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Gas prices are hitting record highs in the U.S. amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That's got a lot

As millions flee Ukraine, one woman's checklist for surviving the train ride into Poland reveals the

The Ukrainian military isn't releasing the number of soldiers who have died in the war with Russia.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Evelyn Farkas, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia,

NPR's Sarah McCammon asks Hans Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federa

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an impassioned speech to the British Parliament as effo

In an address to the country, President Biden announced that the White House would be banning any Ru

Can anyone talk Russian President Putin out of his war in Ukraine? French President Macron and Isra

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jaime Nadal about the humanitarian effects of Russia's war on Ukraine.

The Ukrainian nuclear power plant that Russia attacked and took over remains occupied by Russian tro

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, NATO forces are building in border countries in an effo

Russia's military is now encircling several Ukrainian cities, but the capital Kiev is still firmly i

NPR's Leila Fadel talks Mariana Budjeryn, a Ukrainian and a nuclear expert at Harvard's Belfer Cente

Media consumers in Russia are losing ways to learn about what's happening in Ukraine. Russia has shu

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters its second week, Russian forces continue to pound the capital

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Russia historian Sergey Radchenko about whether Russian President Vladi

A fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant is out — it had been attacked by Russian troops in Uk

Russian soldiers continue to push toward Kyiv. In cyberspace, a volunteer Ukrainian cyber army, hack

As the fighting in Ukraine enters a second week, Russian and Ukrainian forces are still battling ove

Ukraine's western city of Lviv has, so far, been spared the worst of Russia's invasion. But a divers