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As hundreds of Russian drone and missile attacks hit Ukraine on the night of April 15-16, Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko narrowly avoided one of the strikes. He recorded a video from inside his shattered apartment building in Kyiv, where shrapnel had claimed the life of a young neighbor.
As Ukraine prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a new report from Greenpeace warns that failure to fully repair the plant's protective shell could lead to a "catastrophic" release of radioactive dust. A Russian drone damaged the external shield in 2025.
Ukrainian troops near the front lines celebrated Orthodox Easter with traditional sweets after Russia and Ukraine agreed to a 36-hour truce in honor of the holiday. But both sides accused the other of violating the cease-fire, reporting thousands of incidents of drone strikes and artillery attacks.
Kyiv reported more than 450 violations of a 32-hour truce between Russia and Ukraine just hours after it came into force on April 11, following pledges by both countries to cease fire in light of Orthodox Easter.
David Schenker, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Affairs, told Current Time that all options are on the table for President Donald Trump as the US and Iran remain "very far" apart as they head into negotiations in Pakistan.
Kyiv and Moscow pledged to halt fighting for 32 hours to mark Orthodox Easter, as US-backed peace negotiations to end Russia's four-year war falter and Washington focuses on its own war with Iran.
Pavel Talankin, the co-director of Mr Nobody Against Putin, spoke with Current Time about his film after it won the Oscar for best documentary on March 15. Days after the Oscar win, Russia banned the film and labeled Talankin a "foreign agent." Talankin called the ban a "brilliant PR" for the film.
Residents of Daghestan in southern Russia were evacuating their homes as major floods swept through the region. The disaster is the result of record rainfall combined with melting snow from the mountains, but some residents also blame local officials for mismanaging the region's infrastructure.
The US-Israeli war with Iran has continued following US President Donald Trump’s TV address to the nation, with a series of reported air strikes, defiant messaging from Tehran, and a US warning in Iraq of an imminent attack in Baghdad by Iranian proxy forces.
Rare wartime protests have hit Russia's Novosibirsk region as farmers are standing up to authorities, resisting orders to cull thousands of cattle over concerns about disease outbreaks. Farmers claim healthy cattle are being killed, putting small farms in danger of financial ruin.
Ukrainian forces stationed near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region say they've seen increasing attacks by Russian forces. Ukraine’s General Oleksandr Syrskiy said Russia had some 6,000 battlefield casualties in four days, but Ukrainian troops said there's no sign of a shortage of Russian manpower.
Three days of Ukrainian drone attacks on ports and refineries in Russia’s Leningrad region have led to what one analyst called “the most serious threat” to Russian oil exports since the beginning of the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Heavy fighting is ongoing in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka. The town’s only road to Kramatorsk is swarmed by Russian drones, forcing civilians to flee on foot while Ukrainian troops move in to defend the city.
For the past 10 days, Moscow has been experiencing widespread mobile internet outages, causing significant disruptions to daily life. Residents are facing challenges with essential services, including online payments, taxi apps, and navigation tools.
Israelis were celebrating Purim with singing, dancing, and costume parties on March 4. When the festivities in Jerusalem were interrupted by an air-raid alert, people headed for the shelters and kept partying there -- determined to maintain normal life amid war.
Russia's state-sponsored media pundits have long praised Iran as a strategic partner and ally -- but faced with ongoing US-Israeli strikes on Iran, these outlets are arguing that Iran was never to be counted on. Some Russian commentators even seen celebrate the struggles of the Islamic republic.
Ukrainians marked the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion with memorial ceremonies across Ukraine. European leaders attended events in Kyiv as people reflected on the war’s toll and their hopes for peace. On the day of the anniversary, drone strikes hit the city of Zaporizhzhya.
Russia's military claimed to have taken the city of Kupyansk while Ukraine insisted it remained under Kyiv's control. Then Moscow claimed a nearby town, prompting a Ukrainian officer to post videos of himself walking there, which in turn set off Russian accusations that his post was AI-generated.
A key oil pumping station in Russia's Tatarstan region was rocked by an explosion overnight on February 22-23. The facility is a hub for Russia's energy sector and the Druzhba pipeline, which carries oil to Europe. Russian authorities claim the blast was caused by falling debris from a drone attack.
Karina Bakhur, a 17-year-old kickboxing champion killed by a Russian missile in Ukraine, is honored on Ukrainian Olympian Vladyslav Heraskevych’s helmet. He was banned from competing in skeleton for the tribute. Bakhur's father says he is proud that his daughter's memory lives on.
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