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Vice President Harris attends a meeting with Baltic leaders at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday. Harris is meeting with European leaders and discussing the Russia-Ukraine crisis through the weekend.

Why U.S. strategy includes raising public alarms on Russia

1:44pm February 18, 2022

by Dana Farrington

The threat of Russia invading Ukraine is real, the Biden administration insists. At the same time, top officials say they hope that being vocal about the intelligence they have could deter action.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on economic issues via videoconference in Moscow on Thursday.

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Russia says it will stage nuclear drills amid Ukraine standoff

11:01am February 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russia's The Defense Ministry says President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee this weekend's exercise.

State Department team works to deter a Russian invasion of Ukraine

7:21am February 18, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with State Department spokesman Ned Price about where diplomatic efforts are in the standoff with Russia over Ukraine.

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News brief: Russia-Ukraine crisis, Trump ruling, IOC president's news conference

5:59am February 18, 2022

VP Harris is in Germany for meetings on Ukraine. N.Y. Supreme Court judge orders Donald Trump to testify under oath. The president of the International Olympic Committee holds a news conference.

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The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Kristina Kvien, speaks to media in Lviv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The U.S. has relocated the embassy from the capital Kyiv to the western city of Lviv, citing the buildup of Russian forces on Ukraine's borders. An estima

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Despite the threat of war, some Americans in Ukraine are staying put

5:11am February 18, 2022

by Greg Myre

The U.S. government is telling Americans it's "past time" to leave Ukraine. But James Berk, an optician from New Jersey, has a Ukrainian wife and a newborn baby. For now, they're staying put.

President Biden says the chances are "very high" Russia will invade Ukraine in the next several days.

President Biden warns that the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is 'very high'

9:23pm February 17, 2022

by Brian Naylor

Biden told reporters Thursday that his sense is that invasion could occur in the next several days. "Every indication we have is they're prepared to go into Ukraine," he said.

Gail Halvorsen, also know as the "Candy Bomber", poses for a portrait at his son's home in Midway, Utah, in 2020. Halvorsen, who was known for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended, died Wednesday at the age of 101.

The 'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during the Berlin airlift has died at age 101

6:08pm February 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

"Halvorsen's deeply human act has never been forgotten," Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said in a statement.

The latest on Russia-Ukraine diplomacy

5:44pm February 17, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

We cover the state of play for diplomacy talks in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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Revisiting Donbas, a frontline in Ukraine-Russia crisis

5:30pm February 17, 2022

by Mary Louise Kelly

NPR reported from Donbas just a few weeks ago. We hear the voices of people we met there, after the news that Russia has increased shelling in the area.

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The rise of Spain's far right hits politics

5:25pm February 17, 2022

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with María Ramírez, deputy managing editor of eldiario.es, about the recent rise of the far right in Spain, and how that's impacting the general political landscape.

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