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Meet the Russians who are fleeing — not the war, but their own government

1:48pm March 25, 2022

Thousands of Russians have left their country since their government began its invasion of Ukraine. Many have settled in Georgia, a country with a complicated history with its neighbor to the north.

A man with his bicycle walks between debris outside the destroyed Retroville shopping mall in a residential district, after a Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday.

A month into the Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 24)

5:28pm March 24, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright smiles as she shakes hands with Russian acting President Vladimir Putin, right, in Moscow's Kremlin, in 2000. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday.

Madeleine Albright had a lot to say about Putin — and she didn't mince words

1:19pm March 24, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The former U.S. secretary of state recalled the first time she met Russian President Vladimir Putin back in 1999 during the Clinton administration.

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Demonstrators stand around a peace sign during a vigil for Ukraine near the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. Activists are calling on EU leaders to impose a full ban on Russian fuel.

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine transforms Europe's political and military landscape

9:15am March 24, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

As Russia's war in Ukraine grinds through its fourth week, President Vladimir Putin's greatest accomplishment so far may be one he never intended: a unified Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Wednesday. Putin said Russia will only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to "unfriendly countries," which inclu

Putin demands 'unfriendly countries' pay for Russian gas in rubles

6:34pm March 23, 2022

by NPR Staff

President Vladimir Putin issued a new directive as he attempts to leverage Russia's in-demand fuel to counter a barrage of Western sanctions.

Ukrainian servicemen comfort Daniil, 12, the son of Vladyslav Buvalkin, 42, who died in action and was buried on Wednesday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have managed to fend off Russian advances near the capital, although shellfire and aerial bombard

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 23)

5:22pm March 23, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. government has assessed that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, attacking civilian points such as this school destroyed in Kharkiv.

U.S. officially declares that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine

4:23pm March 23, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

"Based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

A man walks with a bicycle on a street damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, earlier this month.

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What the city of Mariupol means for Ukraine — and for Russia's military campaign

4:07pm March 23, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Ukraine's Mariupol has been battered by Russian airstrikes. Why is this city so important? The reasons range from geographic and strategic, to economic and psychological.

Sywasz Elizabeth, Samarska Ludmyla and Pylypenko Arsenij wait on a bus after arriving safely on a train in Lviv, Ukraine, from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has been under heavy Russian military attack, on Tuesday. Trains carried hundreds of evacu

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 22)

5:01pm March 22, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Cars wait in a long line to leave Mariupol, on March 17. The city, on Ukraine's southeastern coast, has been heavily damaged by Russian bombardment.

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When Russia shelled their building in Mariupol, 13 neighbors banded together to flee

2:04pm March 22, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Before the war, Mariupol residents Tetiana Myhalyova and metalworker Victor Perederiy had never met. But after sheltering for weeks without heat or water, they decided to escape together.

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