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Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion

1 month ago | opb.org | Joanna Kakissis |Polina Lytvynova

Two-hundred and seventy Ukrainian military personnel and 120 civilians are returned to Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that Moscow and Kyiv had exchanged that amount of prisoners each in the first round of a large-scale swap on Friday.
Trump calls on Russia and Ukraine to meet to negotiate an end to the war

2 months ago | kpbs.org | Joanna Kakissis |Kate Bartlett |Polina Lytvynova |Hanna Palamarenko

Updated April 25, 2025 at 18:48 PM ETMOSCOW and KYIV — President Trump called on Russia and Ukraine to hold high-level negotiations to end the war, saying that talks aimed at brokering a deal have gone well after his envoy to met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. "They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to 'finish it off,'" Trump said on social media. "Most of the major points are agreed to. Stop the bloodshed, NOW.
Trump calls on Russia and Ukraine to meet to negotiate an end to the war

2 months ago | wfae.org | Joanna Kakissis |Kate Bartlett |Polina Lytvynova |Hanna Palamarenko

KYIV — Russia launched a deadly strike on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, early Thursday, killing at least nine people, including two children, and injuring more than 70, as the Trump administration demanded that Ukraine accept a peace plan sharply favoring the Kremlin. The attack is one of the deadliest on the city since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.
Trump calls on Putin to 'STOP' attacks on Ukraine after deadly Kyiv strike

2 months ago | ualrpublicradio.org | Joanna Kakissis |Kate Bartlett |Polina Lytvynova |Hanna Palamarenko

Updated April 24, 2025 at 15:53 PM ETKYIV — Russia launched a deadly strike on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, early Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including two children, and injuring more than 70. The attack is one of the deadliest on the city since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.
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.