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 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:08:50 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL They call themselves "military penguins" and belong to a small group from Ukraine's Antarctic research facility who have returned home to fight against Russia's invasion. RFE/RL speaks to Yuriy Lyshenko, whose journey spans 15,000 kilometers from the South Pole to the battlefields of his country. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-antarctica-russia-war-military-penguins/33692255.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-antarctica-russia-war-military-penguins/33692255.html Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:47:33 +0100 VideosUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine In the forests and mountains of the Czech Republic there are forgotten mines where the Kremlin once used forced labor to dig out its uranium for nuclear weapons. https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-republic-uranium-nuclear-weapons-uranium/33634795.html https://www.rferl.org/a/czech-republic-uranium-nuclear-weapons-uranium/33634795.html Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:30:34 +0100 VideosThe Rundown Stories Despite weekly Russian air attacks and constant power outages, Ukraine’s key volunteer hub and major industrial center, Dnipro, lives on. As the fourth year of full-scale war comes to a close, the city's appearance and sound take on new forms. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-war-strikes-dnipro/33631574.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-invasion-war-strikes-dnipro/33631574.html Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:05:36 +0100 UkraineFeaturesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline The head of Ukraine's leading anti-corruption agency says pressure on the investigation into the country's explosive corruption scandal was discussed in "high offices," as a major political crisis builds around President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-corruption-nabu-mindich-yermak-zelenskyy/33595936.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-corruption-nabu-mindich-yermak-zelenskyy/33595936.html Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:33:23 +0100 UkraineFeaturesThe Rundown Stories As local authorities in Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk region announce restrictions on train movement in the country’s major eastern stronghold, Kramatorsk, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service recalls the memories carried by the city’s famous railway station throughout Russia’s invasion. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-trains-railway-strikes-kramatorsk/33585393.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-trains-railway-strikes-kramatorsk/33585393.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:39:16 +0100 UkraineRussiaPhoto GalleriesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Kyiv says Pokrovsk remains a priority for the Kremlin as Russian forces claim to have captured dozens of buildings in house-to-house fighting for Ukraine's key eastern stronghold. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-pokrovsk-donetsk-war-frontline/33584377.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-pokrovsk-donetsk-war-frontline/33584377.html Sat, 08 Nov 2025 13:07:33 +0100 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories President Vladimir Putin, in his most candid admission to date, admitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that Russia played a role in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed at least 38 people. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-azerbaijan-ukraine-putin-plane-crash/33555688.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-azerbaijan-ukraine-putin-plane-crash/33555688.html Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:30:05 +0200 AzerbaijanRussiaThe Rundown Stories Ukraine is using small interceptor drones to fire nets that entangle Russian drones and knock them out of the skies over the battlefield. One Ukrainian unit said it managed to destroy 100 Russian drones in five weeks using the tactic in the dense Serebryanskyy forest. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-war-doentsk-luhansk/33511732.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-war-doentsk-luhansk/33511732.html Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:03:36 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideosRussia Invades Ukraine European leaders are set to join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s planned meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss steps toward ending the war in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv continue to exchange air strikes. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-europe-zelenskyy-trump/33505466.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-europe-zelenskyy-trump/33505466.html Sun, 17 Aug 2025 11:23:15 +0200 UkraineNewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Shaken by an increasing number of Russian drone attacks, residents of Kostyantynivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region are fleeing their homes as fighting in the area intensifies. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attacks-donetsk-evacuation/33492729.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attacks-donetsk-evacuation/33492729.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:02:44 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Shaken by constant drone attacks, residents of Kostyantynivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region are fleeing their homes. As battles in the area intensify, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service captured the last-minute goodbyes of those who had previously stayed behind. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-evacuation-drones/33492676.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-evacuation-drones/33492676.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:02:02 +0200 UkraineVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Hours after being fired by President Vladimir Putin, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead from a gunshot wound in a parking area in a Moscow suburb. A week later, the circumstances of his death are still unclear. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-starovoit-death-suicide-moscow/33474012.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-starovoit-death-suicide-moscow/33474012.html Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:56:07 +0200 VideosRussiaThe Rundown Stories As warfare on Ukraine’s front lines evolves, Ukrainian artillery crews continue to hold the defenses in the war-torn Donetsk region amid relentless Russian drone attacks. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-war-artillery-drones/33472471.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-war-artillery-drones/33472471.html Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:06:55 +0200 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian artillerymen hold the front line in the Donetsk region amid constant Russian drone attacks. RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service visited a unit near Soledar that is in constant threat of aerial attacks. Its soldiers say that drones have become one of the most dangerous weapons. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-artillery-drones-donetsk/33472473.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-artillery-drones-donetsk/33472473.html Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:51 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine 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. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-evacuation-donetsk-dnipropetrovsk/33458371.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-evacuation-donetsk-dnipropetrovsk/33458371.html Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:10:13 +0200 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories 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. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-dnipropetrovsk-evacuations-video/33458325.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-dnipropetrovsk-evacuations-video/33458325.html Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:08:33 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideosRussia Invades Ukraine The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine returned thousands -- but none were fighters from the Azov Brigade, one of Ukraine’s most symbolic military units, known for defending Mariupol’s last stronghold, the Azovstal steel plant. https://www.rferl.org/a/33427578.html https://www.rferl.org/a/33427578.html Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:17:31 +0200 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukraine's strategic town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region remains one of the most embattled places on the front line. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-pokrovsk-war/33404461.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-pokrovsk-war/33404461.html Mon, 05 May 2025 00:03:57 +0200 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories As Russia continues to attack in the Donetsk region, the area around the strategic Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk remains one of the most embattled places on the front line. Despite the life-threatening conditions, some residents are staying in the city, burying relatives in their backyards. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-pokrovsk-war-video/33404449.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-pokrovsk-war-video/33404449.html Mon, 05 May 2025 00:02:55 +0200 VideosRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine