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Back to SearchWorkers describe arrests and torture inside Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant
Joanna Kakissis brings us the stories of workers who fled the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in central Ukraine.
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Are International Sanctions Finally Affecting Russia's Resilient Economy?
Russia has so far avoided economic fall-out from international trade sanctions. But that could be changing, as Russia's economy is bearing the cons…
2 years, 10 months ago
How is the war in Ukraine affecting Russia's regional influence?
For the past three decades, Russia has tried to mediate a border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But NPR's Charles Maynes found that the wa…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Ukrainian fighters preparing to retake key land from Russia
NPR's Joanna Kakissis talks with the Ukrainian fighters who have been quietly laying the groundwork to take back the land next to an important waterw…
2 years, 10 months ago
Drones attack the Russian capital
Russia claims Ukraine attacked Moscow with eight drones. We hear from NPR Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes.
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2 years, 10 months ago
How Ukraine has kept its economy from collapsing
International assistance is allowing Ukraine to stabilize its economy, avoiding collapse. NPR's Julian Hayda takes us to a market in Kyiv to see how…
2 years, 10 months ago
What are reasonable goals for Ukraine's counteroffensive?
NPR's Greg Myre looks at what realistic goals might be for Ukraine's military campaign to push back on Russian gains.
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Two views of the Ukrainian counteroffensive: from Eastern Ukraine and the Pentagon
NPR's Joanna Kakissis in Eastern Ukraine and Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman talk about the goals for the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and increasin…
2 years, 10 months ago
Going from a city at war to a boarding school in rural New York
This graduation season marks the end of a surprising chapter in the life of one student, displaced by war, who went from Ukraine's second largest cit…
2 years, 10 months ago
Why has there been a months-long, bloody fight for Bahkmut?
Both sides have endured great losses in the fight for a minor Ukrainian City. NPR's Scott Simon talks to a professor of strategic studies to find ou…
2 years, 10 months ago