Europe

Ukraine is willing to become a neutral country as part of a peace deal with Russia

4:52pm March 28, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia arrived in Turkey in hopes of reaching an agreement to put an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. Ukraine is "ready" to discuss becoming a neutral country.

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Former tour guide in Lviv starts over in Germany

4:41pm March 28, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang follows up with Ivanka Gonak who was a tour guide in Lviv, Ukraine, before the Russian invasion, and has now fled to Germany.

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McDonald's has closed its more than 800 restaurants in Russia in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This photo at a Moscow McDonald's was taken on March 13, just before it was closed.

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In response to the war, Americans flee Russia in droves

4:17pm March 28, 2022

by Greg Myre

Russia's war in Ukraine has prompted an exodus from Russia, including many Americans living there. Some had built a life stretching over decades. Now they don't know if they'll ever go back.

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Video from the Feldman Ecopark's Facebook page shows a man driving a van full of marsupials. It took off on social media, drawing attention to the Kharkiv zoo's war casualties and mission to evacuate its animals to safety.

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A bunch of kangaroos are the latest animals to be rescued from a hard-hit Kharkiv zoo

3:18pm March 28, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Feldman Ecopark in the hard-hit city of Kharkiv has lost many animals and even several staff members to Russian shelling in the past month. It's now trying to evacuate as many animals as possible.

A screen on the roof of a building in central St. Petersburg, Russia, displays the symbol "Z" and a slogan reading: "We don't give up on our people" on Friday.

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German states outlaw displays of the letter 'Z,' a symbol of Russia's war in Ukraine

2:30pm March 28, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Displaying a "Z" in Bavaria or Lower Saxony could result in a fine or up to three years in jail. People across Germany who use the letter could also be liable to prosecution, an official said Monday.

French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour delivers a speech during a campaign rally on the Trocadero square in Paris on Sunday. A lawsuit accuses Zemmour of trying to falsify history about France's role in the Holocaust.

A Jewish, far-right politician is being sued for Holocaust denial in France

2:14pm March 28, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The case against Eric Zemmour is the first time someone is accused of Holocaust denial for alleging French homosexuals weren't deported during the war, the plaintiffs say.

Residents of Irpin, Ukraine, flee heavy fighting via a destroyed bridge as Russian forces entered the city on March 7. On Monday, Ukraine said it was closing humanitarian corridors out of concern about Russian provocations.

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Ukraine closes humanitarian corridors because it says Russia may attack them

10:46am March 28, 2022

by Nathan Rott

Intelligence reports warned of Russian provocations along the routes, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine and Russia have regularly agreed to establish corridors from some of the hardest-hit cities.

There are signals that the Kremlin's objectives in Ukraine may be changing

8:50am March 28, 2022

A month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces appear not to be trying to take the capital Kyiv anymore. But there are increased attacks against the western city of Lviv and other cities.

The U.S. will ship more liquefied natural gas to Europe starting next winter

8:48am March 28, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jeffrey Colgan, director of Brown University's Climate Solutions Lab, about how the United States plans to help Europe diminish its reliance on Russian natural gas.

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Politics & Government

News brief: Russia-Ukraine crisis, Jan. 6 committee, Oscar roundup

6:34am March 28, 2022

Russian forces continue to bombard Ukraine. The Jan. 6 House panel recommends two Trump White House officials be held in contempt of Congress. And a recap of the Academy Awards ceremony.

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