https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:47:53 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Falling water levels in the Danube River have uncovered Nazi warships in Serbia and a military motorcycle in Hungary amid a drought affecting much of Europe. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-danube-wwii-shipwrecks-relics-drought-exposed/33831999.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-danube-wwii-shipwrecks-relics-drought-exposed/33831999.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:56:51 +0200 Photo GalleriesSerbiaPhoto GalleriesBulgariaHungaryThe Rundown Stories Amid a spate of tunnels being dug from Belarus into the EU, border authorities say Minsk is dismissing intelligence alerting it to migrant tunnel construction. https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-migrant-tunnels-eu-poland-lithauania-latvia-hybrid-war/33830304.html https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-migrant-tunnels-eu-poland-lithauania-latvia-hybrid-war/33830304.html Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:20:14 +0200 BelarusFeaturesThe Rundown Stories As Kyiv struggles to counter deadly Russian missile strikes, Ukrainian officials say Moscow is once again using North Korean weaponry to hit cities in Ukraine. Here are the missiles that Pyongyang is reported to have supplied for Russia's war. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-north-korea-missiles-ukraine-war/33827775.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-north-korea-missiles-ukraine-war/33827775.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:40:39 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineUkrainePhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Kyiv has sounded the alarm as Rassvet, Russia's equivalent to Starlink, takes shape. Experts say the satellite Internet system could have a major impact on the war in Ukraine, but there is one key vulnerability of the Russian system. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-starlink-internet-satellite-rassvet-war-invasion/33826676.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-starlink-internet-satellite-rassvet-war-invasion/33826676.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:46:05 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineFeaturesRussiaUkrainePicksThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian military photographer Iryna Rybakova captured the moment a Russian first person view drone blasted into a vehicle in Kramatorsk on July 15 amid a reported increase in FPV drone attacks on the city. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-fpv-drone-attack-kramatorsk-photo/33806329.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-fpv-drone-attack-kramatorsk-photo/33806329.html Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:09:33 +0200 UkrainePhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories The announcement on July 14 that French Rafale fighter jets will soon be received by Kyiv represents another step away from its legacy Soviet aircraft fleet, experts say. https://www.rferl.org/a/rafale-fighter-jets-ukraine-russia-war-france-air-force/33804326.html https://www.rferl.org/a/rafale-fighter-jets-ukraine-russia-war-france-air-force/33804326.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:48:10 +0200 UkraineFeaturesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown StoriesEurope New satellite images appear to show that several strategically important sites in Russia's far north have had air defense batteries removed as the Kremlin struggles to counter Ukrainian drone attacks elsewhere in the country. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-air-defense-removal-arctic-satellite-photos-ukraine-war/33803628.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-air-defense-removal-arctic-satellite-photos-ukraine-war/33803628.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:54:05 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Colorized images made by NASA satellites capable of capturing the light of human activity by night show swathes of Ukrainian territory in the country's east have fallen dark amid depopulation and wartime power outages. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-russia-invasion-night-satellite-images-depopulation-donbas/33801975.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-russia-invasion-night-satellite-images-depopulation-donbas/33801975.html Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:52:02 +0200 UkrainePhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Decades after it was dissolved by Soviet-backed authorities, remnants of the Museum of the Liberation Struggle of Ukraine are held in two Czech archives. RFE/RL sourced some artifacts from the museum intended to be a safehouse for objects from Ukraine’s early 20th century fight for independence. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-museum-for-independence-prague-photo-archives/33801526.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-museum-for-independence-prague-photo-archives/33801526.html Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:37:28 +0200 UkrainePhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories An escalating energy crisis is underway in Crimea as blackouts sweep the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula and local Kremlin-installed authorities set up "emergency assistance centers." https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-crimea-energy-crisis-electricity-drone-strikes/33798556.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-crimea-energy-crisis-electricity-drone-strikes/33798556.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:40:02 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineRussiaUkrainePhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Small numbers of high-end German-designed SUVs are being assembled at a plant in Kaliningrad despite BMW pulling out of Russia days after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/bmw-russia-unlicensed-production-kaliningrad-luxury-sanctions/33794826.html https://www.rferl.org/a/bmw-russia-unlicensed-production-kaliningrad-luxury-sanctions/33794826.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:41:58 +0200 RussiaFeaturesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Unauthorized balconies built by residents of the Kyrgyz capital to expand their apartments are being demolished amid government efforts to clean up the image of the city. https://www.rferl.org/a/bishkek-balcony-demolition-soviet-illegal-construction/33791933.html https://www.rferl.org/a/bishkek-balcony-demolition-soviet-illegal-construction/33791933.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:19:09 +0200 KyrgyzstanFeaturesPhoto GalleriesPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Since 2023, Moscow has built up an extensive range of fortifications around the Crimea Bridge linking the occupied Ukrainian Peninsula with mainland Russia. Russian authorities have also reportedly mulled replacing the span with an undersea tunnel. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-crimea-bridge-antidrone-smoke-barrier/33790035.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-crimea-bridge-antidrone-smoke-barrier/33790035.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:40:01 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineRussiaUkrainePhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories Recent photos from a key Russian logistics route highlight the growing impact of Ukraine's efforts to stifle Russian operations. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-logistics-drone-highway-crimea/33786426.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-logistics-drone-highway-crimea/33786426.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:41:30 +0200 UkraineRussiaPhoto GalleriesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories An art initiative is reminding the world of the political prisoners held in Belarus through traditional cross-stitch embroidery. https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-cross-stitch-prisoner-art/33782331.html https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-cross-stitch-prisoner-art/33782331.html Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:59:08 +0200 BelarusPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories On June 17, Uzbekistan will become the first ever Central Asian nation to compete in the FIFA World Cup after multiple previous attempts to reach the coveted football contest. https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-football-world-cup-first-history/33783063.html https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-football-world-cup-first-history/33783063.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:08:08 +0200 Photo GalleriesUzbekistanPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories A blaze on June 15 amid Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine is the latest war wound inflicted on Kyiv's centuries-old Pechersk Lavra, the most iconic religious landmark in the Ukrainian capital. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-lavra-monastery-caves-pechersk-history/33781318.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-lavra-monastery-caves-pechersk-history/33781318.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:39:33 +0200 UkrainePhoto GalleriesPhoto GalleriesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A massive panorama depicting a battle in the 1853-1856 Crimean War has been heavily damaged by what Russian-occupation authorities in Sevastopol say was a Ukrainian drone attack. https://www.rferl.org/a/crimea-sevastopol-panorama-drone-strike-russia-ukraine-war-artwork-destroyed/33778268.html https://www.rferl.org/a/crimea-sevastopol-panorama-drone-strike-russia-ukraine-war-artwork-destroyed/33778268.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:11:01 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineRussiaUkrainePhoto Galleries Kazakhstan has offered to host Iran's enriched uranium in order to streamline a potential peace deal between Tehran and Washington. The offer comes more than 30 years after a massive haul of weapons-grade uranium was taken out of the Central Asian country and flown to the US. https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-iran-project-sapphire-enriched-uranium/33773568.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-iran-project-sapphire-enriched-uranium/33773568.html Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:06:22 +0200 Photo GalleriesFeaturesIranKazakhstanPicksThe Rundown Headline A fuel supply crisis in Crimea is worsening as Ukraine's "middle strike" drone campaign targets fuel tankers and storage facilities. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-crimea-war-fuel-shortage-invasion-drones/33772606.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-crimea-war-fuel-shortage-invasion-drones/33772606.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:32:02 +0200 Russia Invades UkraineNewsUkrainePhoto GalleriesPhoto GalleriesThe Rundown Stories