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Valeriya Kamelkova, artist and sculptor, illustrates the Russian flag and a pool of blood. (Valeriya Kamelkova)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

These Ukrainian artists capture the country’s spirit and the war’s toll

As Russian forces continue to attack Ukraine, some Ukrainian artists continue to capture the spirit of their country and the war's toll. These are some of their stories.

5 years ago

A Ukrainian firefighter walks outside a destroyed building after it was hit by artillery shelling in Kyiv
Community

Russia keeps up attacks in Ukraine as two sides hold talks

Previous discussions, held in person in Belarus, produced no lasting humanitarian routes or agreements to end the fighting.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at dusk in May 2020.
Community

‘Significant increase’ in Philly’s domestic violence, especially involving guns

Domestic assaults with guns have almost doubled over the last five years. Philadelphia City Council heard from victims and others about how to work on the issue.

5 years ago

A man walks with a bicycle in a street damaged by shelling in Mariupol
Community

Russian strikes hit western Ukraine as offensive widens

The new airstrikes in western Ukraine were likely a message from Russia that no area was safe.

5 years ago

Ukrainian emergency employees work at a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol
Community

Russian strike on Ukrainian hospital that killed 3 draws outrage

Mariupol’s city council and Ukraine's president said a child was among the dead in Wednesday's attack in the southern port.

5 years ago

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., center, holds a news conference to announce a bipartisan update to the Violence Against Women Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. He is joined by, from left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Violence Against Women Act reauthorization is added to a $1.5 trillion spending bill

A reauthorization of the landmark 1994 law is included in an annual federal spending package moving through Congress.

5 years ago

Ianina and Sergiy Piontkovskyi at their home
NPR
Community

Ukrainians in the U.S. try to help their country. But getting aid there is difficult

As Russia bombs Ukraine, many Ukrainians in the U.S. are trying to help their country, but are finding challenges as normal shipping channels are broken with dangerous roads.

5 years ago

A car burns at the side of the damaged by shelling maternity hospital
Community

Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital; 17 reported hurt

The attack comes amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.

5 years ago

Mckayla Warwick looks over her shoulder
Community

False promises? Recipients of Philly’s gun violence grants are still spending their own money

Philadelphia has set aside funding for community groups combating gun violence. But nonprofit leaders say actually getting the money has been a challenge.

5 years ago

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Ukranian native Valentyna Levytsky and Philly resident Sean Moir were married in Kyiv in 2021. (Courtesy of Sean Moir)
Community
Billy Penn

‘Get out now’: A Philly resident’s account of his wife’s escape from Kyiv to Lviv

Friends have been coming forward with support, he said. “The one thing I haven’t felt in the last few days was alone.”

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Philly officer to be fired and could face charges after shooting, killing 12-year-old

A Philadelphia cop who shot and killed a 12-year-old that allegedly shot at police will lose his job. Philadelphia’s police commissioner calls the shooting a tragedy.

5 years ago

Alina Gafarova holds her 1-year-old daughter Zahra inside a tent after fleeing Irpin, Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has set off the largest mass migration in Europe in decades, with more than 1.5 million people having crossed from Ukraine into neighboring countries. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Community

‘Some kind of terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women refugees

The number of refugees reached 2 million on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the fastest exodus Europe has seen since World War II.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden listens during a secure video call with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Politics & Policy

U.S. banning Russian oil imports as Biden warns of ‘costs’

The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission of massive sanctions.

5 years ago

A man lights a fire under the kettle in a yard of an apartment building hit by shelling
Community

Effort to relieve encircled Ukrainian port put in jeopardy

The Russian onslaught has trapped people inside cities that are running low on food, water and medicine amid the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II.

5 years ago

Shown are Philadelphia police vehicles on a traffic stop
Courts & Law

Investigators still reviewing Philly cops who shot 12-year-old last week

The use of force is being questioned in the case of Philly police officers who shot and killed a 12-year-old after their car was fired upon last week.

5 years ago

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