Reporting on Ukraine A collection of NPR Correspondent Elissa Nadworny's on-the-ground reporting in Ukraine during the war.

Reporting on Ukraine

Anna Mordiukova gave birth to her baby Victoria with a Russian doctor while her village was under occupation at the beginning of the war. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Meet the parents raising Ukraine's next generation, babies now as old as the war

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Larisa, 76, lives alone in her apartment in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She hasn't been outside since before the war. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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For older Ukrainians in front-line cities, visits from social workers bring comfort

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Parents Kseniia and Oleksandr Dryha say goodbye to their daughter, Kateryna, on her first day at a private school in Dnipro. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Ukrainian children head back to school

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Seven months after blowing up a dam in Demydiv, Ukraine, to stop Russian forces from advancing on the capital, the area remains flooded and attempts to remove the water continue. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Ukraine flooded a village to save Kyiv. Residents are racing to clean up before winter

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A man stands in front of a crater that was made from a missile strike in Slovyansk on Sunday morning. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Along the front lines in Ukraine, cut off from resources, a resilient city holds on

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A funeral procession in Lviv, Ukraine, in March ends at grave sites where soldiers Viktor Dudar, 44, and Ivan Koverznev, 24, will be buried, as priests say their blessings and mourners look on. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Nadiia Yerkhimovych, 89, at her apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 26. She's been bedridden during the Russian invasion that began in late February. From her home, she could hear the sounds of airstrikes and shelling. Carol Guzy hide caption

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They've spent a lifetime in Kyiv. Not everyone can flee Russia's war in Ukraine

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The Lysenko family escaped last week from their besieged home city of Chernihiv. The mayor says the city is "being wiped off the map." Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption

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After escaping their besieged city, one Ukrainian family tries to plan for a new life

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