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Ukraine's prosecutor general is determined to hold Russia accountable for atrocities

8:14pm April 26, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Ukraine's prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, is determined to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for what she says are war crimes. Reviewing the evidence has taken a toll on her.

UN chief met with Putin to bridge differences with Russia over its actions in Ukraine

8:14pm April 26, 2022

by Charles Maynes

The United Nations secretary general met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister. He came to Moscow as a "messenger of peace."

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during their meeting in the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Tuesday.

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Poland and Bulgaria say Russia is suspending their natural gas supplies

7:04pm April 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

The governments of the two European countries said Russian energy giant Gazprom informed them it was halting gas supplies starting Wednesday.

A child receives a polio vaccine in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 14, 2022.

Vaccine-derived polio is on the rise. A new vaccine aims to stop the spread

6:18pm April 26, 2022

by Ari Daniel

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. One reason for this, say experts, is that vaccination efforts have lapsed during the pandemic.

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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands during their meeting in Moscow on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 26)

4:44pm April 26, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

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Chechnya once resisted Russia. Now, its leader is Putin's close ally

4:26pm April 26, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division for Human Rights Watch, about the role of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in the Russia-Ukraine war.

A Shanghai resident shares her views on the city's lockdown

4:26pm April 26, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with a former nanny from Shanghai about what life has been like since returning to the city during pandemic restrictions.

Encore: New musical 'Bhangin' It' centers a competitive college bhangra dancer

4:26pm April 26, 2022

by Hafsa Fathima

A new musical at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse celebrates bhangra, one of India's traditional styles of dancing.

Airmen and civilians from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron place ammunition, weapons and other equipment on pallets bound for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Jan. 21, 2022.

Putin wanted a militarily weaker Ukraine. He got the opposite

3:36pm April 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

The longer Ukraine's army fends off the Russian invasion, the more it absorbs the advantages of Western weaponry and training — exactly the transformation Vladimir Putin wanted to prevent by invading.

April 25: A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple Russian bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Photos: More than 5 million have fled Ukraine as Russia's invasion continues

3:14pm April 26, 2022

by Marco Storel

Orthodox Easter weekend did not stop Russian forces from attacking their targets in eastern Ukraine.