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In Los Angeles, gas cost more than $5 a gallon last week. In the rest of the country, gas is a relative bargain at just over $4 a gallon.

Gas prices surge to above $4 a gallon, near a national record

4:11pm March 07, 2022

by Scott Horsley

The prospect that the U.S. and its allies could impose new sanctions on Russian oil pushed energy prices sharply higher. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. hit $4.06 per gallon.

Russia arrests Brittney Griner; Blinken promises to help all Americans detained there

10:09am March 07, 2022

by Peter Granitz

Speaking in Moldova, Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Americans to leave Russia and vowed to support any American being held by Russia.

Refugees, mostly women with children, rest inside a tent after arriving at the border crossing, in Medyka, Poland on Sunday.

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Russia sets cease-fire for evacuations amid heavy shelling

5:14am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

A third round of talks is planned for Monday as some of the evacuation routes would funnel civilians toward Russia or its ally Belarus.

Rehina Solodovnik, a 20-year-old student in Ukraine, was also tutoring Russian students online before the war. One sent her a text after the fighting began: ''I am so sorry for our government. I know they won't apologize to you for whatever damage they're

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Nearly 1 million Ukrainians have fled. More than 40 million have stayed — for now

6:25pm March 05, 2022

by Greg Myre

Before the war, Ukrainian Rehina Solodovnik tutored Russian students online. The teaching has stopped, but she's still getting text messages. "I am so sorry for our government," one student said.

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Yulia Zhivtsova sits in Pushkin Square holding Harry Potter books with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Zhivtsova has been participating in the protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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An anti-war protester in Moscow says the risk of arrest is worth it

2:56pm March 05, 2022

Yulia Zhivtsova has been taking to the streets to oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine. She wants future generations to know: "You see? I was out there. I was protesting. I was against this."

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Women and children from Ukraine arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on Saturday.

Evacuations are halted in an area of Ukraine where Russia had pledged a cease-fire

8:40am March 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ukrainian officials said the work to evacuate civilians from two cities had halted amid shelling, just hours after Russia announced the deal.

Yevghen Zbormyrsky, 49, is comforted as he stands in front of his burning home after it was shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. The U.N. Human Rights Council overwhelmingly voted to create a top-level investigation into violati

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 4)

7:11pm March 04, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose during their meeting in Beijing on Feb. 4.

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The battle for Ukraine could test the limits of closer ties between China and Russia

5:00pm March 04, 2022

by Emily Feng

The Cold War rivals have grown much closer in recent years. But China's ties to Russia are now becoming a bigger liability than Beijing expected.

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Russia blocked Facebook on Friday citing "discrimination" against state-sponsored media. Here a smartphone user in Moscow watches a Facebook clip of U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.

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Russia blocks access to Facebook

3:35pm March 04, 2022

Russia has cut off access to Facebook inside the country in response to the tech giant's blocking of state-backed media outlets in the European Union.

Video footage showed a fire — later extinguished — at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after it came under Russian shelling early Friday.

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Russian forces in Ukraine attack and seize Europe's largest nuclear power plant

8:54am March 04, 2022

by Geoff Brumfiel

The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says there was no release of radioactive material after a projectile hit a building at the plant facility.