William Fleeson

2 weeks ago | wng.org | Mary Reichard |William Fleeson

MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Tuesday, the 29th of April. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Mary Reichard. NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. Up first, elusive peace. In a moment, a conversation with our correspondent in Ukraine, but first, the latest in efforts to end the war. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire will take hold in May to mark the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II.

3 weeks ago | wng.org | William Fleeson

Eric Moore leads me from the ground floor to the basement, tracing the steps students at Kyiv Christian Academy (KCA) take nearly every day. Each time air raid sirens blare across Ukraine’s capital city, students grab their backpacks, books, laptops, and lunchboxes and head to an underground shelter until officials give the all-clear. The shelter also serves as a classroom so that no matter how long they’re down there, the students can continue to learn.

2 months ago | wng.org | William Fleeson

When air raid sirens begin wailing in the middle of the night, Svetlana Prokopiv wakes her children and leads them downstairs. The 45-year-old divorced mother of two, with a bottle-blond pixie haircut and a permanent smile, lives on the top floor of an apartment building in the Shevchenko district of central Kyiv. What was once a desirable family dwelling has become, under Russian airstrikes, increasingly vulnerable because of its height and its distance from shelter at or below street level.

2 months ago | wng.org | William Fleeson

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2 months ago | wng.org | Paul Butler |William Fleeson

NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It:Ukrainians consider what’s next. Since the war started, nearly 7 million men, women, and children have left Ukraine, and nearly 1 million have sought refuge in nearby Poland. With conversations about ending the war in progress, what do these displaced Ukrainians have to say? MARY REICHARD, HOST: Will Fleeson is a Correspondent for WORLD, reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine. Will, good morning. WILL FLEESON: Good morning, Mary.