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Apr 28, 2022 • 7min
Georgia's President wants the world to remember the countries near Ukraine during war
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the president of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, about the role of women leaders in peace and security and her country's role in the world right now.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 28, 2022 • 4min
Polish farmers along the Ukraine border have stepped in to help source war equipment
A Polish farming town on the Ukrainian border has organized weekly shipments of protective equipment to exhausted Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 28, 2022 • 7min
Experts expect Putin will try to further weaponize its energy resources
Russia is cutting off natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, and has demanded countries pay for energy in rubles. The move is seen as a warning by Russia to bigger European energy consumers.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 28, 2022 • 6min
U.N. investigators have documented nearly 3,000 civilian deaths in Ukraine
Atrocities committed by Russian forces in Ukraine have led to widespread accusations of war crimes. Some world leaders, including President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have gone further and called it a genocide. The United Nations is investigating possible human rights violations.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 27, 2022 • 4min
After atrocities, many Ukrainians aren't interested in negotiating peace with Russia
For many Ukrainians, there can be no negotiated peace with Russia. Evidence and accounts of atrocities committed by Russian forces have left them unwilling to consider a diplomatic solution.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 27, 2022 • 6min
Russia cuts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia's state-run gas company has cut supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. At the heart of this move: the war in Ukraine, the sanctions imposed by the West, and Russia's attempts to wriggle free of them.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 27, 2022 • 5min
Ukrainians debate future of Russian identity and culture within their society
People in the Ukrainian city of Odesa are considering how their deep Russian heritage can fit into Ukraine's national identity. Some want Russian monuments and cultural markers removed.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 27, 2022 • 4min
U.S. officials: More weapons will help Ukraine, hand Russia a strategic defeat
The White House is rushing more weapons to Ukraine to try to ensure "a strategic defeat" for Russia. Aims shifted partly because of Ukrainian battlefield successes with U.S. provided weapons.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 26, 2022 • 4min
Ukraine's prosecutor general is determined to hold Russia accountable for atrocities
Ukraine's prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, is determined to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for what she says are war crimes. Reviewing the evidence has taken a toll on her.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 26, 2022 • 4min
UN chief met with Putin to bridge differences with Russia over its actions in Ukraine
The United Nations secretary general met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister. He came to Moscow as a "messenger of peace."Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
