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Apr 6, 2022 • 11min
U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on Russia, How to get weapons to a war zone
The U.S. says it has indicted Russian media tycoon Konstantin Malofeyev as the White House announces further sanctions, including on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters. Plus, Planet Money breaks down the logistics of getting weapons from the U.S. into Ukraine. It looks a lot like the supply chains we're already familiar with.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 6, 2022 • 10min
Talk of tougher sanctions, Ukrainian bakery reopens amid continuous war
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Brussels for NATO meetings today. State Department spokesman Ned Price talks to Leila Fadel about objectives that could include tougher sanctions on Russia. And in Ivano-Frankivsk, in the western part of Ukraine, a bakery that shuttered for two weeks during the war has resumed business. As Scott Detrow reports, it even employs Ukrainians displaced from other parts of the country.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 5, 2022 • 9min
The view from Bucha, White House talks options
Ukrainian officials say video and photo evidence shows Russia committed atrocities in the town of Bucha, near Kyiv. But Russia has a different story. NPR's Nathan Rott went to Bucha to for a firsthand look. How can Russia be held accountable? U.S. deputy national security adviser Jon Finer talks about the White House's options.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 5, 2022 • 9min
Medics on the Frontlines, Care in a Combat Zone
Young military medics in Ukraine talk about their experience and life under the Russian siege. Plus, once war began in Ukraine, COVID-19 ceased being the top-level medical concern. A doctor is doing everything he can to help with a whole new overwhelming crisis.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 4, 2022 • 12min
U.N. considers future with Putin, How Russians are accessing truth online
As the world sees images of bodies in the streets of a Kyiv suburb, the United Nations considers whether to kick Russia out of the Human Rights Council. Plus, Russia's last independent media sources have closed. So many Russians are turning to virtual private networks, or VPNs, to find out what's really happening next door in Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 4, 2022 • 10min
Investigating Possible War Crimes, Invasion Highlights U.S. & Middle East Tensions
In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, dead bodies have been found along with mass graves after Russian forces withdrew from the area. This has drawn new allegations of war crimes committed by Russian forces. Former Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper was a war crimes prosecutor and lays out the investigation process. Plus Russia's invasion of Ukraine has affected U.S. relations in the Middle East. Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, a geopolitical risk consultancy firm, explains.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 1, 2022 • 14min
The chase for India support, a pop radio station in Lviv keeps the music alive
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland about the intensive conversations the U.S. is having with India over sanctions imposed on Russia. Scott Detrow reports on how a pop radio station in Lviv is broadcasting music and air raid sirens during a time of war.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 1, 2022 • 9min
Ukrainian volunteers make bulletproof vests, CEO works to get employees out of Russia
Both peace talks and fierce fighting continue between Russia and Ukraine. And in Ukraine, volunteers are working to provide any help they can near the frontlines of the southern border. Plus, a CEO based in the United States is working to get her colleagues out of Russia.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 31, 2022 • 12min
Russia maintains pressure on Kyiv, Moldova keeps a wary eye on the conflict
Some Russian forces have been repositioned away from Ukraine's capital, but as Elissa Nadworny reports, the strikes have continued. Frank Langfitt reports that Moldova, a former Soviet state not in NATO, worries that Putin could turn his attention its way.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Mar 31, 2022 • 12min
The Negotiations, Impacts on Germany, Escaping the War
Mixed signals surround the negotiations that happened earlier this week in Turkey. Bill Taylor, a former ambassador to Ukraine, discusses the Russia-Ukraine peace talks. Germany relies on Russia for around half its natural gas and its companies do extensive business with both Russia and Ukraine. The effects of those ties fraying is being felt on the ground in Germany. And Sofia Bretl lives in New York City but was born and raised in Kharkiv, Ukraine - about 25 miles from the Russian border. As conditions in Kharkiv worsened, Bretl's family faced a difficult decision.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
