Polina Lytvynova

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A Relationship Surviving 1,000 Days of War : State of the World from NPR

Nov 22, 2024 | npr.org | Joanna Kakissis |Hanna Palamarenko |Polina Lytvynova |Greg Dixon

It has been over a thousand days since Russia began it's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has had huge geopolitical ramifications, but it has also has affected the lives of millions of ordinary people. Our correspondent in Kyiv tells us how the one couple in Ukraine has weathered the conflict.
Putin says Russia tested a new intermediate-range ballistic missile on Ukraine

Nov 21, 2024 | wlrn.org | Polina Lytvynova

Updated November 21, 2024 at 14:49 PM ETKYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV speech Thursday, warning that the Kremlin could use it against military installations of countries that have allowed Ukraine to use their missiles to strike inside Russia. Putin said the new missile, called "Oreshnik," Russian for "hazel," used a nonnuclear warhead.
Russia launched an experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, the U.S. says

Nov 21, 2024 | npr.org | Polina Lytvynova |Hanna Palamarenko

Russia launched an experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, the U.S. saysKYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched an experimental ballistic missile at the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro overnight, the U.S. National Security Council says, calling it a possible effort to intimidate Ukraine and its allies. The Ukrainian government had raised alarm earlier Thursday suggesting the missile had characteristics of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
Putin says Russia tested a new intermediate-range ballistic missile on Ukraine

Nov 21, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Polina Lytvynova

Updated November 21, 2024 at 14:49 PM ETKYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine overnight, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV speech Thursday, warning that the Kremlin could use it against military installations of countries that have allowed Ukraine to use their missiles to strike inside Russia. Putin said the new missile, called "Oreshnik," Russian for "hazel," used a nonnuclear warhead.
Ukraine civilians try the army for a week

Aug 20, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Polina Lytvynova |Peter Goodman

Ukraine needs more soldiers as its troops hold the defense on Ukrainian territory and carry out an offensive in Russia. An elite Ukrainian military unit offers civilians a one-week tryout as soldiers. Copyright 2024 NPR
Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv and other sites across Ukraine

Jul 8, 2024 | kuow.org | Joanna Kakissis |Kateryna Malofieieva |Polina Lytvynova

Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of casualties in missile attacks. KYIV and LVIV, Ukraine — A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring more than 149, and destroying a large children’s hospital in Kyiv, the state emergency service said. “We thought this was our bastion of security, that this couldn’t happen here,” Khrystyna Korvach, a 29-year-old anesthesiologist at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, told NPR.
A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

May 22, 2024 | npr.org | Joanna Kakissis |Polina Lytvynova |Claire Harbage

Editor Oleksandr Motsny works with three other staffers in the office of a small weekly newspaper in Krasnopillya, Ukraine. The paper's name Peremoha means "victory" in Ukrainian. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Editor Oleksandr Motsny works with three other staffers in the office of a small weekly newspaper in Krasnopillya, Ukraine. The paper's name Peremoha means "victory" in Ukrainian.
A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

May 16, 2024 | npr.org | Joanna Kakissis |Claire Harbage |Polina Lytvynova

A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWsKRASNOPILLYA, Ukraine — The only open checkpoint with Russia, just 6 miles away from this woodsy border village, is the entry home for Ukrainians freed from Russian captivity. Convoys with former prisoners of war — and the bodies of those killed — always pass through the village's main road, where the local weekly newspaper, Peremoha, which means "victory" in Ukrainian, has its office.
As Russia closes in, Ukrainian mayor pays daily visits to front-line town : NPR

Apr 4, 2024 | npr.org | Joanna Kakissis |Claire Harbage |Polina Lytvynova

Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town.
Ukraine's Kharkiv moves classrooms underground so kids survive Russian attacks

Mar 27, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Joanna Kakissis |Claire Harbage |Polina Lytvynova

Maksym Timchenko, 7, (center) raises his hand while his teacher, Liudmyla Demchenko, addresses the classroom in the school inside a subway station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Claire Harbage / NPR) KHARKIV, Ukraine — For 7-year-old Maksym Timchenko, school often feels like the safest place in his hometown, Ukraine's second-largest city. "It's under the street," he says, in a classroom built into a subway station some 32 feet below ground.

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