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The WNBA star took the stand in Russian court Wednesday to explain why she had vape cartridges in th

Russia's gas company Gazprom has once again reduced the flow of natural gas to Europe. To counter th

Russia says it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024. This echoes intentions p

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., about her trip to Ukraine with a b

Ukraine and Russia agreed to a UN-brokered deal on grain shipments out of the Black Sea that Turkey

A Ukrainian man is being forced to choose between the two: a wife and three children who have fled t

As the war in Ukraine nears its sixth month, people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv are finding

Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. To help civilians escape,

Soldiers from Chechnya, a Muslim territory, are part of the foreign fight against Russia in Ukraine.

More than 20 people were killed when Russian missiles hit several buildings in Vinnytsia, a central

The brutal trench warfare-style fighting happening in eastern Ukraine is traumatizing soldiers. Ther

Russia is pounding eastern Ukraine as it tries to consolidate its control of the entire Donbas regio

Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who was killed July 11, championed for more robust defens

Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the

In a western Ukraine town that's refuge to people from the war in the east, a clown who is a refugee

President Zelenskyy has consolidated all TV platforms in Ukraine into one state broadcast and restri

Russian troops have taken Luhansk and are headed for Donetsk, pounding cities along the way. When Do

As people in Taiwan watch the war in Ukraine, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with veteran journalist

Russia has won significant ground on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine but a growing number of expe

Leaders of the G-7 nations met in Germany and focused on the war in Ukraine. They talked about new m