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Mar 30, 2022 • 10min
U.S. says Putin may not be getting all the Ukraine facts; the impact of cyberwarfare
U.S. defense officials suspect Russian President Vladimir Putin is receiving incomplete information on the status of the war. In the weeks before Russia's invasion, experts said cyberwar could be imminent. It turns out that cyberattacks and information campaigns have played a subtle, nuanced role in the conflict.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 30, 2022 • 9min
Fleeing Mariupol, Russian Nuclear Forces on High Alert
Thousands of people continue to risk their lives by fleeing the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. And Russia says it put its nuclear forces on a higher state of alert. This happened as Western officials had already raised the prospect of chemical weapons attacks.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 29, 2022 • 9min
Signs of hope in Russia-Ukraine talks; the state of the opposition movement in Russia
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Turkey and came away saying some new things, NPR's Nate Rott reports. And NPR's A Martinez talks with Vladmir Ash'urkov, director of The Anti-Corruption Foundation, which was founded by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, about how the war looks from his point of view and whether economic sanctions alone are enough to put pressure on Vladimir Putin.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 29, 2022 • 9min
The Idea of 'Dividing' Ukraine, Explaining the NATO Exercises
The Kremlin indicated in recent days it's focused on "liberating" parts of eastern Ukraine, which is a region where Moscow-backed separatists seized land years ago. Andrew Weiss from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses Russia's potential tactic to partition Ukraine. And as tensions between Russia and NATO countries may be higher than at any time since the Cold War, why would the U.S. and its allies stage war games right near Russia's doorstep?Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 28, 2022 • 12min
Battle lines moving in Ukraine; one of Russia's last independent voices falls silent
Stymied in Kyiv, Russia seems to be turning its focus to Ukraine's south and east. Meanwhile, Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will cease operations until the conflict is over.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 28, 2022 • 10min
Russia could change strategy, sanctions aren't hitting Russian oligarchs
Ukrainian officials believe Russia may be altering its military strategy. NPR's Elissa Nadworny gives insight on increased attacks in certain areas of the country. And, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben explains why sanctions may not be effective against Russian oligarchs hiding money abroad.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 25, 2022 • 4min
Images from the Ukraine conflict are triggering survivor's guilt in combat veterans
Images from the war in Ukraine may have profound impacts on combat veterans, triggering survivor's guilt and mental health crises.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 25, 2022 • 4min
Biden condemns Russia's Vladimir Putin while visiting Poland
President Biden traveled to NATO's eastern flank as a show of support to allies most unnerved by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 25, 2022 • 5min
Examining the humanitarian crisis parallels, created by war, in Ukraine and Syria
NPR's A Martinez talks to Bob Kitchen of the aid group the International Rescue Committee, about the humanitarian lessons for Ukraine from the war in Syria.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 25, 2022 • 8min
What Russia's war has meant for some of Ukraine's youngest casualties
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, doctors have been treating kids for shrapnel, bullet wounds and mine blast injuries. We visit Ukraine's largest children's hospital to see the war's effects on children.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
