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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko (right) and his brother Wladimir Klitschko check a phone at city hall on Feb. 27. When Russia invaded Ukraine, many expected Moscow to knock out the Ukrainian communications network. But Ukrainian systems, for both civilians an

How does Ukraine keep intercepting Russian military communications?

2:29pm April 26, 2022

by Greg Myre

Russia had a reputation for being highly skilled in secretive military communications. That notion has been largely shattered by the bumbling way it has been operating in Ukraine.

The home to the ministry of state security in Tiraspol, the capital of the breakaway region of Trans-Dniester (also known as Transnistria), was reportedly damaged by several explosions in the disputed territory in Moldova on Monday.

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Russian-occupied area of Moldova blames Ukrainian militants for explosions

2:11pm April 26, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Trans-Dniester doesn't usually get much attention. But European leaders are watching it closely because it hosts about 1,500 Russian troops and shares a 250-mile border with Ukraine.

A Ukrainian refugee speaks with a local interpreter as she and her two children arrive at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine on April 18.

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The U.N. now projects more than 8 million people will flee Ukraine as refugees

12:30pm April 26, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The number is more than double what the U.N.'s refugee agency projected in February when Russia invaded the country. The vast majority of those who have already left are women and children.

People walk in a city park around a Soviet-era monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, in June 2020.

Kyiv will dismantle a Soviet-era monument and rename streets linked to Russia

11:25am April 26, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The People's Friendship Arch was gifted to Ukraine by the Soviet government in the 1980s. Kyiv's mayor says the statue underneath is being dismantled, and the arch will be renamed and repainted.

A man uses cooking oil to fry Mandazi, a type of fried bread, on a street in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine heats up cooking oil prices in global squeeze

5:36am April 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has further fueled already high food and energy costs, hitting the poorest people hardest.

Australian shadow foreign affairs minister Penny Wong speaks to media in Darwin, Australia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Australia's opposition party promises to establish a Pacific defense school to train neighboring armies in response to China's potential m

Australian opposition party vows to train Pacific armies

2:14am April 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

The announcement comes amid concerns that other Pacific island countries financially weakened by the pandemic and its impact on tourism could be lured by China into similar deals.

Archeologists work in the ruins of a temple for Zeus-Kasios, the ancient Greek god, at the Tell el-Farma archaeological site in the northwestern corner of the Sinai Peninsula. Tell el-Farma, also known by its ancient name Pelusium, dates back to the late

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Ruins of an ancient temple for Zeus were unearthed in Egypt

7:32pm April 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Tell el-Farma, also known by its ancient name Pelusium, dates back thousands of years to the late Pharaonic period and was also used during Greco-Roman and Byzantine times.

Residents wearing masks line up for mass COVID testing in Chaoyang District on Monday in Beijing.

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Beijing will mass-test most of the city as COVID-19 cases mount

6:38pm April 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Beijing will conduct mass testing of most of its 21 million people, authorities announced, as a new COVID-19 outbreak sparked stockpiling of food by residents.

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A new documentary focuses on the near-fatal poisoning of Russian opposition leader

5:06pm April 25, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Daniel Roher, director of the documentary Navalny, about the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader.

A resident looks at shards of twisted metal from a Russian rocket in undergrowth near a train line near Lviv, Ukraine, on Monday. The head of Ukrainian Railways said five rail facilities had been attacked by Russia Monday morning, including a substation s

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 25)

4:54pm April 25, 2022

by NPR Staff

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