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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays his respects to victims of a deadly helicopter crash during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 21.

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President Zelenskyy shakes up Ukraine's Cabinet amid corruption allegations

4:20pm January 24, 2023

by Julian Hayda

A string of resignations, dismissals and reassignments shook Ukraine's government, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other leaders of the government confirmed the shake-up.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it has moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight. From left,, Siegfried Hecker, Daniel Holz, Sharon Squassoni, Mary Robinson and Elbegdorj Tsakhia with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists remove a cloth covering the Doomsday Clock at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday.

The Doomsday Clock moves to 90 seconds to midnight, signaling more peril than ever

10:56am January 24, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The world is closer to catastrophe than it ever has been, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said on Tuesday. The group's experts called out Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other threats.

Germany is under increased pressure to send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine

7:22am January 24, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Stefan Liebich, a former member of Germany's Parliament, about his country's reluctance to send tanks to Ukraine, and to allow other countries to do the same.

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A man plays violin on the sidelines of a religious service held by local residents in front of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Sunday. The building was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Jan. 14.

Latest on Ukraine: Waiting for Germany's Leopard tanks (Jan. 23)

3:49pm January 23, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine are receiving new weaponry that could shape the war

5:05am January 23, 2023

There's a growing expectation that Ukraine and Russia are headed for an escalation on the battlefield in the near future. This comes as both sides are receiving new supplies of weaponry.

Ukraine reels from a devastating week

5:17pm January 22, 2023

by Elissa Nadworny

In the past few days, Ukraine saw an attack on an apartment building and a helicopter crash that killed a government official.

A Lunar New Year postcard from Finland

5:17pm January 22, 2023

Ilona Tran in Espoo, Finland, talks to NPR about celebrating lunar new year in the arctic.

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What it's like to spend a winter in the trenches, according to Ukrainian soldiers

8:02am January 22, 2023

by Tim Mak

Ukrainian soldiers in the country's northeast describe winter living conditions in their trenches, in advance of a possible springtime Russian offensive.

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In Istanbul, what was once routine for the winter is now a luxury

8:02am January 22, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

Routines of Istanbul winter life - from visits to traditional public baths to hot drinks - are getting hard to afford amid Turkey's economic crisis.

This handout negative dated on April 20, 1943, and taken by Polish firefighter Zbigniew Leszek Grzywaczewski shows Jewish people being evacuated from the Warsaw Ghetto.

A firefighter's 1943 photos of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising have been found

2:29pm January 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

The photos were taken inside the Warsaw Ghetto by a 23-year-old Polish firefighter as the Nazis were brutally crushing the Jewish uprising of 1943. The photos were discovered in a family collection.