Mar 11 As Ukrainian refugees pour into Warsaw, Poland appeals for international aid By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press Warsaw’s mayor is appealing for international help as the city becomes overwhelmed by refugees, with more than a tenth of all those fleeing the war in Ukraine arriving in the Polish capital. Continue reading
Mar 11 Russian land offensive widens as airstrikes hit Western Ukraine By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Russia is widening its military offensive in Ukraine, striking airports in the west and and an industrial city in the east for the first time. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 9:51 Russian forces escalate attacks on Ukraine’s cities, trapping civilians in dire conditions By Nick Schifrin, Volodymyr Solohub, Alexis Cox, Karl Bostic Talks between Russia and Ukraine produced no results Thursday, as outrage grows over Russia's bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol. As the death toll rises among civilians pinned down by relentless attacks, Russian forces are slowly advancing on multiple… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 6:32 Why Russia is using increasingly brutal tactics in Ukraine By Stephanie Sy, Dan Sagalyn Russia's attack against Ukraine has intensified in recent days and become more indiscriminate, with scores of Ukrainian civilians killed and vast swaths of infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings destroyed, including hospitals and schools. Michael Kofman, senior fellow for Russian studies… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 9:32 How Russia is spreading blatantly false information about the war in Ukraine By William Brangham, Leah Nagy CIA director William Burns told the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday that he believes Vladimir Putin is losing the "information war" over Ukraine, and this may chip away at his domestic support for the invasion. But what are Russian citizens hearing… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 8:44 Russian shelling of civilian targets causes day of carnage across Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Volodymyr Solohub, Karl Bostic, Alexis Cox Russian bombing on Wednesday struck a maternity hospital, sending patients and new and expectant mothers fleeing. The attack came as Russia increased strikes against civilian targets and as evacuations from Ukraine became more desperate. More than two million Ukrainians have… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 5:19 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights vulnerability of nuclear power plants By John Yang, Courtney Norris Ukraine gets much of its electricity from nuclear power, but a series of Russian attacks near nuclear plants over the last two weeks are elevating fears of potential accidents and what they could trigger. John Yang reports on the latest… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 8:51 Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland on the American, NATO response to war in Ukraine As President Biden announced energy sanctions on Tuesday, inside Russia the economic shockwaves continue. The central bank has now set a limit on withdrawals of dollars amid increasingly worthless rubles. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland joins Judy… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 8:04 Ukraine’s history and its centuries-long road to independence By Ali Rogin, Morgan Till In explaining why he launched the invasion, President Putin falsely claimed that Ukraine was always a part of Russia, while he also made bogus assertions about pro-Russian Ukrainians being under threat. To help sort fact from fiction, and gain a… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 8:49 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on a possible U.S. ban on Russian oil, Trump and the GOP base By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Matt Loffman NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including how mounting pressure to ban Russian oil imports is putting President Biden in a tough situation… Continue watching