{"id":1290,"date":"2025-02-24T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/podcasts\/speaking-globally-from-troy-university-troy-public-radio\/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-reaches-three-year-milestone-tprs-speaking-globally\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T14:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:58:33","slug":"russian-invasion-of-ukraine-reaches-three-year-milestone-tprs-speaking-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/podcasts\/speaking-globally-from-troy-university-troy-public-radio\/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-reaches-three-year-milestone-tprs-speaking-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Invasion of Ukraine Reaches Three-Year Milestone &#8211; TPR&#8217;s Speaking Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks three years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. 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