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Maxar collected new satellite imagery of the southern Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk that reveals a Russian Alligator-class landing ship that is burned and partially submerged near one of the port's loading/unloading quays. Fire and smoke is also seen nearby and close to several fuel storage tanks.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 25)

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

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  • NPR Staff
Former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, pictured in 2020, says she has been giving out anti-Putin merchandise as gifts for years.

How does Marie Yovanovitch feel about Putin? Just look at her coffee mug

In interviews promoting her new memoir, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine revealed she owns some anti-Putin merchandise — and has been giving it out for years.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Alexei Venediktov in 2017 the office of Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, which the Russian authorities shut down earlier this month citing its coverage of Russia's military activities in Ukraine. Venediktov, who was an editor at the station, says someone left an antisemitic message at his door.

A top Russian journalist found a pig's head and antisemitic slur left at his door

It was the latest in a series of acts of intimidation in Russia aimed at journalists and critics of the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

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  • NPR Staff
Reporters and residents stand outside a residential building that was damaged by what authorities say is a Russian bombardment in the Vynogradir district of Kyiv, Ukraine on March 15. Some Ukrainian journalists have been detained and held hostage in Russian-occupied areas of the country.

Russian forces are reportedly holding Ukrainian journalists hostage

International groups say Russian soldiers are threatening, detaining and even torturing Ukrainian journalists in occupied areas. One news editor says troops are holding her 75-year-old father hostage.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Cars drive past a mural of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Krakow, Poland. More than 3 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion of that country began in February — many have ended up in Poland.

Reporter describes an astounding amount of military hardware going in to help Ukraine

Time reporter Simon Shuster recently returned from the Ukrainian-Polish border. Watching as U.S. planes brought in loads of weapons, he felt like he was standing on the brink of something massive.

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  • Terry Gross
A man with his bicycle walks between debris outside the destroyed Retroville shopping mall in a residential district, after a Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Monday.

A month into the Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 24)

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

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  • NPR Staff
Sailors who were trying to rescue Ukrainian troops from Snake Island were instead captured along with the soldiers — and now they've been freed in a prisoner exchange, Ukraine announced on Thursday.

Snake Island sailors are freed as Ukraine and Russia conduct a prisoner exchange

Ukrainian soldiers at the Black Sea outpost made headlines at the start of the war by profanely defying threats from a Russian warship. Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 10 prisoners on Thursday.

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  • Bill Chappell
People pass through Przemysl station in Poland on their journey out of war-torn Ukraine on Thursday. One in four Ukrainians have been displaced from their homes in the past month.

One month of war has displaced more than half of Ukrainian children

More than 4.3 million children have fled their homes in the month since Russia invaded Ukraine, according to UNICEF. It warns that consequences could last for generations to come.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Russian journalist Oksana Baulina in 2017. Baulina was killed in a rocket strike while on assignment in Kyiv.

A Russian journalist was killed by shelling while on assignment in Kyiv

Oksana Baulina reported on government corruption for The Insider, based in Latvia. She formerly worked for the non-profit of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and was "amazingly brave," a colleague said.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Ukrainian servicemen comfort Daniil, 12, the son of Vladyslav Buvalkin, 42, who died in action and was buried on Wednesday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have managed to fend off Russian advances near the capital, although shellfire and aerial bombardment persist.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 23)

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

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  • NPR Staff
Demonstrators stand around a peace sign during a vigil for Ukraine near the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. Activists are calling on EU leaders to impose a full ban on Russian fuel.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine transforms Europe's political and military landscape

As Russia's war in Ukraine grinds through its fourth week, President Vladimir Putin's greatest accomplishment so far may be one he never intended: a unified Europe.

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  • Frank Langfitt
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. government has assessed that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, attacking civilian points such as this school destroyed in Kharkiv.

U.S. officially declares that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine

"Based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. government has assessed that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine, attacking civilian points such as this school destroyed in Kharkiv.

U.S. officially declares that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine

"Based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
Protesters hold a banner calling out Swiss food giant Nestlé during a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine next to the Swiss House of Parliament in Bern on Saturday. The company faced criticism in recent days for continuing to do busines in Russia.

Major food company Nestlé will limit its sales in Russia after Zelenskyy's criticism

Nestlé says it will now focus solely on providing essential food, not making a profit. Ukraine's leaders had criticized the company for continuing to do business in Russia weeks after the invasion.

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  • Rachel Treisman
President Biden departs the White House on Wednesday for his trip to Brussels and Poland, where he plans to work to keep allies unified on their response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Biden and U.S. allies plan to step up sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine

President Biden will meet with NATO allies and G-7 leaders on Thursday before heading to Poland — a nation grappling with millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's war in their country.

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  • Tamara Keith