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Mourners attend the funeral of two soldiers, Ivan Koverznev, 24, and Viktor Dudar, 44, at the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul on Tuesday in downtown Lviv, Ukraine.

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Hundreds gather to honor fallen Ukrainian soldiers

9:52am March 09, 2022

The first of Ukraine's fallen soldiers are starting to come home. Two men were killed on the front lines in Russia's war on Ukraine. Hundreds gathered to mourn at their funeral on Tuesday.

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Tracy and Nat Bell in their home in Leeds, Maine.

The war in Ukraine has derailed one American family's adoption plan

5:02am March 09, 2022

by Susan Sharon

The Bell family has been trying to adopt Vanya and Serogzha from Ukraine for about two years.

People board an evacuation bus as civilians continue to flee Russian attacks in Irpin, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 8)

10:37pm March 08, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Priests omitted a Moscow bishop's name during services at the Church of St. George in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Theologians say the move marks a significant shift in the Orthodox Christian world.

Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

7:14pm March 08, 2022

by Lauren Frayer

At church, Ukrainians pray for an end to war. But a rift is forming: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Moscow's invasion. Some in Ukraine want to break away from his leadership.

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Protesters in Boston call for a ban on Russian oil at a rally for Ukraine on Sunday.

Biden announces Russian oil import ban and warns gas prices could increase even more

3:15pm March 08, 2022

by Scott Detrow

President Biden described the move as a critical step to punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, but said as a result, Americans should prepare for price hikes at the pump.

A resident looks out of the destroyed front of a room in a multi-storey building that was badly damaged as a result of Russian missile explosion after it was shot down over the city by Ukrainian air defence on March 6, in Kramatorsk on March 7.

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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 7)

10:40pm March 07, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Stolichnaya Vodka rebrands as 'Stoli,' trying to distance itself from Putin

7:44pm March 07, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Company leaders explained vehement opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine. They also hope the new name will represent "Stoli's roots in Latvia."

In Los Angeles, gas cost more than $5 a gallon last week. In the rest of the country, gas is a relative bargain at just over $4 a gallon.

Gas prices surge to above $4 a gallon, near a national record

4:11pm March 07, 2022

by Scott Horsley

The prospect that the U.S. and its allies could impose new sanctions on Russian oil pushed energy prices sharply higher. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. hit $4.06 per gallon.

Refugees, mostly women with children, rest inside a tent after arriving at the border crossing, in Medyka, Poland on Sunday.

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Russia sets cease-fire for evacuations amid heavy shelling

5:14am March 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

A third round of talks is planned for Monday as some of the evacuation routes would funnel civilians toward Russia or its ally Belarus.

A driver sits in the cab of a combine harvester during the summer harvest in a field of wheat in Varva, Ukraine. Ukraine accounts for more than 10% of the global wheat market. Russia's war threatens to disrupt the spring planting season.

Russia's war on Ukraine is dire for world hunger. But there are solutions

9:59am March 06, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

Both countries are huge suppliers of grains and other essential foods. And with widespread hunger and high food prices already, the war couldn't have come at a worse time.

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