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Russian troops launched an anticipated attack on Ukraine. Biden says the world will hold Russia accountable. Putin accused the U.S. of ignoring Russia's demand to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO.

Russian President Putin, in a video address to his nation, described the attack on Ukraine as an act of self defense. It came as the U.N. Security Council was once again holding an emergency meeting.

Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 24, targeting cities across the country. The assault has upended the lives of everyday Ukrainians.

True to the song's title, Lala & The Outview submitted "Comin' In Hot" within 10 minutes of when we opened this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

Many Ukrainians had been maintaining a state of calm as warning signs grew of a Russian invasion. But Russia's wide-scale attack on Ukraine has dramatically changed the mood in the nation's capital.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Samantha Power of the United States Agency for International Development about the humanitarian and refugee crisis resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Pentagon officials say Russia could be poised to step up bombing in Ukraine. The United States and NATO are sending more weapons to Ukraine.

New photos show that the convoy is considerably longer than the 17 miles initially reported and heading toward the Ukrainian capital.

Diplomats at the United Nations are calling for peace. They held an emergency meeting after Russia blocked a security council resolution calling on Russia to withdraw.

Germany's chancellor will meet with Russia's president about Ukraine. Trump's accountant says a decade of financial statements are unreliable. The federal trial of Ahmaud Arbery's killers has started.

The two leaders spoke by phone for roughly an hour after the State Department ordered most of its embassy staff in Kyiv to leave. U.S. officials are concerned a Russian invasion is imminent.

President Biden spoke to his Russian counterpart today amid increasing tensions over Ukraine.

The Biden administration is dealing with the Ukraine crisis abroad and a sluggish health bureaucracy at home.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Meghan Neville, an American based in Ukraine who is fleeing the country as tension escalates over a possible Russian incursion.

Olaf Scholz did not elaborate on specifics during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday but he did pledge a new round of financial assistance to Kyiv.

Russia claims it is withdrawing some troops near Ukraine's borders, but President Biden warns an invasion is "distinctly possible." NATO defense ministers are gathering to figure out next steps.

A chef famous in Ukraine for championing the nation's cuisine sees his cooking as part of the anti-Russian resistance.

Further sanctions, energy market disruptions and cyberwarfare could reach Americans seemingly far removed from the conflict.

Putin says Russia has pulled out some of its 150,000 troops stationed near Ukraine's borders. "There's a difference between what Russia says and what it does," Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

American Meghan Neville and her boyfriend moved to Ukraine to be near his family. But rising tension with Russia forced the couple to evacuate this week. She hopes they can go back in a month or so.