Russia-Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Wednesday. Putin introduced martial law in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that Moscow claims to have annexed.

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Putin orders martial law in occupied Ukrainian areas as Kyiv's forces gain ground

4:30pm October 19, 2022

The move signals Russia's growing frustration over Ukrainian advances in areas the Kremlin claimed to annex. It came hours after Kremlin-appointed officials ordered civilians to evacuate Kherson.

A Russian Iskander-M missile launcher parades through Red Square in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. The Iskander is one of several Russian systems that can launch nuclear weapons.

Russia's nuclear arsenal is huge, but will Putin use it?

4:35pm October 17, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

Experts in Russian doctrine worry that as the war in Ukraine gets more desperate, Russia might be tempted to detonate a nuclear weapon.

Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday. It was the second Monday in a row of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

Ukraine war updates: Russia strikes Kyiv as Russian troops move into Belarus (Oct. 17)

1:20pm October 17, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.

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Explosive suicide drones rock Ukraine's capital, hitting residential buildings

9:43am October 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Explosions rang out across Kyiv early Monday, a week after nationwide strikes rocked the city for the first time since June.

Katie-Jo Page sits in a room she has prepared for Mykyta, a Ukrainian boy her family was in the process of adopting, in Snohomish, Wash., on Oct 2.

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These families were adopting Ukrainian orphans. Now they have to wait out Russia's war

10:15am October 15, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Ukraine was the leading country Americans adopted from, but it halted adoptions this year after Russia's invasion. Now many families and children are in limbo.

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Andriy and Iryna Grycenko (center) mourn the death of their 11-year-old daughter, Anastasiya, at her funeral in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 20. Anastasiya was killed on Sept. 17 when a Russian S-300 missile obliterated her home in Chuhuiv. At right is Iryna's sister, Anastasiya's aunt, Rimma Leiba.

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Ukrainians grieve for an 11-year-old girl killed by a Russian missile

8:28am October 14, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

A neighbor recalls the girl saying in her final moments, "Why did this happen to me? I didn't do anything bad to them."

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Workers restore the railway tracks Sunday on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia, a day after it was damaged by a blast. Officials said car and train traffic had resumed over the bridge, with Moscow's transport ministry saying Sunday that long-distance passenger trains from Crimea to Russia were "moving according to the standard schedule."

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Russia arrests 8 people for the blast on a Crimea bridge as Ukraine denies involvement

11:37am October 12, 2022

Security agents arrested five Russians, two Ukrainians and an Armenian as suspects in the explosion, which disabled a critical link between Russia and the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014.

Tourists, coming mainly from Russia, at the arrival terminal at Antalya International Airport in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya on Sept. 22, the day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a draft for Ukraine.

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Thousands of Russians continue to arrive in Turkey, fleeing conscription

7:02am October 09, 2022

by Fatma Tanis

Antalya is a longtime Russian tourist destination that's become a refuge for those who don't want to fight in the war. But things are getting more complicated for Russians in Turkey.

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Benard Mwenja's reserve water supply has helped him weather the drought better than many of his neighbors. He is now focusing on more stable crops like kale, carrots and onions instead of relying only on corn with its fluctuating prices.

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One of Kenya's luckier farmers tells why so many farmers there are out of luck

1:03pm October 06, 2022

by Michael Kaloki

Erratic weather is just one problem. Many farmers can no longer keep pace with the rising cost of fuel and fertilizer (which previously has been largely imported from Ukraine). What's the solution?

Russian President Vladimir Putin joins hands with the Russian-appointed leaders of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow annexed on Sept. 30, despite strong international opposition to the move. On the same day, Putin also raised the possibility of using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.

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How likely is a Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine?

2:13pm October 04, 2022

by Greg Myre

Russian President Vladimir Putin is again raising the possibility of such an attack. Experts said the likelihood still remains low, though risks are rising.

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