Ukraine

The city of Albuquerque is working on plans to become a sister city with Kharkiv. Ukraine's second biggest city was hard hit by Russia's invasion last year.

It has now been three months since Russia invaded Ukraine and a Santa Fe-based charity has people on the ground providing badly needed medical services to people under attack. Aaron Mindel, a paramedic with Global Outreach Doctors is on the front lines, about nine miles away from the Russian border in Ukraine where airstrikes have been increasing. He spoke with KUNM by cell phone with air raid sirens in the background.

The audience will be invited to contribute what they can to benefit refugees now in Poland.

A wrap-up of recent news about women

In this episode we talk with Dr. Matthew Wilks about his work volunteering with Team Rubicon in Ukraine. And we revisit an interview with journalist Laura Paskus about climate change in New Mexico.

The news from Ukraine is impossible to ignore for anyone, but it's a daily struggle for people with family in Ukraine. As a Russian land invasion and bombing campaign has shocked the world and sent refugees streaming hundreds of miles, Ukrainians and Ukrainian-Americans here are shocked and trying to help.

Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire is testifying before the House intelligence committee about a whistleblower complaint reportedly…

A letter sent to four congressional committees in May and obtained by NPR says officials have "certified that the Government of Ukraine has taken substantial actions" to address corruption.