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Russia-Ukraine war


Putin warns of nuclear war if NATO sends troops to Ukraine

Enlarge this image Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor...

I'm a Ukrainian journalist. I never expected to be a war reporter in my own country

Enlarge this image In March 2023, journalist Polina Lytvynova stands in a doorway of a destroyed building in Saltivka, a...

After 2 years of war in Ukraine, 6 cities hold out hope under fire

Enlarge this image Clockwise from top left: lawyer Liudmyla Lysenko in Kyiv; restaurant co-owner Iryna Savchenko in Kram...

Biden announces over 500 new sanctions for Russia's war in Ukraine and Navalny death

Enlarge this image Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) take part in a wreath-lay...

Photographing Ukraine's deep scars, two years into a war without an end in sight

Enlarge this image Bohdan Semenukha and his mother, Viktoria, walk frequently through the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukr...

With Western military aid increasingly uncertain, Ukraine builds its own weapons

Enlarge this image Workers crate mortar launchers in an assembly shop of the Ukrainian Armor Design and Manufacturing Co...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy replaces the army's leader almost 2 years into war with Russia

Enlarge this image In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Ar...

A Russian anti-war politician is blocked from running against Putin

Enlarge this image Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who is seeking to run in the March 17 presidential elec...

As Ukraine seeks to replenish its depleted army, a divide grows among its civilians

Enlarge this image Olha Bilianska's husband was mobilized two years ago. Even after being injured, he is being redeploye...

European Union approves $54 billion aid for Ukraine as Hungary drops opposition

Enlarge this image From left, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Eu...

Russian missiles target Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv, killing at least 6

Enlarge this image People react at the site of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky...

Sushi restaurants are thriving in Ukraine, bringing jobs and a 'slice of normal life'

Enlarge this image Soldiers visit Om-Nom-Nom, a sushi and pizza restaurant in Sloviansk, Ukraine. Sushi restaurants are...

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far

Enlarge this image Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a destroyed apartment building after a Russian attack in Ky...

Russia strikes residences and a supermarket in Ukraine's capital and other cities

Enlarge this image Iryna Karetnykova and her partner Viktor Tyschenko were in the building when it was struck by a Russi...

NPR photos around the world that moved us in 2023

Enlarge this image QUSRA, WEST BANK — Sisters, wives, mothers, and cousins of the village of Qusra gather to mourn their...