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NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday.

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NATO chief warns of heavier fighting in 'new phase' of Ukraine war

2:16pm April 08, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about Ukraine's renewed request for weaponry, and the latest predictions on how Russian forces will fight the war in the future.

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Workers plow wheat in Husakiv village in western Ukraine late last month. Russia and Ukraine account for a large percentage of global wheat exports.

Global food prices hit their highest recorded levels last month, driven up by the war

1:32pm April 08, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says prices of food commodities like grains and vegetable oils soared in March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Aleksandra Makoviy said she isn't the only Ukrainian mother to write emergency contact info on their children since the war began.

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A Ukrainian mom scribbled her contact info on her daughter's back as the war erupted

7:05am April 08, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

As bombed rained down on the streets of Kyiv, Aleksandra Makoviy wanted to make sure that her 2-year-old would be safe. The only way to do that was by writing her phone number on the girl's back.

A satellite image from the company Planet shows Russian vehicles and an encampment in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on March 16, 2022.

Satellite photo shows Russian troops were stationed in Chernobyl's radioactive zone

9:06pm April 07, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

The satellite image lends credence to the idea that Russia may have exposed its troops to unhealthy levels of radioactivity.

David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd, performs live on stage at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2016.

How (members of) Pink Floyd reunited to record a song for Ukraine

8:27pm April 07, 2022

by Saeed Ahmed

Pink Floyd's "Hey Hey Rise Up" features vocals by Boombox singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk; it's the band's first new original music since 1994's "Division Bell."

People crowd into a bus on Thursday on their way to a train station in Severodonetsk, as they try to flee eastern Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 7)

5:03pm April 07, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Runners near the finish line on Boylston Street during the 125th Boston Marathon on October 11, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Runners residing in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's event.

Runners who live in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's Boston Marathon

1:16pm April 07, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Organizers also said that Russians and Belarusians who live elsewhere will still be able to run, just not under their countries' flags. The marathon and 5k are planned for the weekend of April 16.

Internally displaced people arrive at a center in Zaporizhzhia, northwest of Mariupol, on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 6)

4:57pm April 06, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

El Peso Hero saves civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in a special edition of Héctor Rodríguez's self-published comic book series. The 18-page issue is free, with text in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian.

Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue

1:56pm April 06, 2022

by Olivia Hampton

Fed up with Mexico's non-interventionist policy after Russia invaded Ukraine, Héctor Rodríguez sends his Mexican American superhero to Mariupol in the latest issue of the series.

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A resident looks for belongings on Tuesday in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 5)

5:11pm April 05, 2022

by NPR Staff

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