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When doctors in Ukraine put out a call for abortion pills, a group of Ukrainian women answer. Oksana Drachkovska for NPR hide caption

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Ukraine: The Handoff

February 3, 2023 • We travel to Ukraine to follow a shipment of abortion pills, and discover a complicated conversation about pregnancy and choice in wartime. Part 2 of our collaboration with Radiolab.

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A doctor sees an essential medicine is needed in Ukraine and assembles a group of strangers to get it there. Oksana Drachkovska for NPR hide caption

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Ukraine: Under The Counter

January 20, 2023 • One weekend. An amateur smuggling operation. A wartime mission. The story, in collaboration with Radiolab.

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"As Russians approach his town, 'the cat must still be fed.'"

Pavel Kuljuk's cat, Dora, sits in a window in eastern Ukraine. Pavel Kuljuk hide caption

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"As Russians approach his town, 'the cat must still be fed.'"

August 3, 2022 • A hyperlocal news site in Red Hook, N.Y. posts a job opening. A journalist in Ukraine applies. And what readers think of as "local news" is going to change dramatically.

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