents Tetiana Myhalyova and metalworker Victor Perederiy had never met. But after sheltering for weeks without heat or water, they decided to escape together.

March 22, 2022
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  • Becky Sullivan
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