Scenes of destruction at the Factor Druk printing house, one of Ukraine's largest, can be seen days after it was hit in a Russian missile attack on May 27. Laurel Chor for NPR hide caption
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Neak, a 43-year-old Ukrainian graffiti artist, mixes green paint at a workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine. His ETC graffiti crew works to camouflage cars to be sent east to the front line of the war with Russia. Natalie Keyssar hide caption
Emergency workers respond at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital hit by Russian missiles, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday. Alex Babenko/AP hide caption
Brittney Griner warms up before a game against the New York Liberty at Barclays Center on July 05, 2023. Dustin Satloff/Getty Images hide caption
A view of a lectern at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2019. A retired U.S. Army officer has been accused accused of leaking classified national defense information related to the Russia-Ukraine war on a foreign dating website. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden and Vice President Harris met with House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top congressional leaders in the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss government funding and Ukraine aid. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption
Congressional leaders hope to avoid a shutdown. But Ukraine aid is still unclear
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Harris arrive at a press conference at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Wolfgang Rattay/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Harris, seen here in December 2023, will be making a major address on Friday at the Munich Security Conference. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
Trump is rattling Europe. Now Harris is going there to try to calm nervous allies
Yulya Dmytrieeva and her husband, Vadym, who have been together for over a decade, embrace in the snow in Sloviansk. They will spend a few days together while he has a break from the trenches on the front lines. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
President Biden pauses in remarks in the State Dining Room on Feb. 6. Biden urged Congress to pass a Senate compromise bill with funding for the border, Ukraine and other national security priorities. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Olha Bilianska's husband was mobilized two years ago. Even after being injured, he is being redeployed. "Some people still believe that this war won't get them," Bilianska says. "It will get them. This war is cruel." Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
People react at the site of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others in Congress to ask for more aid for his country's war against Russia. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
In the middle of Poland's Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's oldest remaining forests, stands Europe's newest border wall: a 15-foot-high metal fence topped with razor wire and security cameras. Poland finished building this fence a year ago to try to stem an influx of migrants assisted to the border by Belarusian soldiers, whose government is trying to destabilize Europe. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy didn't mince words when he talked about the threat of Russia's war. Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption
As the U.S. mulls more aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says 'we have the same values'
President Biden and King Charles review royal guards at Windsor Castle ahead of a meeting with philanthropists about financing clean energy projects in developing countries affected by climate change. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Biden met King Charles before heading to a NATO leaders summit in Lithuania
Ukraine's Tvorchi performs "Heart of Steel" on stage during the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Liverpool, England. They finished in sixth place, behind Sweden, Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway. Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images hide caption
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a waiting Chinook helicopter after meetings at Chequers, the U.K. leader's country retreat, in Aylesbury, England, on Monday. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on Tuesday. Gavril Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Putin assails West for unleashing 'real war' against Russia, as it marks Victory Day
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza stands in a cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court. AP hide caption
A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" fires toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, April 8. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption
An aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday. Libkos/AP hide caption
Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir. Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply. Dmytro Smoliyenko / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty hide caption
A Ukrainian soldier launches a DJI Mavic 3 drone in Bakhmut, Ukraine, near the frontline with Russian troops on Feb. 18. Ukrainian forces have been using drones for reconnaissance and directing artillery fire. But the Ukrainians have also modified them to conduct attacks on Russian ground forces. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption