Current Time is the Russian-language TV and digital network run by RFE/RL.
As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its fourth summer, the country’s booming funeral industry offers a stark indicator of the conflict’s human toll, with soaring burial costs and growing complaints from grieving families.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heads into its fourth summer, the country’s funeral industry is seeing record growth.
At their June 24-25 summit in The Hague, NATO leaders agreed to a sharp increase in defense spending. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised US President Donald Trump for pushing the allies toward making greater commitments. Meanwhile, Trump touted the success of recent US air strikes on Iran.
Russia will soon teach high school students how to build and fly drones, which have become a key weapon in the war between Moscow and Kyiv.
After rifles and grenade launchers, drones are now landing in Russian schools. A new state-approved textbook teaches teens how to build and fly UAVs as a part of a national project to militarize education by 2030.
A special Ukrainian police unit, the White Angels, rescues civilians in remote areas of the northeastern Sumy region, which is facing increasing attacks from Russia. Reaching civilians in danger puts the unit in the crosshairs of Russian attack drones, so speed and stealth are essential.
In Ukraine's embattled Sumy region, frontline medics race to save lives at a makeshift stabilization point as Russian forces intensify cross-border attacks.
Working from a makeshift "stabilization point," Ukrainian military medics work fast to provide emergency care for the wounded, treating both soldiers and local civilians in the Sumy region. The area, near Russia's border, is under heavy aerial bombardment from an assortment of weapons.
Kremlin-friendly pundits and programs have been savoring every shot of protesters in Los Angeles this week, some proclaiming that the United States must be in midst of a new "civil war."
Russian media are describing protests in Los Angeles over immigration crackdowns and the deployment of the National Guard as "fighting, violence, and provocations." Some suggest a conspiracy is behind the demonstrations, while one compares it to "a war zone."
Russia said its forces are advancing into Ukraine’s eastern industrial Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time in three years amid a deadlock in peace talks.
Ukrainian officials have rejected Russian accusations that Kyiv is stalling the exchange of prisoners of war and the repatriation of fallen soldiers’ bodies, calling on Moscow to stop “playing dirty games.”
Gunners in a Ukrainian artillery crew in the Sumy region that borders Russia say they are seeing daily infantry attacks by Russian forces -- but they're mainly on foot, not in armored vehicles. The unit is targeting Russian troops and supply lines as Moscow builds up for a summer offensive.
A day after a coordinated Ukrainian drone attack on long-range bombers deep inside Russian territory, military observers are calling it a major blow against Moscow. Ukrainian officials said the drones were smuggled into Russia on trucks and carried out strikes at close range, evading radar defenses.
Terry Virts, a retired US astronaut, has called for scaling back joint missions with Russia on the International Space Station, likening current cooperation to collaborating with Nazi Germany during World War II.
In Ukraine's war-torn Chernihiv region, a volunteer bus driver risks his life to deliver isolated villagers to safety, medicine, and supplies -- braving Russian drones to ensure that these embattled communities are not forgotten.
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Latvia and Lithuania to keep borders with Belarus open, warning that full closure could cut off escape routes for dissidents. She also highlights the plight of political prisoners and Minsk’s role in regional instability
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called on Latvia and Lithuania to keep their borders open with neighboring Belarus.
On Ukraine’s Sumy front, troops repel Russian attacks and strike into Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions. A Ukrainian artillery unit tells Current Time that North Korean fighters fighting for Russia are taking heavy losses.
Load more
