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War takes a heavy toll on animals too. See how people in Ukraine strive to save them

8:42am September 20, 2022

Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Four-legged Ukrainians are also suffering, but there are groups working to help the animals.

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Ukrainian soldiers stand over bags containing the remains of exhumed bodies at a mass grave site in Izium, Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine war updates: Putin met Xi, mass graves found in Izium (Sept. 19)

4:27pm September 19, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Domoratska, 43, is one of 10 social workers left in Sloviansk, where there were once 40. She has a dozen clients. All the social workers who remain in the city are women between the ages of 30 and 62.

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For older Ukrainians in front-line cities, visits from social workers bring comfort

4:37pm September 16, 2022

In Sloviansk, many of those who remain are over 60. Social workers help with food, medicine and cleaning. An 86-year-old calls her social worker "Firefly," saying, "She brings light in a dark time."

Oleg Kotenko, the commissioner for issues of missing persons under special circumstances, uses his smartphone to film the grave a Ukrainian soldier in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Sept. 15, 2022.

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Ukraine's president says a new mass grave is found near a recaptured city

4:00am September 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar on Sunday. It is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world.

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactors won't restart until Russians leave, its operator says

5:41pm September 15, 2022

by Kat Lonsdorf

Europe's largest nuclear plant will remain shut down until Russian forces leave, the head of Ukraine's atomic energy agency tells NPR. Under Russian occupation, he says, "staff cannot operate freely."

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China's President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose during their trilateral meeting with Mongolia on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Thursday.

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Xi Jinping travels out of China to see Putin and other leaders. Here's why it matters

5:29pm September 15, 2022

by Emily Feng

The leaders of China and Russia have joined other foreign leaders in Central Asia. Top concerns include Russia's war in Ukraine.

Oleksandr Shapoval volunteered to fight after the Russia invasion. The National Opera of Ukraine says he was killed on the battlefield.

Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

4:44pm September 15, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

The 48-year old Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.

Local residents gather on Tuesday to receive humanitarian aid in Balakliia, a town recently liberated by the Ukrainian military as part of its counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.

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Their town now freed from Russian occupation, Ukrainians feel shock and joy

2:21pm September 14, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Ukrainian forces liberated the town of Balakliia in a swift counteroffensive against Russia in the east, where retreating Russian troops left behind tanks, captives and an untold number of casualties.

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