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Volunteer doctors from Kyiv are bringing medical care to frontline towns and villages in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region and beyond that otherwise lack quality health-care options due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is now in its third year.
Volunteer doctors bring medical care to frontline towns and villages in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region and beyond. There are no quality health-care options in the area, and many elderly residents rely on the volunteers for vital treatment.
Three years after Ukrainian forces liberated Bucha -- the Kyiv suburb where Russian troops committed some of the war’s worst known atrocities -- at least 33 civilians from the city remain imprisoned in Russia.
Three years after Russia’s withdrawal from Bucha, at least 33 civilians from the city remain in Russian prisons, including Tetyana Popovych’s son, Vladyslav. He was wounded in the leg and disappeared as Russian troops massacred hundreds of Ukrainian civilians in 2022 before retreating.
As Turkey is gripped by mass protests following the arrest of a key opposition figure, what does this mean for countries around the region where Turkey plays an influential role? From Ukraine and Russia to Iran and Central Asia, Turkey wields diplomatic, political, and economic clout.
As Russian and Ukrainian delegations meet for cease-fire discussions with US officials in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Moscow's troops are intensifying their attacks on Kyiv's positions on the front line near the city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian soldiers in the area told Current Time.
Russian troops are intensifying their attacks on Ukrainian positions on the front line near the city of Pokrovsk.
Analysts and a Ukrainian lawmaker say they're pessimistic about the prospects for a breakthrough in negotiations over a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine. US officials are holding talks with Ukraine in the Saudi capital Riyadh on March 24 after conducting talks with Russia there a day earlier.
Central Asian migrants in Russia have met increased harassment and violence since four Tajik men were arrested for the deadly terror attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024.
A hospital in the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine was hit by a Russian drone on March 19, hours after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed a possible cease-fire by phone. Dozens of patients were evacuated to shelter after the strike.
Evacuees from the border area of Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine say they were pursued by Russian drones as they fled their homes. The area is next to the Kursk region, where Russian forces are retaking territory seized by Ukraine in a surprise 2024 incursion.
In a workshop run by Ukrainian specialists, engineers continuously improve the unmanned vehicles. The rapid advancement of drone warfare suggests that in the next six to twelve months, the landscape of military technology could change dramatically, making it a race to see which side adapts faster.
A Finnish court has convicted a Russian former far-right militia member of committing war crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Donbas region in 2014. The Helsinki court sentenced Voislav Torden, also known as Yan Petrovsky, to life in the unusual case.
A day after Ukraine agreed to a 30-day cease-fire deal, Ukrainians in Kyiv shared their doubts about whether Russia will sign on to -- and adhere to -- the proposed agreement. Moscow has not yet commented on the details of the U.S.-brokered deal, which Kyiv agreed to during talks in Saudi Arabia.
Cities and towns throughout Ukraine were hit by Russian drones on March 12 just hours after Ukraine agreed to a US proposal for a 30-day cease-fire. Military analysts told RFE/RL that they expect attacks to continue as Moscow considers its response.
Moscow witnessed the heaviest drone air strike since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on March 11, as talks between the United States in Kyiv officials began in Saudi Arabia. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak.
Frontline Ukrainian soldiers continue to defend a junction of the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions after the United States cut military aid and intelligence support for Ukraine. After months of frontline combat, one Ukrainian soldier said his unit will "keep fighting" despite depleting supplies.
Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk region are under increasing military pressure and may have to abandon the territory, say analysts interviewed by RFE/RL. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had planned to trade the Kursk area for Ukrainian territory currently held by Russia.
Russian air strikes overnight in eastern Ukraine killed at least 20 people in the Donetsk region, according to local officials, with at least 11 deaths reported in the city of Dobropillya.
Analysts say Ukraine's own sources of intelligence -- and those of Western partners -- will help shore up any gaps caused by the cutoff of US intelligence sharing announced by the White House on March 5. But, they note, air defenses could be weakened without access to satellite data.
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