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Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines say they feel trapped Apr 18, 2022

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Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are still living close to the front lines as Russia readies another offensive. Here's how people are surviving in the city of Mykoliav.
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Overnight missile strikes have killed at least 7 in Lviv, Ukraine Apr 18, 2022

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Missiles struck cities all across Ukraine overnight, including in the western city of Lviv, where at least 7 people were killed. The town had been relatively peaceful for weeks.
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Is Russia's oil drilling in jeopardy? Apr 18, 2022

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Russia has long planned on expanding its oil drilling in the Arctic. But that relies on help from companies that are now pulling back because of the war in Ukraine.
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The U.S. and the International Criminal Court Apr 18, 2022

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Why doesn't the U.S. recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with John Bellinger III, a former legal adviser for the National Security Council.
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What do Russians think of the war? Jews who fled Ukraine reflect on Passover Apr 15, 2022

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How a pollster in Russia is gauging public opinion about the war in Ukraine. And the Passover story is about displacement and the search for a promised land. It has special resonance for Jews who escaped the fighting in Ukraine and are now scattered across the world.
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What sanctions feel like in Russia, The 'butcher of Syria' takes command Apr 15, 2022

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President Vladimir Putin said in a speech that the "blitzkrieg" of sanctions has failed. He said sanctions are disruptive — but they present Russia with opportunities to become more self-reliant. So how are ordinary Russians feeling? Russia has just tapped Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov to leading its forces. He's known for leading Russia's brutal campaign in Syria's civil war in 2015. But the conflict in Ukraine is vastly different.
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What happened to the Moskva warship? The story of one refugee family Apr 14, 2022

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Ukraine says a Russian warship in the Black Sea has been "seriously damaged" by a Ukrainian missile attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense says something very different happened onboard. What do we know so far? And More than four and half million Ukrainians are now refugees. A few hundred have made it to the United States. We meet a Ukrainian refugee and her two children who made that journey.
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Investigating possible Russian war crimes, The aftermath of a Russian siege Apr 14, 2022

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The U.S. and European allies have accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine. The Biden administration says it's helping Ukraine investigate. How? And Russia left death and destruction in towns north of Kyiv. What is life like now in one of those towns? Our team travels to Borodyanka.
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Will the 'Iron Curtain' fall again? Remembering Putin's charm offensive in Texas Apr 13, 2022

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Relations between Russia and Europe seem to be changed for good. That's having ripple effects along the thousand miles of Russia's border with the EU, including a Norwegian border town that had prided itself on good relations with Russia. And Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes it hard to remember that decades ago, Vladimir Putin was on a charm offensive with the West. One stop was Crawford, Texas, with then-President George W. Bush.
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Russia teeters on the verge of default, A Polish ambassador's thoughts about the war Apr 13, 2022

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Events over the past week have brought Russia tantalizingly close to its first default on foreign debt since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago. And why Poland's ambassador to the U.S. thinks there's no diplomatic path to end Russia's assault on Ukraine.
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