Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions, during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption toggle caption Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions, during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP KYIV, Ukraine — At least 31,000 Ukrainian troops
Tag: War
I'm a Ukrainian journalist. I never expected to be a war reporter in my own country
In March 2023, journalist Polina Lytvynova stands in a doorway of a destroyed building in Saltivka, a neighborhood of Kharkiv, Ukraine, that was severely damaged in the early stages of the war in 2022. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR In March 2023, journalist Polina Lytvynova stands in
Putin remains defiant as ever 2 years into Russia's war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin gets off a Tu-160M strategic bomber after a flight in Kazan, Russia, on Thursday. Dmitry Azarov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption toggle caption Dmitry Azarov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Russian President Vladimir Putin gets off a Tu-160M strategic bomber after a flight in
After 2 years of war in Ukraine, 6 cities hold out hope under fire
Clockwise from top left: lawyer Liudmyla Lysenko in Kyiv; restaurant co-owner Iryna Savchenko in Kramatorsk; tour guide Artem Vasyuta in Odesa; homemaker Natalia Kucherenko in the Sumy region; obstetrician Iryna Kulbach in Dnipro; and architect Max Rozenfeld in Kharkiv. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Clockwise from top
Photographing Ukraine's deep scars, two years into a war without an end in sight
Bohdan Semenukha and his mother, Viktoria, walk frequently through the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, just a few blocks from the new apartment where they moved after fleeing Kharkiv, in the country’s northeast, in January 2023. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Bohdan Semenukha and his mother, Viktoria,
Biden announces over 500 new sanctions for Russia's war in Ukraine and Navalny death
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden on Defender of the Fatherland Day, in Moscow, Friday. Sergey Guneev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo/AP hide caption toggle caption Sergey Guneev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool
Documentaries That Examine Russia’s War in Ukraine
Veselka, the Ukrainian diner on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is one of the few restaurants in the city that truly deserves to be called venerable, even iconic. Mention it to most anyone — especially those of us who were here around the turn of the 21st century — and it
Boredom Followed By Unexpected Tragedy: A Ukrainian Soldier's Life At War
A television screen shows President Volodymyr Zelensky’s addressing Russians the day Russia invaded Ukraine February 24, 2022. Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A television screen shows President Volodymyr Zelensky’s addressing Russians the day Russia invaded Ukraine February 24, 2022.
Ukrainian caregivers in Italy feel affects of war from afar
Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna’s hair in Anna’s home in Milan, Italy, in February 2023. Chiara Negrello hide caption toggle caption Chiara Negrello Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna’s hair in Anna’s home in Milan, Italy, in February 2023. Chiara Negrello Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, among European
Alexei Ratmansky Unleashes the Pain of the War in Ukraine at NYC Ballet
How does a body stand upright when the world is spinning around it? Or, worse, when that world is breaking down with such vehemence that the air seems to grow more toxic by the minute? In Alexei Ratmansky’s new ballet “Solitude,” dancers waver and buckle as inner and outer forces