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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
Jul 14, 2022 • 4min
A Russian strike on a humanitarian hub is part of a pattern, Ukrainian officials say
More than 20 people were killed when Russian missiles hit several buildings in Vinnytsia, a central city that has become a major logistical hub for humanitarian aid and military operations.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 14, 2022 • 5min
Many soldiers in Ukraine will long be left with the mental toll of trench warfare
The brutal trench warfare-style fighting happening in eastern Ukraine is traumatizing soldiers. There are concerns in Ukraine about the psychological legacy it will leave behind.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 12, 2022 • 5min
Ukrainian rail service adds a special train to get people out of Donbas
Russia is pounding eastern Ukraine as it tries to consolidate its control of the entire Donbas region. To help get people the out, the Ukrainian rail service has added a special train from the Donbas.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 11, 2022 • 4min
Japan is examining its security and defense policy as Russia continues war in Ukraine
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who was killed July 11, championed for more robust defense and security policies. With current world events, those ideas are increasingly important in Japan.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 11, 2022 • 5min
A new reality reverberates through Russia's music scene
Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Jul 8, 2022 • 4min
One man's efforts to lighten the spirits of displaced children in western Ukraine
In a western Ukraine town that's refuge to people from the war in the east, a clown who is a refugee himself tries to keep up children's spirits.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
