Russian missiles launched from the Black Sea strike within Lviv city limits
Russia conducted a missile strike on an aviation repair building in Lviv, Ukraine. It's the first attack within Lviv city limits since the war began.
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The leaders of the U.S. and China will talk by phone about pressing issues
So far, China has remained noncommittal about whether it opposes Russia's war in Ukraine. President Biden will push China to come out more strongly against Russia.
Ukrainians doctors don't interrupt surgery when they hear air raid sirens
NPR's Leila Fadel visits a hospital in the western city of Lviv in Ukraine that treats cancer patients to see how Russia's war has affected treatments for some of country's sickest people.
The threat of nuclear war hangs over the Russia-Ukraine crisis
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Slate's Fred Kaplan, author of The Bomb: Presidents Generals and the Secret History of Nuclear War, about whether Russia might use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.
Russia's war on Ukraine has left more than 100 merchant vessels stranded
Hundreds of seafarers are stranded on ships in the Black Sea or in ports as the war in Ukraine grinds on. Many of the stranded are Ukrainians who want to get home. Some are Russian.
News brief: Biden-Xi talks, missiles strike within Lviv city limits, Moderna booster
President Biden will talk to China's president about the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia strikes targets in western Ukraine. Moderna is asking the FDA to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine.
Russia's Baltic neighbors worry that they could be Moscow's next target
NPR's A Martinez talks to Rihards Kols of the Latvian parliament's foreign affairs committee, about concerns faced by Latvia and other Baltic states as Russia continues its attacks in Ukraine.
Putin's warning to anti-war Russians evokes Stalinist purges
The Russian president's references to "cleansing" of "scum and traitors" evoked terrifying memories of the mass arrests of the Stalin era, when repression was justified for "cleansing" Soviet society.
The WHO says Ukrainian health care is under attack, and it needs more funds to help
The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care in the three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, and says hundreds of facilities remain at risk.
The House approves a bill to suspend trade relations with Russia and Belarus
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill suspending normal trade relations with the countries, another move to squeeze them economically in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.