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The Russian threat to Ukraine continues to consume the Biden administration's energy, and the Afghan withdrawal looms over the crisis as well.

Biden agrees to a tentative meeting with Putin to discuss Ukraine. Closing arguments to begin in the hate crimes trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers. Doctors urge people to resume preventive care.

As the world watches for a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the anxiety in the U.S. is especially strong among those with ties to Ukraine — including a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Maryland.

Russians are being told not to believe what Moscow calls the “hype and hysteria” coming from the West.

The White House is warning that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen within days, though U.S. officials don't believe a final decision has been made, or know the scope of a potential invasion.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst, about the latest attempts by Western leaders to defuse the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

President Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and the U.S. ordered its diplomats and troops out of Ukraine.

A senior U.S. military official gave additional details in a background briefing Friday on the intelligence that led the U.S. to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine in the coming days.

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for just over an hour Saturday but made no progress toward heading off what seems to be an impending Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Daniel Estrin discovered while reporting from Ukraine that the current geopolitical drama touches his family's history in unexpected ways.

After 2½ years in office, the former comedian Volodymur Zelenskyy is watching his once enormous support dissolve as Ukraine faces the threat of a possible invasion by Russia.

The bridge linking the U.S. and Canada reopens after police remove the last protesters. The Russia-Ukraine standoff continues. A Russian figure skater is cleared to compete at the Beijing Olympics.

It's the first stop in a trip that will also take Scholz to Moscow. At the same time, the Ukrainian town of Lviv, which is on the Polish border, is preparing for a Russian invasion.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In Lublin, Poland, a decades-old building has taken on a purpose its designers could never have imagined. Members of the Jewish community say this may have been the building's purpose all along.

Zelenska wrote out what she calls "my testimony from Ukraine" after being flooded with requests for interviews in the two weeks since Russia invaded her country.

New Yorker staff writer Masha Gessen says there's been an exodus from Russia in the last week and a half: "It's a sudden and drastic descent into a sense of having no country."

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ukrainian member of Parliament Andrii Osadchuk about his family's journey out of Kyiv and what he'd like to see from NATO allies.

The Russian leader said his forces invaded Ukraine because a genocide was underway against Russian-speakers. People in Ukraine say that claim is a hoax.

Although Belarus is not directly involved in combat in Ukraine, it does play a key role in Russia's war. Here's what to know.