Europe

People Kharkiv suffer daily Russian attacks in a war Biden now calls a genocide

7:47am April 13, 2022

The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is the country's largest Russian-speaking city. It's been attacked by Russia for weeks. President Biden is accusing Russian President Putin of genocide.

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News brief: NYC subway shooting, Kharkiv under attack, Russia's military strategy

7:36am April 13, 2022

A person of interest has been identified in the New York City subway shooting. Russian forces take aim at the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. And after repeated setbacks, Russia is regrouping.

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Putin warned against allowing atrocities to happen in 2001 Texas town hall

7:02am April 13, 2022

by Don Gonyea

Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes it hard to remember that decades ago, Vladimir Putin was on a charm offensive with the West. One stop was Crawford, Texas, with then President George W. Bush.

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There's no diplomatic path to end Russia's assault on Ukraine, Polish diplomat says

5:03am April 13, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Marek Magieroweski, Poland's ambassador to the U.S., who says Russian President Putin has to suffer a decisive military defeat for the good of the region.

After major setbacks in the war with Ukraine, Russian forces regroup

5:03am April 13, 2022

Russia is now concentrating its forces in eastern Ukraine and a major offensive is widely anticipated. But this new stage of the war could differ in many ways from the past seven weeks of fighting.

A resident walks his bicycle on a narrow path between craters made by artillery in a neighborhood of Chernihiv.

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Residents of a devastated Chernihiv ponder their future after a Russian siege ends

5:01am April 13, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

For weeks, the Ukrainian city was bombarded daily. Villages outside of town were reduced to rubble. Residents are cleaning up and wondering how to move forward with their homes and livelihoods gone.

President Biden meets virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington on Monday.

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The U.S. and India — democracies and friends — agree to disagree on the Ukraine war

9:57pm April 12, 2022

India has yet to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which the U.S. wants to change. Leaders from both countries met virtually on Monday to discuss the war and other topics.

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President Biden appeared to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of a "genocide" in Ukraine on Tuesday as he spoke in Iowa about his administration's efforts to bring down spiking fuel prices.

Biden accuses Putin of committing a 'genocide' in Ukraine

8:57pm April 12, 2022

by Eric McDaniel

Speaking about easing restrictions on higher-ethanol gasoline amid spiking fuel costs, Biden said prices shouldn't "hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away."

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Police fine Britain's Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for attending parties in lockdown

5:13pm April 12, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his finance minister are being fined for attending parties prohibited during the pandemic lockdowns. Opposition members called on them both to resign.

A priest and relatives on Tuesday stand near the exhumed body of Gostomel's mayor, Yuriy Prylypko, who had been buried near a church in the village in the Kyiv region. Prylypko, 62, was killed on March 7 after Russian forces rolled into his village.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 12)

4:59pm April 12, 2022

by NPR Staff

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