Scott Detrow

is attempting to negotiate an end to the fighting.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio admits it is still not clear whether Putin, who has pushed through a gauntlet of challenges to keep the war going, is ready to stop it.

Consider this.

Russians are paying a steep cost for Putin's war in Ukraine.

How are they feeling four years in?

From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.

It's Consider This from NPR.

As the war in Iran has gripped the world's attention this week, Russia's war in Ukraine has slipped from the headlines, but it is still grinding on into its fifth year.

And at that time, the Kremlin's so-called special military operation has evolved into the deadliest conflict on the European continent since World War II, with more than a million and a half people dead, injured or missing, according to Western governments and think tanks.

Yet throughout, one of the biggest questions has been, is this what Russians want?

It appears Charles Baines went hunting for the answer.

That was NPR's Charles Maines in Moscow.

This episode was produced by Christine Arismith, Nia Venkat and Conor Donovan.

It was edited by Nick Spicer and Sarah Handel.

Our executive producer is Sammy Yenigan.

It's Consider This from NPR.

I'm Scott Detrow.

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This is one of my favorite segments to do.

I hear we are talking about the fact that apparently teens are still not sleeping enough.