Ukraine still struggles with manpower. Russia grinds forward relentlessly. The battlefield is saturated with drones and agile motorcycle units. Here’s a look at where things stand more than 40 months into the largest land war in Europe since World War II.
The EU and Ukraine have struck a preliminary deal to boost Kyiv's agricultural exports to Europe, balancing relief for Ukraine's economy with safeguards for EU farmers
Denmark has taken over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union as questions swirl over Europe's security and trade and a war still raging on its eastern flank.
Longtime former RFE/RL journalist Ihar Karnei was arrested in July 2023 after the KGB came to his home in Belarus. Freed in a US-brokered inmate release last month, he describes the “inhuman conditions” still faced by what rights activists say are nearly 1,200 political prisoners in Belarus.
After a devastating war with Israel exposed the weakness of its air force, Iran is reportedly turning to China for advanced military hardware. But Beijing’s reluctance -- and Moscow’s inaction -- highlight the limits of Tehran’s alliances and the depth of its strategic isolation.
I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two major issues: potential Georgia sanctions and Ukraine’s set-back on EU and NATO membership.
A Soviet-era “Bukhanka” van, retrofitted with modern tech, scans for Russian drones, helping Ukrainian troops survive fierce battles near Pokrovsk, the current hotspot in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian officials are telegraphing a slowdown of the country’s war economy -- the first major slump since the launch of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine more than 40 months ago. What it means for the war is uncertain.
The former deputy mayor of Nova Kakhovka, Serhiy Davydyuk, recounts brutal torture and escape from his hometown occupied by Russia after the 2022 full-scale invasion.
As Russian forces push closer to Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, many families already displaced by war are being forced to flee once more. With evacuations under way and the front line advancing, they don’t know if they’ll ever see their homes again.
The EU is weighing new measures against Georgia’s government amid crackdowns on the country’s opposition and democratic backsliding, with options ranging from targeted sanctions to a review of key trade and visa agreements.
Amid the war in Ukraine, a girl from Odesa named Nastya Buryk was fighting her own battle with leukemia. Her mother sought out medical care in Israel, where they spent more than two years. But the violence they had escaped in Ukraine caught up with them in Israel when a new war with Iran began.
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