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Ukraine is amping up drone production to get an edge in the war against Russia

5:00am October 15, 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country can now make 4 million drones annually. The government, military, private companies and regular citizens are all involved.

Third Assault Brigade training course "Test Week"

Ukraine's military trains civilians in 'Test Week' to give a sense of war with Russia

6:00am September 07, 2024

Ukraine needs more soldiers as its troops defend Ukrainian territory and carry out an offensive inside Russia. An elite Ukrainian military unit offers civilians a one-week tryout as soldiers.

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In a surprise attack, Ukraine sends a large force into western Russia

10:17am August 08, 2024

by Greg Myre

Ukrainian soldiers appear to be several miles inside Russia’s Kursk region, where they are in several villages. Russia’s top military official says some 1,000 Ukrainian troops are taking part.

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Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area.

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A mayor in Ukraine aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

8:04am April 04, 2024

Russian attacks have driven out most of Chasiv Yar's residents. NPR accompanies the mayor on a routine visit to check on those who remain.

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Armored car repair shop workers build an experimental version of a military vehicle in the facility of the Ukrainian Armor Design and Manufacturing Co.

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With Western military aid increasingly uncertain, Ukraine builds its own weapons

5:09pm February 20, 2024

Ukraine's domestic arms manufacturers bristle at the notion the country relies entirely on military aid from the U.S. and Europe. The country's weapons development and production, they say, is robust.

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Olha Bilianska's husband was mobilized two years ago. Even after being injured, he is being redeployed. "Some people still believe that this war won't get them," Bilianska says. "It will get them. This war is cruel."

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As Ukraine seeks to replenish its depleted army, a divide grows among its civilians

5:01am January 31, 2024

Ukraine is looking to reform its conscription policies to help bolster troop numbers after nearly two years of war, fueling fears among some civilians who don't want to fight.

Dmytro Orlov, the exiled mayor of Enerhodar, in his office at a community center in Zaporizhzhia.

With an inconclusive counteroffensive, Ukraine looks toward an anxious winter

5:00am December 11, 2023

by Joanna Kakissis

Ukraine's government acknowledges the gains in its most recent counteroffensive have been small. And it worries Western allies are distracted by the war between Israel and Hamas.

Relatives and soldiers mourn the death of fighter pilot Andrii "Juice" Pilshchykov, 30, during his funeral on Tuesday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

As war losses mount, Ukraine honors a veteran jet fighter pilot who died in collision

1:56pm August 29, 2023

by Brian Mann

Andrii Pilshchykov, known as "Juice," died in a training flight Friday. He was a veteran of early combat missions during Russia's invasion and later advocated for Western countries to donate F-16s.

In this photo illustration, the 502 Bad Gateway message is seen on Ministry of Defence of Ukraine official webpage displayed on a smartphone screen and flag of Ukraine in the background.

Inside Russia's attempts to hack Ukrainian military operations

12:27pm August 10, 2023

by Jenna McLaughlin

Ukrainian officials say Russian hackers remain focused on infiltrating military planning operations. That includes seizing and trying to crack tablets used on the on the front lines by officers.

Soldiers spend time swimming in the pool during the course.

A rehab center revives traumatized Ukrainian troops before their return to battle

5:01am March 30, 2023

Built largely with Western donations, the spa-like retreat provides soldiers with counseling, aromatherapy and more. But most soldiers are there for no more than a week.

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