© 2026 KRCU Public Radio
90.9 Cape Girardeau | 88.9-HD Ste. Genevieve | 88.7 Poplar Bluff
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

After four years of war in Ukraine, how does each side see the conflict?

NPR | By Joanna Kakissis,
Charles Maynes, Greg Dixon
Published February 25, 2026 at 8:37 AM CST
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier smokes a cigarette at his position on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.
Andriy Andriyenko
/
Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier smokes a cigarette at his position on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.

Copyright 2026 NPR
Joanna Kakissis
Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant stories of a conflict that has upended millions of lives, affected global energy and food supplies and pitted NATO against Russia.
See stories by Joanna Kakissis
Charles Maynes
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
See stories by Charles Maynes
Greg Dixon
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
See stories by Greg Dixon