Ukraine crisis

U.S. says North Korea has sent troops to Russia for training

1:11am October 24, 2024

The deployment raises the potential for the North Koreans to join Russian forces in Ukraine and suggests expanded military ties between the two nations as Moscow seeks weapons and troops.

Ukraine's foreign minister submits resignation as Russian strikes kill 7 in Lviv

5:13am September 04, 2024

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba's resignation offer comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned about an imminent Cabinet reshuffle.

Pedestrians cross a street in front of a billboard displaying the letter "Z" in the colors of the ribbon of St. George and a slogan: "We don't give up on our people," in support of the Russian armed forces, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 7.

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The war in Ukraine has reintroduced these words and phrases into our vocabulary

3:07pm March 21, 2022

by Bill Chappell

We're using new geopolitical and military terms — and resurrecting and revising old ones — to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a conflict in which information is treated as another battlefield.

Russian forces returned fire in the direction of the Ukrainian defenders, striking a power line leading to the plant.

Video analysis reveals Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant veered near disaster

11:58am March 11, 2022

An NPR analysis of security footage and photos following the attack on Europe's largest nuclear power plant shows that many of the plant's critical safety systems were in the field of Russian fire.

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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.

Smoke rises from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday.

In Ukraine, the road to war was paved by the failure of diplomacy

1:53pm February 24, 2022

by Scott Neuman

The invasion of Ukraine occurred despite weeks of diplomatic efforts, including calls between President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin and European leaders' visits to Putin in Moscow.

Denis Pushilin, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, an area controlled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, speaks to journalists on May 5, 2021.

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U.S. says a separatist call to flee east Ukraine for Russia is a false flag

6:34pm February 18, 2022

by Alex Leff

A Russian-backed separatist leader in eastern Ukraine announced an evacuation to Russia, alleging the Ukrainian military was preparing to invade the area. The U.S. says it's "disinformation."

The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Kristina Kvien, speaks to media in Lviv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The U.S. has relocated the embassy from the capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv, citing the buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine's borders. An estima

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Despite the threat of war, some Americans in Ukraine are staying put

5:11am February 18, 2022

by Greg Myre

The U.S. government is telling Americans it's "past time" to leave Ukraine. But James Berk, an optician from New Jersey, has a Ukrainian wife and a newborn baby. For now, they're staying put.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Germany's chancellor following their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Tuesday. That day the Kremlin said it pulled back some Russian troops but the U.S. and NATO have rejecte

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Opinion: It's time we turn the tables on Putin

2:09pm February 17, 2022

by Brett Bruen

The United States should tell Russia its troops need to be back in their regular barracks by March 1, argues former diplomat Brett Bruen.

People crossing into Ukraine from Crimea board a minibus to continue on their way.

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On the Crimean borderland, Ukrainians define their identity

7:00am February 12, 2022

In the borderlands near Crimea, there is a war for the hearts and minds of Ukrainian citizens.

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