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The war will go on until Russia essentially cannibalizes Ukraine, professor says

7:30am April 22, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sergey Radchenko, a Russian history professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, on what's behind Putin's shift in the focus in the war on Ukraine.

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A cruise ship in Tallinn, Estonia, is housing Ukrainian refugees

5:12am April 22, 2022

More than 5 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia invaded. Tens of thousands are in Estonia, where people remember what it was like to be occupied by the former Soviet Union.

The Russia-Ukraine war drives countries to consider NATO membership

5:12am April 22, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in part, to prevent it from joining NATO. The war has so frightened Finland and Sweden that they are looking to join the military alliance.

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Russia is strangling one of Ukraine's most important ports

8:04pm April 21, 2022

by Brian Mann

Odesa's port was a lifeline for Ukraine and a key player in global supply chains. Now, Russia's invasion and a blockade in the Black Sea have the city in a stranglehold.

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The latest on the probe into atrocities committed by Russian forces around Kyiv

5:12pm April 21, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Russian forces pulling out of the area surrounding Kyiv left behind evidence of atrocities committed against civilians. The effort is now to try to build a war crimes case against the perpetrators.

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People fleeing the Ukrainian city of Mariupol arrive at a registration center for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia on Thursday. They traveled in a small convoy that crossed through territory held by Russian forces, after the opening of a humani

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 21)

4:53pm April 21, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Not all Russians agree with their government's military actions in Ukraine, but speaking out can come with major repercussions.

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Anastasia thinks about leaving Russia. Here's what her life looks like today

3:28pm April 21, 2022

Anastasia has considered leaving her home in Moscow as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. She feels trapped, cut off from the world, and unable to speak out.

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Refugees from Ukraine wait for a bus in Medyka, southeastern Poland, on April 8 after having crossed the Ukraine-Poland border.

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Polish women band together to give Ukrainian women car rides to safe refuge

3:10pm April 21, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

Spooked by reports that traffickers are waiting at the Ukraine-Poland border, a Polish woman started an all-women car service to drive Ukrainian refugee women and children to homes or shelters.

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Damaged military vehicles and a Ukrainian flag are seen at the partly destroyed steel plant in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol on Monday.

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Putin orders troops not to storm Mariupol's last holdout

2:26pm April 21, 2022

The Russian president called it a victory, but Ukrainian soldiers maintain control of a sprawling steel plant. Putin said a blockade of the plant will save the lives of Russian fighters.

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'Navalny' documentary spotlights the Russian who dared to take on Putin

9:41am April 21, 2022

by John Powers

Daniel Roher's film about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny offers intimate, sometimes amazing access to the bravery — and human cost — of opposing a despot.