Europe

The Kherson region of Ukraine has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the invasion.

World News

A young man attempts to escape Russian-occupied Ukraine — then he goes silent

5:00am August 09, 2022

by Kat Lonsdorf

Vitaliy is a 22-year-old Ukrainian college student living in occupied Kherson. He had been sending NPR voice memos for months describing life in the city. Then he decided to leave.

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Violence has damaged infrastructure near a Ukraine power plant, sparking safety fears

7:46pm August 08, 2022

by Tim Mak

Concern is growing over damage to a Ukrainian nuclear facility seized by Russians in March, which is reportedly currently under bombardment. Ukraine is seeking an international mission to the plant.

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The cargo ship Razoni crosses the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, on Aug. 3. The first cargo ship to leave Ukraine since the Russian invasion was anchored at an inspection area in the Black Sea off the coast of Istanbul Wednesday morning before movin

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 8)

12:11pm August 08, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Music & Culture

Dua Lipa is now an honorary ambassador of the European nation Kosovo

6:37am August 08, 2022

The pop star's parents are from Kosovo and Dua Lipa lived there briefly as a teen before moving back to the U.K. She told her 85 million Instagram followers all about being honored by the president.

The Horniman Museum's collection of artifacts from the ancient kingdom of Benin includes 12 brass plaques, ceremonial objects and a key 'to the king's palace'.

Arts

A London museum agrees to return more than 70 pieces of looted Nigerian art

8:33pm August 07, 2022

by Emma Bowman

The Horniman Museum promised to repatriate a trove of artifacts, which include objects known as Benin bronzes, looted from West Africa during a British military invasion in 1897.

Moscow's ex-chief rabbi warns of growing pressures fraying Russia's Jewish community

5:06pm August 07, 2022

Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt was chief rabbi of Moscow for nearly three decades. NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to him about why he fled Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

Music & Culture

Pussy Riot talks 'Matriarchy Now'

5:06pm August 07, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks to Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot — a feminist protest art collective — about their debut mixtape, Matriarchy Now.

Oleg Repnoy stands in front of his Evacuation 200 vehicle. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," he says.

World News

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

9:19am August 07, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

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.

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Generations of Italians visit the Tuscan seaside resort of Punta Ala year after year

8:55am August 07, 2022

by Adam Raney

Families have vacationed in the Tuscan seaside resort of Punta Ala every year for generations. Families - and their domestic help - get a chance to catch up with friends from all over Italy.

Experts widely condemn Amnesty International report alleging Ukrainian war crimes

5:24pm August 06, 2022

by Julian Hayda

Ukrainian and international experts and commentators have responded critically to an Amnesty International report implicating Ukrainian troops in potential war crimes.