Now that Washington has approved the distribution of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, when will Kyiv get them?  Plus, what’s the broader impact of the rouble’s devaluation this week? And an update on American reporter Evan Gershkovich, who’s being held in a Russian prison.

Fighting rages on across Ukraine and both Kyiv and Moscow claim to have made advances. Plus, the challenges of using Russia’s frozen assets to pay for damages in Ukraine, and despite Russia’s renewed attacks on the Odesa region, its residents aren’t letting that stop them from enjoying the beach.

More grain facilities are damanged in the Odesa region from overnight attacks. A visit to Lithuania’s border with Belarus after the arrival of the Wagner Group escalates tensions. Ukrainian Farmers face the challenge of raising crops during wartime, the fight on the economic front also continues.

Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber, whose maternal grandfather was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant to the United States, recently started a group to provide support to grassroots organizations helping Ukrainians.

Russia continues its attacks on Ukraine. One resident shares thier story of the bombardment. Plus, a new poll shows less than half of Americans support additional aid for Ukraine. And, how Russia is rewriting the history of its invasion of Ukraine.

Joe Biden asks congress for more money for Ukraine aid, Russia launches a rocket to the moon; Ukraine has a plan to secure grain shipments through the Black Sea, but will it work? Plus conversations with the head of Lithuania’s State Border Guard and presidential candidate Chris Christie.

VOA Talks with the governor of Rivne after it is attacked by Russian missiles. We learn about drones headed towards Moscow and more aid headed to Kyiv. Plus a conversation with a former ambassador about the recent peace talks in Saudi Arabia and we go to ComicCon to look at a special comic book.

Another drone attack in Moscow and a huge explosion at a factory that produces electronic equipment for the Russian military. Why might Belarus want to buy drones from Iran and a look back at the Belarusian election of August 9th 2020. Plus, Ukrainian books are popular in Washington.

Russian strikes in Ukraine’s east kill at least eleven, with scores left injured. Even as Russian grain exports are not directly sanctioned by the West, Russia still faces problems in exporting it’s agricultural products. Plus, a film about Ukrainian teens, escaping from Russian-Occupied territory.

A woman is arrested for apparently conspiring in an assassination plot targeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Russia continues attacks on Ukraine, striking a blood donation center as the Ukrainian navy strikes a bridge in Crimea. We chat with Human Rights Watch about possible war crimes in Lymann