Kyiv's military command says it shot down 35 suicide drones and 16 missiles used to attack Ukrainian territory overnight on May 8 as Ukrainian intelligence warned about the possibility of Russian provocations on the occasion of May 9.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 18th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
With ongoing disruption to global supplies caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there is some good news on commodities markets: Pakistan, one of the world's top 10 wheat-producing countries, has reported a record-breaking harvest.
Isolated and under economic sanctions, Taliban officials in Afghanistan have once again announced a ban on poppy cultivation, use, and trafficking.
Russian forces killed at least 23 civilians in attacks on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson on May 3, striking a hypermarket and railway station in the regional capital and hitting villages nearby, officials said.
When an abandoned horse farm in Avdiyivka was targeted by Russian missiles, members of the Ukrainian military and a handful of volunteers risked their lives to save the animals.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 17th week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
Fuminori Tsuchiko uses donations from Japan to run a free cafe for residents of Ukraine's war-hit city of Kharkiv.
Russia launched more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones toward Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in a deadly attack on April 28. Officials said at least 12 people were killed in the first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months, with the city of Uman suffering many of the casualties.
Aerial photos reveal the extent of the devastation that Russian forces have brought to the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. After months of shelling, most of Bakhmut has been reduced to smoldering ruins as outgunned Ukrainian troops cling to the besieged city.
Memorial services were held in Ukraine and elsewhere on April 26 to mark the 37th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
The bond between man's best friend and Ukrainian soldiers takes on greater significance as they share the misery of war while serving on the front lines in eastern Ukraine.
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