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A Russian-backed separatist leader in eastern Ukraine announced an evacuation to Russia, alleging the Ukrainian military was preparing an offensive in the area. The U.S. says it's "disinformation."

Trevor Reed started his second hunger strike in Russian prison after being sent to solitary confinement instead of getting treatment for tuberculosis. His parents want to meet with President Biden.

Dmitriy Cherepanov, a lifelong Mariupol native, created MRPL.life, a site dedicated to helping residents locate missing loved ones in the besieged Ukrainian city.

The move was widely seen as an effort to prop up the ruble and strike back at Europe amid an onslaught of Western penalties levied against Russian banks.

Russians who fled to Turkey after their country invaded Ukraine worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin may increase repressive measures that will affect their loved ones back home.

This year marked the 25th anniversary of Fresh Air as a daily national NPR program. This episode looks back at some of the great live musical performances from the show's archive, including songs from Shirley Horn, Loudon Wainwright III, Susannah McCorkle, Nick Lowe and Richard Thompson.

Chris Kyle, who wrote a bestseller about his time in Iraq and the more than 150 insurgents he killed, created a foundation that tried to help "emotionally and physically wounded veterans." The man who allegedly killed Kyle was one of those veterans, Kyle's friends and authorities say.

Long gone, but never forgotten, Voyager 1 is about 12 billion miles from home and now sailing through interstellar space, scientists were thrilled to confirm in 2013. The spacecraft carries with it a generation's dreams.

Juan Pujol Garcia lived a lie that helped win World War II. Nicknamed for the enigmatic actress Greta Garbo, Garcia's own performance was so convincing he fooled Hitler himself.

Hackers in Russia are responsible for recent ransomware attacks. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to threat intelligence analyst Dmitry Smilyanets about cyber criminals.