Ukraine invasion

A man walks his bike through a parking lot littered with broken glass in Bucha, Ukraine.

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In Bucha, death, devastation and a graveyard of mines

3:13pm April 06, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Images of dead civilians in the streets of Bucha shocked the world and intensified concerns of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Officials want more military aid, and bigger consequences for Russia.

April 3: A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv.

Photos: Russian attacks leave catastrophic scenes, as many flee or are displaced

2:06pm April 04, 2022

by Marco Storel

Ukraine has launched an investigation into war crimes officials believe have been committed by Russian forces during the course of the invasion.

Damage is seen after what Russia says was a Ukrainian Army attack on an oil refinery in Belgorod, Russia, on Friday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 1)

5:16pm April 01, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

A local resident carries a cage on Thursday while walking past an apartment building destroyed in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 31)

4:56pm March 31, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

This aerial view taken near Kyiv on Wednesday shows a destroyed house in the village of Lukianivka.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 30)

4:58pm March 30, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Firefighters continue working on Tuesday to cool down a destroyed logistics warehouse where thousands of tons of food became unusable after Russian shelling hit the facility on March 13 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 29)

10:28pm March 29, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Volunteers, many of them forced to flee the war in other parts of Ukraine, pack meals for members of the country's Territorial Defense Forces in Moderna restaurant in Dnipro, Ukraine.

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With front lines on 3 sides, Ukraine's Dnipro sharpens its focus on the war

3:00pm March 29, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The city, an island of relative safety surrounded by fighting, has become a hub for humanitarian aid and for people fleeing the war in the Donbas and other parts of Ukraine.

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A view of some of the damage after shelling in pro-Russian, separatist-controlled Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, on Monday. Several houses and garages were damaged, and some homes were completely burned down.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 28)

10:20pm March 28, 2022

by NPR Staff

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

Dark smoke rises from a fire following an airstrike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 26)

4:47pm March 26, 2022

by NPR Staff

As Saturday draws to an end in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day.

An elderly woman walks with a cart March 14 in a residential area damaged in what is said was an explosion of a ballistic missile in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, in the northern part of the Donetsk oblast.

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Russia shifts its military's focus in Ukraine, and its tone in negotiations

5:47pm March 25, 2022

by Andrew Sussman

The Donbas region, the site of two breakaway republics created by Russia-backed separatists in 2014, has become the site of some of the heaviest fighting in recent days, a senior U.S. official says.

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