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Jul 28, 2022 • 4min
Concerns around shipping Ukrainian grain
What it would actually take to send out Ukrainian grain. They need to bring in minesweepers, figure out shipping companies to use, assure no more missile attacks, sort out danger pay, and lots more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 27, 2022 • 2min
Brittney Griner testifies about her medical marijuana prescription and chaotic arrest
The WNBA star took the stand in Russian court Wednesday to explain why she had vape cartridges in the first place, how they ended up in her luggage and what happened after they were discovered.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 26, 2022 • 2min
The EU has agreed to cut gas consumption by 15% in order to reduce reliance on Russia
Russia's gas company Gazprom has once again reduced the flow of natural gas to Europe. To counter that move, the EU has agreed to reduce its gas usage by 15%. But that's easier said than done.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 26, 2022 • 2min
Russia to quit the ISS after 2024
Russia says it will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024. This echoes intentions previously set by Russia and comes amid tensions with the U.S. and the West over the war in Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 25, 2022 • 7min
Rep. Elissa Slotkin on her visit to Ukraine and meeting with President Zelenskyy
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., about her trip to Ukraine with a bipartisan Congressional delegation and meeting with President Zelenskyy.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 22, 2022 • 3min
Ukraine and Russia agree to a new deal focused on grain shipments
Ukraine and Russia agreed to a UN-brokered deal on grain shipments out of the Black Sea that Turkey will oversee. The food supplies are badly needed around the globe.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 20, 2022 • 3min
A man must decide to flee Ukraine to join his family or stay to care for his parents
A Ukrainian man is being forced to choose between the two: a wife and three children who have fled the country and aging parents who are trapped behind enemy lines.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 19, 2022 • 4min
Kharkiv is finding a new normal as residents return to work — despite missile strikes
As the war in Ukraine nears its sixth month, people in the northeastern city of Kharkiv are finding a new normal. Construction crews are cleaning up bombed buildings and people are returning to work.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 18, 2022 • 5min
Riding Ukraine's last train line out of Donbas with families fleeing for their lives
Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. To help civilians escape, the Ukrainian railway runs a free evacuation train out of the east. Here's what it's like.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 15, 2022 • 3min
Chechen soldiers join Ukraine's fight against Russia
Soldiers from Chechnya, a Muslim territory, are part of the foreign fight against Russia in Ukraine. Russia brutally suppressed them in two wars, and their presence echoes old hatreds in Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
