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Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks after a weekend of dramatic escalation in fighting

Officials from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday failed to reach a ceasefire but agreed to exchange more prisoners.

Ukrainian families divided by Russian occupation hang on and hope to be reunited

Ukrainians displaced by Russian occupation are helping the war effort — and longing for the homes they fled and the loved ones they left behind.

A monument of Soviet leader Josef Stalin sits in a statuary garden in Frumushika-Nova, Ukraine.

Pictures of Odesa, as it tangles with a complex web of Russian and Ukrainian heritage

Photographer Michael Robinson Chávez visits a city in Ukraine that was partly famous as a site for Russian travelers and intellectuals, but since 2022 has come under Russian attack.

A man walks down a war-ravaged street in Pokrovsk, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Dec. 19, 2024. Behind him is the hotel Druzhba, which was destroyed by a Russian missile last summer. Pokrovsk was once home to 60,000 people. Now it's largely abandoned, with Russian troops active within a mile of the outskirts.

Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of Pokrovsk tightens

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower.

Far from the front lines, Ukrainians fight a war to preserve their culture

In the Transcarpathia region, some locals embrace a traditional lifestyle and cultural identity. After surviving Soviet threats, now they fear Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to erase their culture.

Workers at a Ukrainian thermal power plant are repairing the facility after rocket strikes to restore power as temperatures drop, Oct. 4.

Russia targets Ukraine's energy grid as winter sets in. Here's how one plant copes

Russian strikes continue to destroy Ukraine's power grid, prompting nationwide power cuts while temperatures drop. Workers at a damaged plant try to restore its operation before the winter freeze.

A mobile lab visits a village in the war-torn Kharkiv region. Villagers line up for general checkups. HIV testing and treatment is a big part of the agenda.

Ukraine keeps up the fight against HIV while fighting a war

Progress in preventing infections was being made in the country with Europe's second-highest number of HIV cases. Then came the Russian invasion.

On a river between Ukraine and the EU, border guards search for draft evaders

Dozens have drowned trying to cross the river to EU-member Romania. Border guards are trying to stop them, as the Ukrainian military pushes mass conscription to address troop shortages.

A scene from a Ukrainian production of <em>The Witch of Konotop.</em> At the window, Olena, played by Mariia Rudynska, is the love interest of the main character but does not love him back. And a three-witch chorus is seen right.

A dark musical comedy about witches has Ukraine enthralled. Here's why

Witches are having a moment in Ukraine. Now they have taken center stage in a dark musical comedy titled The Witch of Konotop, with performances selling out all summer in Kyiv.

Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area.

A mayor in Ukraine aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

Russian attacks have driven out most of Chasiv Yar's residents. NPR accompanies the mayor on a routine visit to check on those who remain.

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