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Months before the Russian invasion, the White House started on a plan to unite allies

4:29pm March 17, 2022

by Asma Khalid

Months before Russian troops crossed over Ukraine's border, White House officials began working on a strategy to counter President Vladimir Putin: a plan to unite allies and keep them close.

U.S. and allies are sending thousands of weapons to Ukraine

4:29pm March 17, 2022

by Tom Bowman

A senior defense official says the U.S., in consultation with allies, is looking into helping Ukraine with long-range air defense systems.

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Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova leaves Bolshoi Ballet in protest of Russian invasion

4:29pm March 17, 2022

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova will leave Moscow's Bolshoi ballet and Russia in protest of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. She told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her experience with the Bolshoi in 2018.

A pro-Ukrainian military poster hangs on a building in downtown Lviv, Ukraine.

How some people are trying to make art, not war, in Ukraine right now

2:11pm March 17, 2022

The lead singer in Ukraine's biggest rock band is one of Ukrainian celebrities who are using their fame and connections to speed relief supplies to those who need them most.

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A satellite of the Mariupol theater from Monday, before it was bombed. The word "Children" is written in white on the pavement.

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Russia bombed a Mariupol theater with 'Children' sign outside — but shelter survived

1:41pm March 17, 2022

by Bill Chappell

A glimmer of good news has emerged in Mariupol, where people are being pulled out of a theater that was being used as a shelter.

This image provided by the Marine Corps shows a Switchblade drone. One hundred Switchblades — which are small enough to be carried in a backpack — are part of the new U.S. package to Ukraine.

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What the latest U.S. military aid to Ukraine can tell us about the state of the war

1:25pm March 17, 2022

The package by the White House includes missiles to take out tanks and bring down Russian aircraft — as well as drones that the U.S. hasn't provided previously.

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Russia's war in Ukraine has NATO on alert. Here's how we got to this point

1:23pm March 17, 2022

by Terry Gross

Historian Mary Elise Sarotte tells how NATO expanded into Eastern Europe after the fall of the U.S.S.R, and is now obligated to defend nations near Russia's war in Ukraine. Her book is Not One Inch.

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Bohdan Kulik, 62, built the outpost's stove. He is "the village Elon Musk," according to his friends.

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Far from the front lines, Ukrainians guard checkpoints and wait for the war to come

1:04pm March 17, 2022

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

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Local security personnel try to grab a banner from supporters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Thursday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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Convictions of Cambodian opposition leaders draws criticism from rights groups

6:09am March 17, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Human rights advocates have decried the accusations as "baseless" and say the trial is meant to sideline political opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has been in power for more than 30 years.

Where the fighting stands in Ukraine

3:40am March 17, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Congress via video from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday. The city is currently under bombardment from Russia.

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