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Satellite images show the destruction in Mariupol after Russian strike

5:52pm March 09, 2022

by Marco Storel

Russian forces breached a temporary cease-fire declared yesterday in Ukraine.

Vice President Harris met with NATO allies last month when she was at the Munich Security Conference.

Vice President Harris is going to Poland after the U.S. rejected fighter jet offer

12:48pm March 09, 2022

by NPR Staff

Poland offered to stage fighter jets for Ukraine on a U.S. base in Germany. The Pentagon said that wasn't tenable. It all happened the day before Vice President Harris left for Warsaw.

People board an evacuation bus as civilians continue to flee Russian attacks in Irpin, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 8)

10:37pm March 08, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

CIA Director William Burns told the House Intelligence Committee that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is "angry and frustrated" by the slow pace of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Burns said he expects Putin to "double down," which could lead t

Stalled and frustrated, Putin will likely 'double down' in the coming weeks, CIA says

9:37pm March 08, 2022

by Greg Myre

CIA Director William Burns says Russia's invasion of Ukraine has fallen far short of Vladimir Putin's expectations. Burns now predicts weeks of "ugly" fighting for control of Ukraine's cities.

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McDonald's says it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Starbucks join a corporate exodus from Russia

4:31pm March 08, 2022

The big American companies are the latest to suspend their operations in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Refugees fleeing the military operation zone from the Mariupol area of Ukraine sit in a bus as they arrive at the border crossing in Veselo-Voznesenka, Russia, on Monday.

What the war in Syria tells us about Russia's use of humanitarian corridors

10:11am March 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Observers say Russia's use of such corridors were effective in attaining the goals of regaining control of opposition areas.

A resident looks out of the destroyed front of a room in a multi-storey building that was badly damaged as a result of Russian missile explosion after it was shot down over the city by Ukrainian air defence on March 6, in Kramatorsk on March 7.

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

10:40pm March 07, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

A woman makes a phone call in front of police officers blocking access to Red Square in central Moscow on March 2, 2022

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Russia is restricting social media. Here's what we know

7:43pm March 07, 2022

Russians face a confusing patchwork of online restrictions as the Kremlin cracks down on the free flow of information on social media.

WNBA players Brittney Griner (right) of the Phoenix Mercury and Courtney Vandersloot of the Chicago Sky compete during the WNBA Finals in Chicago in October 2021.

Why Brittney Griner was in Russia and what it has to do with U.S. women's basketball

6:27pm March 07, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Many WNBA players head overseas to play during the off-season, where they can be paid much more than they earn in the U.S. Griner, who was arrested for allegedly transporting drugs, is one of them.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) hosts Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 13, 2021. The U.S. says Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters to help with its war effort in Ukraine.

Russia is trying to recruit Syrians to fight in Ukraine, U.S. says

5:01pm March 07, 2022

by Greg Myre

The reported Russian effort to find Syrians with urban combat experience is the latest indication that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not going as planned.