One year ago today, Russia attempted a takeover of Ukraine that didn't work out as planned.

Ukrainians mark a year of lives and cities destroyed and a year of united resistance.

What can the second year break?

I mean, Martinez, that Steve Inskip and this is up first from NPR News.

China offers some thoughts on ending the war in Ukraine.

The posture of peacemaker is very important for Xi Jinping, both before the world and

before his own people.

But can a friend of Russia really help to find a way out of the war?

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How has a year of war transformed Ukraine?

One year ago, Russia's invasion was so hard to imagine that many analysts dismissed the idea.

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