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Saudi Arabia executes 81 people, the country's largest mass execution in modern times

8:58am March 13, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

Saudi Arabia is drawing international criticism for putting 81 people to death in one day. The executions happen as the West is hoping to convince the kingdom to increase oil production.

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What flight tracking data reveals about details of the Ukraine crisis

8:58am March 13, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

Debbie Elliott asks flight data co-op ADS-B Exchange founder Dan Streufert where publicly available flight data comes from and how much it reveals about the crisis in Ukraine.

Jason Manley is helping connect refugees with transport and hotel when they arrive into Poland.

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Volunteers in Poland are setting up Ukrainian refugees to survive the coming days

8:31am March 13, 2022

by Patrick Wood

As Ukrainians flee the war at home, a makeshift system of supplies and aid has sprung up in the Przemyśl train station.

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Locals in Poland are taking Ukrainian refugees into their homes

8:12am March 13, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

As the U.N.'s refugee agency resists establishing camps in the EU for Ukrainians, Poles are quietly welcoming thousands into their homes.

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U.S. sends aid to Ukraine, and civilians flee to Poland, as Russia widens offensive

8:10am March 13, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

A roundup of the latest news out of Ukraine, where Russian attacks struck new targets, including a military training base near the Polish border.

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Russia strikes Ukrainian military base, killing more than 30 people

8:03am March 13, 2022

by Eric Westervelt

Russia struck a Ukrainian military training base close to the Polish border using cruise missiles, according to local officials.

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The U.S. renews talks with oil-rich Venezuela after banning Russian oil imports

8:03am March 13, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

Debbie Elliott speaks with Diego Area, deputy director of strategic development at the Atlantic Council, about relations between the U.S. and Venezuela and the implications of renewed diplomacy.

A Russian Aeroflot airplane is moved from a remote location at John F. Kennedy Airport in October, 2002, in New York.

Sanctions may ground Russia's planes, but the firms that own them can't get them back

5:00am March 13, 2022

by David Schaper

Russian airlines can no longer get spare parts or technical support for their Airbus and Boeing planes.

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Do Russia's assaults on Ukraine amount to war crimes?

5:46pm March 12, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the laws of war and whether those have evolved over time with Mark Drumbl, director of the Transnational Law Institute at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.

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March 12: Families board buses to the border of Poland in Lviv, Ukraine.

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Photos: Ukrainian refugees assisted by the EU government as they flee their country

5:18pm March 12, 2022

by Grace Widyatmadja

The EU welcomes Ukrainian nationals displaced by the Russian invasion. Expectations are in place for EU government to assist these refugees in their search for a place to land.