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May 17, 2022 • 3min
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
In Ukraine, hundreds of soldiers who'd been barricaded in the Azovstal Steel Works in Mariupol have been evacuated to Russian-held territory. It marks the end of the weeks-long siege.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 17, 2022 • 4min
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
More than 14 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine. At a shelter in Lviv (luh-VEEV), about 4,000 women and children have spent at least one night there since the start of the war.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 16, 2022 • 11min
How a school in Warsaw is educating kids of Ukrainian families who fled to Poland
NPR's Ari Shapiro reports from Warsaw on how Ukrainian children are being educated in Poland.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 16, 2022 • 4min
Ukraine says it's downed 200 aircraft, a mark of Russian failures in the sky
Russia was expected to dominate the skies over Ukraine. But Ukrainians are still shooting down helicopters and planes, making Russian pilots very wary about venturing into Ukrainian airspace.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 16, 2022 • 5min
Finland monitors Russia's movements as it waits for acceptance into NATO
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mikko Hautala, Finnish ambassador to the United States, about his country's bid to join NATO after decades of remaining neutral.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 16, 2022 • 4min
Ukraine makes advances in the northeast of the country around the city of Kharkiv
Ukrainian troops are pushing Russian troops away from the country's second largest city. That is allowing residents to move out of subway stations and try to resume something of a normal life.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 13, 2022 • 3min
A Ukrainian singer finds his voice on the streets of Warsaw, Poland
Roman Panchenko moved to Poland from Chernihiv a few years ago and was afraid of singing in the streets. But now, after the war started, he sings Ukrainian songs in a Warsaw plaza to help his country.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 13, 2022 • 4min
The latest from Kharkiv, where Ukrainian forces are trying to repel Russian troops
Ukrainian forces are trying to push back Russian forces from Kharkiv, a city Russia has shelled since the beginning of the war.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 13, 2022 • 5min
With Finland poised to join NATO, how will Russia respond?
NRP's Steve Inskeep talks to Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, about how Russia may react to a new NATO nation on its border.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 12, 2022 • 4min
Russia may become the only non-NATO nation in the Arctic, sparking fears of conflict
For decades, Russia and other nations collaborated on scientific and environmental issues in the Arctic. Now, there's concern that Finland and Sweden joining NATO could spark a military buildup there.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
