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Jun 10, 2022 • 6min
Despite help from the U.S., Ukraine says it's outgunned by Russia
The U.S. is supplying billions of dollars of weapons to Ukraine. Yet getting armament to the battlefield is challenging and Ukraine says it needs even more firepower to fight Russian forces.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 9, 2022 • 5min
Russia threatens to kick out U.S. journalists unless U.S. treats Russian media better
Russia is warning foreign journalists that they could lose the right to stay unless the situation of Russian journalists in the U.S. improves.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 9, 2022 • 4min
Maine volunteer welcomes Ukrainian refugees
Across the U.S., volunteers are stepping up to resettle Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion. In Maine, one Ukrainian man has taken in 11 people and plans to welcome more.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 7, 2022 • 4min
Russia is still blocking key Ukrainian port as fighting continues in Ukraine's east
There's intense fighting in the east of Ukraine, new information on a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation, and a possible cholera outbreak in Mariupol.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 6, 2022 • 4min
An ex-member of one of the world's most dangerous mercenary groups has gone public
The Wagner Group, known as "Putin's shadow army," has come to the world's attention because of the Ukraine war. Marat Gabidullin, who left Wagner after fighting in Syria, has written a book about it.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 6, 2022 • 3min
In Ukraine's National Opera house, artists have sworn off Russian music
Ukraine's National Opera was built to celebrate Russian opera at the height of the imperial era. But the venue now represents a history of competing empires, censorship and survival.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 3, 2022 • 3min
One Ukrainian man finds solace tending to his pigeons while war draws nearer
Many civilians have fled the fighting in eastern Ukraine. Even as the fighting intensifies, some Ukrainians who remain are still trying to go about their normal lives.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 3, 2022 • 3min
Ukraine has Russian war wreckage on display as a reminder
Ukrainian officials have put up a display of destroyed Russian vehicles in front of the country's Foreign Ministry, intending to show the residents Kyiv and the world that Russia can be defeated.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 3, 2022 • 5min
Has military support for Ukraine from the U.S. and NATO peaked?
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with defense policy expert Andrew Exum about whether the U.S. and its allies will continue to endure the economic cost of supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Jun 2, 2022 • 4min
Tensions around the war in Ukraine are impacting the sports world
If you wanted to forget the Ukraine war by watching a little tennis, forget it. The war is affecting everything, including professional sports.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy