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That will remake the world order.
She says if Putin gets his way, authoritarians around the world will be encouraged to do the same.
We're ordinary people, says Matvichuk, who found ourselves at the epicenter of an event that will shape the future of the world.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
The SBU says Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Ukhta oil refinery in Russia's Komi Republic.
The refinery is part of Russia's Lukoil group and processes around 4.2 million tons of oil a year.
A fire and heavy smoke were reported at the facility following the strike.
NPR could not independently verify the claim.
Nearly four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, drone use is becoming deadlier.
A Ukrainian military analyst told NPR up to 80% of casualties on the front line are caused by smaller, first-person view drones.
The fiber-optic drones that can't be jammed have created a 15-mile area on both sides of the front line known as the kill zone.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
Overnight Thursday, Russia launched 24 Iskander ballistic missiles, one guided air missile, and 219 drones, say Ukrainian authorities.
Opposition member of parliament Ina Sovsun says Russian President Vladimir Putin is just playing for time.
He has no real plan to stop this war.
And he basically tricked Trump into a situation where Trump can claim that he can continue the negotiations, yet at the same time as we're seeing nothing real came out of those talks so far.
Russia has not budged from its maximalist demands, she says, and Putin refuses to meet with Zelensky because it would be all too obvious who is the impediment to peace.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kiev.