What's it like to cover the war in Ukraine? NPR's Kyiv correspondent explains.

NPR | By Noah Caldwell,

Scott Detrow, Joanna Kakissis

Published May 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM EDT

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Joanna Kakissis discusses what it's like to cover the war in Ukraine for our latest Reporter's Notebook.

Just this week, the Trump administration signed a deal to share revenues from Ukraine's mineral wealth. But how are Ukrainians responding — and what's it like to cover the ongoing conflict?

Noah Caldwell

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a host of All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

Joanna Kakissis

Joanna Kakissis is an international correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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