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Professor Rain Ottis leads a Locked Shield Excercise at Hilton Tallinn Park.

Estonia hosts NATO-led cyber war games, with one eye on Russia

11:40am May 02, 2022

by Jenna McLaughlin

Estonia is host to one of the world's largest annual interactive cybersecurity drills. Russia is always considered the main threat, but this year, the war in Ukraine has only added to the stakes.

People sit in a bus during evacuation from Lyman, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022.

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About 100 civilians escape Mariupol steel plant as Pelosi visits Zelenskyy in Kyiv

4:11pm May 01, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The U.N. is helping to evacuate the remaining civilians, officials said Sunday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit Kyiv since the war began in February.

A woman representing a rape victim leads protesters in Berlin demonstrating in an April 16 march against Russian military aggression in the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Syria.

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Rape has reportedly become a weapon in Ukraine. Finding justice may be difficult

9:00am April 30, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Widespread allegations of rape at the hands of Russian soldiers have been coming out of Ukraine. Experts say rape in conflict is often used to pursue strategic aims.

Rescue servicemen extinguish a bush fire after shelling in Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Friday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 29)

5:02pm April 29, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

In this image taken from footage provided by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service, Ukrainian soldiers use a launcher with U.S. Javelin missiles during military exercises in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Jan. 12. The U.S. and NATO allie

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Russia sharpens warnings as the U.S. and Europe send more weapons to Ukraine

2:56pm April 29, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Russian criticism of Western military aid to Ukraine is not new. But recent rhetoric reflects efforts to build public consensus for the need of a protracted — if not existential — war with the West.

Firefighters try to put out a fire following an explosion in Kyiv on Thursday, the same day of a visit by the head of the United Nations.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 28)

4:54pm April 28, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Pipes are seen at the gas transmission point in Rembelszczyzna near Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday.

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What Russia cutting off energy to Poland and Bulgaria means for the world

8:18am April 28, 2022

It was seen as a way for Russia to prop up its currency and retaliate for Western sanctions, but it could cause global energy prices to spike. One analyst sees it as a warning to the rest of Europe.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks to media at the gas station of Gaz-System in Rembelszczyzna, near Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday. Polish and Bulgarian leaders accused Moscow of using natural gas to blackmail their countries after Russia's

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 27)

5:03pm April 27, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Pallets of aid to Ukraine are stacked behind Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (right) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they speak with reporters after returning from their trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele

U.S. war aims shift in Ukraine — and bring additional risks

4:46pm April 27, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. now believes Ukraine can win, a significant change in thinking, and is rushing in weapons. This raises the risk of widening the conflict, analysts say, and may destabilize the global economy.

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Joey Reed, the father of former US Marine Trevor Reed, stands next to a placard of his son during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2021.

U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed is released from Russia in a prisoner swap

9:19am April 27, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Reed had been held in Russia since 2019. He was exchanged for pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.