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Ukraine's anti-corruption agency has announced new investigations focusing on lawmakers and people from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, a day after popular former Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov issued a video calling for him to hold new elections .
Russian drivers are facing more long waits and lines at gas stations in several regions amid continuing Ukrainian air attacks on refineries. They describe another wave of fuel shortages and Kremlin-imposed limits on gas station sales.
Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Yabloko party, the sole officially registered party to openly oppose Moscow's war on Ukraine, against its removal from the ballot for September parliamentary elections.
A number of senior figures in Russian drone companies are facing fraud charges, with one accused of passing Chinese drones off as being produced in Russia. Drones made by both companies have been presented to President Vladimir Putin as examples of homegrown innovation.
Russian authorities are bringing treason charges against people for taking photos of war graves, a key indicator of the extent of the country's war dead. An activist has told Current Time that the photos are often also used by scammers targeting families who have lost relatives in the fighting.
Russia's Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party from the ballot in parliamentary elections next month, blocking what would have been the only group that is calling for an end to Moscow's war against Ukraine.
A shortage of shelters in Kyiv has left some residents complaining they have nowhere to hide amid intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks.
Reports of suspected hate-motivated attacks against Ukrainians in Poland have risen in recent months. Some Ukrainians say they no longer feel safe speaking their language in public. This comes amid political tensions between Ukraine and Poland that analysts say is fueling anti-Ukrainian sentiment.
A Ukrainian drone attack targeted another Wildberries facility in Russia, this time in Volgograd. Russia's largest online retailer said on July 31 that a logistics hub had been hit. The strike is the latest in a series of attacks that have damaged at least 13 Wildberries warehouses since mid-July.
Young Russians hoping to attend university are finding they have poor odds of getting in this year, even with outstanding exam scores. One reason is a government quota system that favors veterans of the war in Ukraine and their children for coveted state-funded university spots.
Ukrainian drone-interceptor crews are working around the clock to stop Russian reconnaissance and attack drones approaching the frontline city of Kramatorsk. RFE/RL spent a night with one team defending the skies as aerial attacks intensify.
As battlefield injuries mount from a long-running war, Ukrainian companies are racing to meet a high demand for prosthetic limbs. One start-up, Allbionics, is making sophisticated prosthetics that it offers to patients at no cost, with the help of government support and private donations.
After fleeing Mariupol in 2022, Kateryna Kolmykova rebuilt her life and business in Kyiv from scratch. But a Russian missile strike in June destroyed the small shop that was her family's only source of income. After the strike, she says she received thousands of messages of support.
Worsening fuel shortages are causing more frustration across Russia, with social media videos regularly showing fist fights at gas stations and drivers demanding answers from authorities. The Kremlin claims the country's energy system remains resilient.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's sacking of Ukraine's popular defense minister, Mykhaylo Fedorov, is not just a dramatic shakeup of his cabinet. It's sent shock waves through the country's political and military circles, and it's driven protesters into the streets.
Over the past three months, Russian forces have destroyed more than 150 gas stations in Ukraine using Geran-2 drones. The strikes are primarily carried out at a distance of 30–50 kilometers from the border and the front line.
For more than four years, the inhabitants of Omsk, a Siberian city more than 2,250 kilometers east of Moscow, have watched the war against Ukraine from afar. This week they got a close-up view that has left many in shock.
More than a dozen people were killed in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in and around Kyiv on July 6. Residential buildings were hit, and more than 40 people were wounded, including children.
Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region early on July 6, striking residential buildings and killing at least 27 people while injuring nearly 100, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of an impending Russian strike.
In a video captured in the Russian city of Penza, women sob as their loved ones are loaded into a van by recruitment officers, apparently after the men were forced into signing military contracts. Similar reports have emerged from several Russian regions in recent weeks.
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