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Joey and Paula Reed protest in Lafayette Park near the White House on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Their son, Trevor Reed, just started a second hunger strike to protest his treatment in a Russian prison.

The parents of an American detained in Russia are protesting outside the White House

2:01pm March 30, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Trevor Reed started his second hunger strike in Russian prison after being sent to solitary confinement instead of getting treatment for tuberculosis. His parents want to meet with President Biden.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called his country's ban on imports of Russian gas, oil and coal the most radical in Europe.

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Poland says its ban on all Russian oil and gas imports is the most radical in Europe

11:59am March 30, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

"While others in Europe looked at Russia as a business partner," the Polish prime minister said, "we saw that Russia uses gas and oil as a way to blackmail."

Firefighters continue working on Tuesday to cool down a destroyed logistics warehouse where thousands of tons of food became unusable after Russian shelling hit the facility on March 13 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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

10:28pm March 29, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during Tuesday's peace talks in Istanbul between delegations from Russia and Ukraine.

Russia vows to reduce Ukraine attacks after talks, but the U.S. is skeptical

5:09pm March 29, 2022

by NPR Staff

Russia said on Tuesday that it would significantly scale back its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv. Ukraine delivered a proposal for accepting a neutral and nonnuclear status.

Vladimir Putin speaks with Russian oligarch Igor Sechin (center right) in 2009.

How Putin Conquered Russia's Oligarchy

6:30am March 29, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

In 2000, Vladimir Putin began targeting oligarchs who did not bend to his authority. The loyalists who remained — and new ones who subsequently got rich — became like ATM machines for the president.

Press members are seen during peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine at Dolmabahce office in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday.

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A new round of talks aims to stop the fighting in Ukraine

3:37am March 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Another round of talks aimed at stopping the war in Ukraine are starting in Istanbul on Tuesday as fighting appears stalemated on the ground.

A view of some of the damage after shelling in pro-Russian, separatist-controlled Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, on Monday. Several houses and garages were damaged, and some homes were completely burned down.

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

10:20pm March 28, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

An elderly woman walks with a cart March 14 in a residential area damaged in what is said was an explosion of a ballistic missile in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, in the northern part of the Donetsk oblast.

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Russia shifts its military's focus in Ukraine, and its tone in negotiations

5:47pm March 25, 2022

by Andrew Sussman

The Donbas region, the site of two breakaway republics created by Russia-backed separatists in 2014, has become the site of some of the heaviest fighting in recent days, a senior U.S. official says.

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Maxar collected new satellite imagery of the southern Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk that reveals a Russian Alligator-class landing ship that is burned and partially submerged near one of the port's loading/unloading quays. Fire and smoke is also seen n

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 25)

5:20pm March 25, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Alexei Venediktov in 2017 the office of Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, which the Russian authorities shut down earlier this month citing its coverage of Russia's military activities in Ukraine. Venediktov, who was an editor at the station, says som

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A top Russian journalist found a pig's head and antisemitic slur left at his door

3:03pm March 25, 2022

by NPR Staff

It was the latest in a series of acts of intimidation in Russia aimed at journalists and critics of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.