Ukrainians Wake Up To War

Americans are keeping their driver’s licenses longer than ever and driving well into their old age. But how long is too long? And who decides when to take away the keys?NPR’s transportation correspondent, Joel Rose, has been looking into those questions and found that there is no ...  Show more

Anytime tensions are high in the Middle East, oil prices can be expected to spike. So a war in the region is pretty much guaranteed to mean higher prices at the pump. And that is particularly painful for anyone whose living depends on what it costs to fill up. Host Scott Detrow s ...  Show more

Ukrainian counter-attacks North and West of the capital of Kyiv appear to jeopardize Russian efforts to encircle the city, but U.S. and NATO officials believe Belarus could “soon” join Russia in its war against Ukraine. That, as the Pentagon confirms Russia has used hypersonic mi ...  Show more

For the first time since WWII, two sovereign nations are in a conventional war in Europe, in what President Biden calls an “unprovoked and unjustified attack”. Ukrainian President Zelensky condemns the Russian invasion, saying “The sound of a new iron curtain is closing between t ...  Show more

The UN reports that 136 civilian deaths have been recorded since Russia invaded Ukraine seven days ago, although the real number is likely to be "far higher". Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and its second largest city, Kharkiv, are braced for further violence from Russian troops after ...  Show more

Ukraine is bracing for a full scale invasion by Russia based on the most ominous warning from the United States. Tonight the Pentagon says Russian troops are ready to go and an attack could happen at any time. A state of emergency just went into effect in Ukraine as darkness fall ...  Show more