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May 18, 2022 • 4min
Russian sergeant pleas guilty in the 1st war crimes case of the invasion in Ukraine
A Russian sergeant pleads guilty for killing a Ukrainian civilian in the war's first war crimes case. Such cases usually occur after a war ends. Ukraine wants to prosecute while the evidence is fresh.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 18, 2022 • 7min
A lawmaker returned home to Ukraine's south and formed his own reconnaissance team
Col. Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker, has built a reconnaissance and sabotage team to target Russian forces. His ultimate goal: free his family village from Russian control.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 17, 2022 • 8min
A Ukrainian refugee is still teaching her students, who are spread around the world
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ukrainian refugee Daria Bietschasna about what life is like some two months after she fled Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
May 17, 2022 • 8min
Polish young adults talk about the war in Ukraine's impact on their generation
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Polish young adults about how the war in Ukraine and the influx of refugees is affecting their country.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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
