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Aug 30, 2022 • 4min
Revisiting Ukraine's front line in Slovyansk
The government has sent evacuation orders to Ukraine's Donbas region but many remain. One sparsely open city has become a hub for Ukrainian military members taking a break from the front line.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 26, 2022 • 4min
Why the U.S. cares about the war in Ukraine
Six months into the war in Ukraine, why should the U.S. continue to care and spend billions of dollars on the war when Europe is so ambivalent? And what do U.S. officials see as the end game?Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 25, 2022 • 3min
What are the longterm implications of the U.S. sending military supplies to Ukraine?
The Pentagon is ramping up its support of Ukraine in its war against Russia. The Defense Department is sending another $3 billion to Ukraine. That brings total U.S. aid to more than $13 billion.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 24, 2022 • 7min
6 months of war: The view from the frontlines
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ukrainian politician Volodymyr Omelyan, who left his job and family, and has been fighting against the Russians on the frontlines for the last six months.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 23, 2022 • 5min
Six months into the Russia-Ukraine war, how can we measure the loss of life?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Matilda Bogner, head of the United Nations Human Rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, about whether death tolls in Russia's war on Ukraine have been underestimated.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 22, 2022 • 4min
Kyiv hosts a different kind of parade to celebrate Ukraine's independence day
Aug. 24 marks the day when Ukraine's parliament vowed to separate from the Soviet Union in 1991. The date this year will also mark six months since Russia's invasion began.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 19, 2022 • 5min
Russia's war in Ukraine pushes Ukrainian steel production to the brink
The Russian invasion has taken a toll on Ukrainian metalworks — the country's second-largest industry — and there's still no deal to ship iron and steel products to customers.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 18, 2022 • 8min
How a journalist and an aspiring writer in Ukraine grew while working on a news site
A local journalist in small town New York and an aspiring writer in Eastern Ukraine discovered they had a lot more to learn from each other than either expected.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 17, 2022 • 4min
Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Olena Pareniuk of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine about the threat to the Zaporizhzhia power plant.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Aug 16, 2022 • 7min
What it was like as family of Ukrainian prisoners of war waited for news after blast
The families of Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned by Russian forces have embarked on a desperate search for information after a deadly explosion at the prison where the soldiers are kept.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
