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Sep 30, 2022 • 5min
How Russia's illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions could change the war
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Russia annexing four Ukrainian territories and how that could escalate the war.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 29, 2022 • 5min
Moscow prepares to annex 4 Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to PBS NewsHour's Simon Ostrovsky about what the earlier annexation of Crimea might suggest for what happens now for the next areas Russia is trying to annex.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 28, 2022 • 4min
Russia claims its occupied territories in Ukraine voted to become part of Russia
Final results from so-called referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine indicate overwhelming support for joining the Russian Federation. The voting is widely condemned as a sham.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 27, 2022 • 6min
Results of sham annexation votes in 4 occupied regions of Ukraine may be known soon
NPR's A Martinez talks to Thomas de Waal of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Russian-organized annexation votes that Ukraine's allies say violate international law.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 26, 2022 • 4min
What meaningful action could the United Nations take to help Ukraine?
As the U.N. General Assembly comes to a close, NPR's Leila Fadel asks Yale law professor Oona Hathaway how nations can unite in responding to Russia for its war against Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 23, 2022 • 4min
Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine begin illegal referendums
Referendums began in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine today. The voting is illegal under both Ukrainian and international law. But that hasn't stopped Moscow from going through with it.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 22, 2022 • 5min
What Putin's partial mobilization announcement means for Ukraine
NPR's A Martinez talks to retired Col. Mark Cancian about what Putin's partial mobilization of the Russian military and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory tell us about the next phase of the war.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 21, 2022 • 6min
Putin says Russia will mobilize up to 300,000 additional troops to fight in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will mobilize up to 300,000 additional troops to fight in Ukraine. Moscow appears poised to annex the Ukrainian territory it currently controls.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 21, 2022 • 5min
Some Ukrainian towns are now liberated, but Russian forces left them in shambles
One Ukrainian woman planted flowers after Russia took over her town — to show she wasn't going anywhere. Now the Russian forces are gone and she and the town are trying to pick up the pieces.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Sep 21, 2022 • 4min
President Biden discussed the war in Ukraine, China and climate change at UNGA
The war in Ukraine is dominating this year's general assembly. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address the world body about newly discovered graves in formerly Russian occupied territory.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
