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Russia Intensifies Attacks On Ukraine, Summer Travel Season, Wildfire Forecast
26 May 2025
Ukrainian officials say Russia launched its largest airstrikes since the start of the conflict. Sunday's attack, which killed 12 people, happened only hours before a prisoner exchange. Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer and the summer travel season, but a deadly midair collision in the nation's capital in January and reports of air traffic control outages have raised safety concerns. Also, government forecasts predict an above normal wildfire risk for some parts of the country yet cuts to the US Forest Service makes fighting fires harder. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today's episode of Up First was edited by Ryland Barton, Catherine Laidlaw, HJ Mai, Mohamad ElBardicy. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Lindsay Totti. We get engineering support from Damian Herring and our technical director is David Greenburg.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Ukrainian officials say Russia launched its largest airstrike since the start of the conflict.
Sunday's attack killed 12 people and happened only hours prior to a prisoner exchange. What's it mean for potential ceasefire talks?
I'm Michelle Martin, that's A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News. Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer and the summer travel season. Millions will take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend. But a deadly air collision in D.C. in January and reports of air traffic control outages have raised safety concerns. What should you know before you go?
And the summer wildfire season is here. Forecasts predict an above normal fire risk in some parts of the country. Yet cuts to the U.S. Forest Service makes fighting fires harder. Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day.
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Russia has launched massive drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian cities over the weekend.
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