After Ten Days Of War, The View From The Ground In Ukraine

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🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Ukraine continues to hold out against a Russian invasion, as the U.S. and its European allies debate military aid and banning Russian oil imports to further constrain the petrostate's economy. NPR's Ryan Lucas is reporting from Ukraine and shares how the people there are experiencing the Russian invasion.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, correspondent Ryan Lucas, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:06.8	It is 2-11 on March 7, 2022.
0:11.1	I'm Tamer Keith.
0:12.1	I cover the White House.
0:13.1	I'm Ryan Lucas on assignment in Ukraine.
0:15.8	And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:19.2	And Ryan, you just said you're in Ukraine where there is a war underway.
0:24.3	More than a million Ukrainians have fled their country as the Russian assault continues
0:29.2	to cease fires designed to allow more people to evacuate, failed to hold over the weekend.
0:35.0	Russia continued to attack civilians.
0:37.7	Ukrainian officials said that hundreds of schools, hospitals and residential buildings
0:41.8	have been destroyed.
0:43.3	The Russians and Ukrainians are holding a third round of so far in consequential talks
0:48.4	today.
0:49.4	Ryan, tell us about the situation there now.
0:53.3	Well, it's fairly calm in Western Ukraine where I am, calm in the sense of there isn't fighting,
1:02.2	but certainly everyone here is on a war footing.
1:04.2	There are checkpoints on the roads.
1:07.2	There are men with guns at the checkpoints.
1:09.2	People are a little jumpy.
1:11.0	They're wrapping up statues in central Lviv to protect them in case the city does indeed
1:16.3	get hit by Russian strikes.
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