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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via teleconference call on March 3.

Putin's warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges

8:04pm March 17, 2022

by NPR Staff

The Russian president's references to "cleansing" of "scum and traitors" evoked terrifying memories of the mass arrests of the Stalin era, when repression was justified for "cleansing" Soviet society.

Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, pictured at a game in 2021. Russian state media reports she will remain in custody until May 19.

A Russian court extended Brittney Griner's detention until May 19, state media says

7:07pm March 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Russian authorities said earlier this month that they detained Griner at a Moscow-area airport for allegedly transporting vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.

A nurse checks a baby in a hospital basement being used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine. More than 300 health facilities lie within conflict lines or areas that Russia claims to control, according to the World Health Organization.

The WHO says Ukrainian health care is under attack, and it needs more funds to help

6:34pm March 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care in the three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and says hundreds of facilities remain at risk.

Farmers use combines to harvest a wheat field in July 2021 near the village Tbilisskaya, Russia. Russia accounts for 30% of global wheat exports.

The House approves a bill to suspend trade relations with Russia and Belarus

5:33pm March 17, 2022

by Deirdre Walsh

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill suspending normal trade relations with the countries, another move to squeeze them economically in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.

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Mariupol theater rescue continues as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its 4th week

5:29pm March 17, 2022

by Tim Mak

Rescue efforts continue at the Mariupol theater that was bombed and American officials said a U.S. citizen has been killed in Ukraine.

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Can Ukraine really win this war?

5:29pm March 17, 2022

As the fighting enters its fourth week in Ukraine, a question looms: could Ukraine actually win? NPR's Juana Summers talks with CEPA's Steven Horrell about the prospects of Russian defeat in Ukraine.

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A man walks on Thursday near a block of flats destroyed in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 17)

4:59pm March 17, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

President Biden's virtually met with Irish prime minister for St. Patrick's Day

4:54pm March 17, 2022

by Scott Detrow

The president is taking a moment for a brief bit of joy to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the traditional White House way. Expect him to quote the Irish poets and of course Grandpa Finnegan.

More than 44,000 Afghans tried for a fast track to the U.S. About 200 have gotten it

4:54pm March 17, 2022

by Laura Benshoff | Keystone Crossroads

The U.S. immigration system is slow. Only a small amount of Afghans have been granted humanitarian parole — a fast track to enter the United States — since the initial evacuation of Kabul.

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Putin's rhetoric is a worrisome reminder of Russia's dark past

4:38pm March 17, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, about how almost three weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 7,000 Russian troops have been killed.