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News Articles: Ukraine

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
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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  • Brian Mann
Lesia Khomenko, <em>Max in the Army</em>, 2022. Oil on canvas, 84.5 x 57.5 inches

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The Ukrainian women who make art in the face of war

Activists as well as artists, these women are responding in paint, photographs and videos to the Russian invasion.

August 02, 2022
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  • Susan Stamberg
A grain combine harvester collects wheat near Novoazovsk outside Mariupol, Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 1)

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

August 01, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
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
In this photo taken from video, a view of a destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine on Friday.

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Russia and Ukraine trade blame for a deadly attack on a POW prison

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian POWs captured after the fall of Mariupol.

July 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People try to console a woman named Sabina after her husband Artem Pogorelets was killed by Russian shelling in a market in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (July 25)

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

July 25, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
FILE - In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto following their talks in Moscow, Russia, on July 21, 2022.

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Russia's Lavrov visits Egypt as part of Africa diplomacy trip

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion of Ukraine.

July 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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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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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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  • 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
Relatives and friends attend the funeral on Sunday for Liza, a 4-year-old girl killed by Russia's attack on Vinnytsia, Ukraine. The girl was among 23 people killed in Thursday's missile strike in Vinnytsia. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the scores injured.

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Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (July 18)

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

July 18, 2022
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