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Feb 16, 2023 • 10min
What the fighting in Eastern Ukraine will look like. And Russian exiles in Armenia.
Russia throws new conscripts into battle — beginning an offensive in Ukraine. Ukrainians plan their own offensive soon. Can either side avoid a stalemate?And thousands of Russian exiles opposed to the war in Ukraine have taken up residence in Armenia, a former Soviet republic which offers Russians passport-free admission.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 15, 2023 • 7min
Russia has thousands of Ukrainian children. Investigators say that's a war crime.
War crimes researchers at Yale University say they have documented the illegal deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 14, 2023 • 3min
Secretary of State Blinken on what it would take to end the war in Ukraine.
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the war in Ukraine and what is needed for peace.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 10, 2023 • 4min
Why is Russia draining a huge reservoir in Ukraine?
Satellite data obtained by NPR indicate Russia appears to be draining a huge reservoir in southern Ukraine — imperiling drinking water, agricultural production and Europe's largest nuclear plant.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 9, 2023 • 7min
As Ukraine uses up ammunition quickly, allies scramble to restock warehouses
As the war in Ukraine approaches the end of its first year, NATO allies face a challenge to keep the Ukrainian army supplied with weapons and ammunition — as their own stocks dwindle.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 8, 2023 • 4min
How prominent was Ukraine in Biden's State of the Union speech?
Last year, President Biden elicited long, bipartisan standing ovations for his stirring vows of crippling sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine. This year, the situation is different.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 7, 2023 • 6min
Ukrainian soldiers benefit from U.S. prosthetics expertise
A prosthetics clinic that once served mostly American military veterans is now helping Ukrainian amputees get state-of-the-art artificial limbs.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 6, 2023 • 7min
The paramilitary group fighting for Russia in Ukraine
Examining the Wagner Group, a private military company that Russia has relied on to provide fighters, including prisoners, in UkraineLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 3, 2023 • 10min
Poland's view of the war next door. And ballet dancers perform in exile.
Polish Ambassador to the U.S. Marek Magierowski talks about Poland's support of Ukraine, and its call for more military aid in the war against Russia. And a ballet company formed from Ukrainians who fled the war, perform in the U.S.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Feb 2, 2023 • 10min
The fight for air superiority and the fight against corruption
Russia and Ukraine are waging a fierce war in the sky but one thing makes this fight distinctive from previous air wars: pilots are extremely rare. And NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Conor Savoy of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Ukraine's efforts to root out corruption to ensure allies their money is going to the right places.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
