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News brief: Scholz-Putin talks, Trump accountant quits, hate crimes trial

7:29am February 15, 2022

Germany's chancellor will meet with Russia's president about Ukraine. Trump's accountant says a decade of financial statements are unreliable. The federal trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers has started.

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Visitors enjoy the ice rink in Red Square at the Moscow GUM State Department store with the Spasskaya Tower to the left and the Kremlin Wall in Moscow on Monday.

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Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion

5:55am February 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

More than half of respondents in recent polls in Russia say the U.S. is responsible for the current standoff over Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, speaks to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during their meeting at The Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Scholz visited Ukraine as part of a flurry of Western diplomacy aimed at heading off a feare

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German chancellor warns of far-reaching sanctions if Russia moves on Ukraine

9:58pm February 14, 2022

Olaf Scholz did not elaborate on specifics during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday but he did pledge a new round of financial assistance to Kyiv.

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The view from southern Russia

4:26pm February 14, 2022

by Charles Maynes

The largest Russian city near the southern border with Ukraine is Rostov-on-Don. People remember the war in 2014 and hope there is no repeat.

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Former French President Francois Hollande on Ukraine

4:26pm February 14, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

Former French president Francois Hollande speaks about the situation in Ukraine. He helped negotiate a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine in 2015.

Rep. Michael McCaul on the latest in Ukraine

4:26pm February 14, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about the situation in Ukraine.

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Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall speaks to members of staff as she attends the opening of the charity and community Kitchen "Nourish Hub," created to fight against social isolation and loneliness, in west London on Thursday.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall tests positive for COVID-19

12:13pm February 14, 2022

by Merrit Kennedy

Camilla is the wife of Prince Charles, who also received a positive test several days ago. Camilla tested negative that day and proceeded with three public engagements.

German Chancellor Scholz is in Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's president

7:22am February 14, 2022

It's the first stop in a trip that will also take Scholz to Moscow. At the same time, the Ukrainian town of Lviv, which is on the Polish border, is preparing for a Russian invasion.

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The U.S. has a public strategy about Russia's plans to invade Ukraine

7:22am February 14, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, about the latest attempts by Western leaders to defuse the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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News brief: Ambassador Bridge, Russia-Ukraine crisis, Kamila Valieva

6:36am February 14, 2022

The bridge linking the U.S. and Canada reopens after police remove the last protesters. The Russia-Ukraine standoff continues. A Russian figure skater is cleared to compete at the Beijing Olympics.

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