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Ukraine proves that Europe's way of life is worth a cost, EU Parliament head says

2:34pm March 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"This must be our 'whatever it takes' moment," European Parliament President Roberta Metsola says. Metsola says the EU will work with Ukraine toward its goal goal of joining the union.

A fireman runs Tuesday after Russian airstrike hit Kyiv's main television tower in Kyiv in the heart of the Ukrainian capital.

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Russia bombards a Kyiv TV tower and the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial site

2:01pm March 01, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Ukraine's State Emergency Service said five people were killed and another five injured in the attack on the city's main television and radio tower, and that TV channels won't work "for some time."

World News

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world as we know it

1:57pm March 01, 2022

by Terry Gross

Journalist Anne Applebaum has been covering the war in Ukraine for The Atlantic. "I don't think that we will ever again smugly assume that borders in Europe can't be changed by force," she says.

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An electronic billboard along Kyiv's Victory Avenue, the route Russian tanks are expected to take, shows a message to Russian soldiers reading "Putin lost, the entire world is with Ukraine," on Monday.

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Ukrainians are removing and altering road signs to confuse and insult Russian forces

1:29pm March 01, 2022

by James Doubek

Ukrainian agencies are working to remove road signs to try to frustrate Russian soldiers, while other public signs are laced with expletives toward the invading troops.

A closed Gazprom gasoline station is shown in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 9.

World News

Major oil companies pull out of once-promising Russia

12:28pm March 01, 2022

by Peter Granitz

Announcements from Shell and BP will further hit Russia's tanking economy — and batter its image as a go-to place for oil and gas investments.

Dragon blood tree at Diksam Plateau, on Yemen's Socotra Island. It's one of the sites included on the 2022 Watch from the World Monuments Fund.

Sites in Beirut, Benghazi and Brownsville, Texas, make a most-endangered list

11:23am March 01, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Beirut's historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation.

Politics & Government

Ukrainians aren't getting U.S. intelligence on Russia fast enough, Sasse says

8:14am March 01, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska about the U.S. response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He is a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Sports

The world's sports leagues are issuing their own restrictions on Russia

7:50am March 01, 2022

The sports world is grappling with how to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Leagues such as the NHL and FIFA are pushing back.

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Kyiv and other cities remain in Ukrainian hands but Russia isn't letting up

7:29am March 01, 2022

In a video out of Ukraine, a projectile appeared to strike near Kharkiv's administration building Tuesday — as civilians try to flee the city. Kharkiv is about 25 miles from the Russian border.

U.S. and European sanctions against Russia are unprecedented, Zarate says

7:29am March 01, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Juan Zarate, former assistant secretary of the treasury, on the impact of the latest sanctions on the Kremlin's war in Ukraine and the Russian economy.