Eleanor Beardsley

Anastasia, 24, with her daughter, born the previous day, in a room at the Sloviansk City Clinical Hospital, on March 28. Anton Shtuka for NPR hide caption toggle caption Anton Shtuka for NPR SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — The squalling cries of […]

Throughout the more than three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, drones have been a key tool and weapon used by both sides in the conflict. Because of this, Ukraine is at the cutting edge of drone innovation, churning

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President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a limited ceasefire in Ukraine, where Putin agreed to stop targeting Ukraine’s energy facilities for 30 days. Hear about Kyiv’s reaction. Source link Eleanor Beardsley

Ukrainians hope that officials’ meeting with U.S. diplomats in Saudi Arabia will be a chance to find a framework for a ceasefire deal with Russia. Source link Eleanor Beardsley

PARIS, France—European leaders have called an emergency meeting in Paris Monday after the Trump administration has cut Europe out of negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. The growing chasm between the US and Europe on security issues and the

Notre Dame’s longest serving organist Olivier Latry tells of the cathedral’s transformed acoustics. After a horrific fire in 2019, craftspeople resurrected the cathedral in just five years. The organist says the thorough cleaning of the instrument and the structure’s stone