Ukrainian officials fear Belarus may commit troops to the Russian invasion. Some refugees from the conflict are seeking asylum in the U.S. and encountering pandemic border restrictions. House Democrats met this week to discuss midterm election strategy.

Talks to reach a broad cease-fire in Ukraine fail as Russian forces expand the battlefield to more cities. President Biden plans to speak to House Democrats today as the party plots mid-term election strategy. And members of the family that owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma hear testimony about how opioids wreck lives and communities.

Russia has bombed a children's hospital in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol. Election professionals cite threats, stress, and political attacks on the voting system among the forces pushing them from their jobs. And how eager will parents of the youngest kids in the U.S. be to have their children vaccinated against COVID?

The Pentagon says a surprise offer from Poland to transfer Russian-made fighter jets to Ukraine, by way of a U.S. base in Germany, is "not tenable." The first of Ukraine's fallen soldiers are coming home. And the first jury trial stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection ends with a conviction on all counts.

International negotiators seek diplomatic off-ramps to end Russia's assault on Ukraine. The cost of filling up soars, as Washington debates sanctions on Russian oil. And after more than a century of failed attempts, Congress passes the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act.

Russian forces advance toward another nuclear power facility in Ukraine. Refugees crossing Ukraine's border into Poland are met by an ad hoc army of aid volunteers. And former U.S. Attorney General William Barr defends his Trump administration record in a new book and in an NPR interview.

About a week ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. Through the voices of NPR reporters on the ground and the Ukrainians living through it all, we look at how we've gotten where we are now and what this war might mean for us all.

Russia agreed to a short cease fire for two cities in Ukraine's south to allow civilians to leave, but evacuations were stopped because fighting continued. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in neighboring Poland to discuss additional security measures and to meet refugees. The Biden administration is hesitant to halt oil imports from Russia.

A fire at a Ukrainian nuclear plant has put Europe on alert. Russia now controls the facility, and the fire is out. How safe are Ukraine's other nuclear plants? Russia continues its indiscriminate attacks on Ukrainian cities. Thousands of people are believed to have been killed or wounded, and the country's economy has changed overnight. And in the first trial connected to the January 6 attack on the Capitol, a son testified against his father. Guy Reffitt was bragging about the attack when his son Jackson secretly recorded him and turned him in.

More than 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion. Russia says it has captured the first Ukrainian city as troops continue their attacks. What is Russia's military strategy? Former President Donald Trump broke the law. That's according to a new court filing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. And the White House's new COVID strategy involves a new system for treatment and surveillance.