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Villagers close to the Russian border in Ukraine's Sumy region say they're living under constant Russian drone surveillance and attacks. They say that, although they have friends and family across the border, they now hardly speak. A local council leader told Current Time that "the wounds are deep."
It's been 30 years since the first Chechen war when Moscow attacked the breakaway Chechen Republic, laying the capital, Grozny, to waste. Just as with the current war against Ukraine, Russia expected a quick victory and a receptive local population, but instead encountered strong resistance.
A boarding school housing displaced people was destroyed in the Ukrainian-occupied part of Russia's Kursk region late on February 1, killing at least four people and wounding many. Both Russia and Ukraine accused each other of attacking the school.
An explosion at the Alye Parusa residential complex in a Moscow suburb on February 3 reportedly targeted Armen Sarkisian, founder of the Armenian Battalion fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Some Russian media reported he had been killed in the explosion, while others said he was injured but survived.
Russia has added seven people including two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists to its long and growing list of “foreign agents,” a move RFE/RL’s president said was part of a “brutal assault on independent media.”
Demonstrators in Warsaw, Riga, Prague, and Vilnius decried the likely January 26 voting victory of Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenko. The European Parliament has called the election a sham.
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by video link to the World Economic Forum on January 23. Referring to his pledge to swiftly end the war in Ukraine, Trump said he wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon and intends to use tariffs and further sanctions to put pressure on Russia.
As Russian troops gain ground in Ukraine around Pokrovsk, residents of nearby Mezhova are taking in evacuees. Many worry as the front line of Russia's invading forces draws nearer.
Under increasing Russian fire, the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk is on the front line of Russia's invasion. The key supply hub came under heavy shelling on January 20, as residents fled burning apartment buildings amid the constant threat of attack drones.
Activists in a nature reserve in central Kyrgyzstan have reintroduced elk in a bid to restore the local ecosystem and preserve snow leopards, who traditionally feed on the elk. Thirty elk from the Altai Mountains were introduced to the area two years ago.
Ukrainian forces told Current Time how they repelled a Russian attempt to cross the Dnieper River near Kherson in December. Fighters from the Ukrainian Army's 72nd Brigade say Russian forces are trying to set up shelling positions closer to the city.
Residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson say they face near constant attacks and that vehicles and buses are being targeted by Russian drones. Some are without running water at home and depend on free food handouts to survive.
Dozens of Central Asian migrants are being held in Russian jails with no access to proper food as they wait for deportation orders. Incarcerated migrants told RFE/RL they were being held in jails as special migrant detention facilities "were full."
Suggestions by U.S. politicians that Ukraine lower the conscription age from 25 to 18 are deeply unpopular in the country.
Amid a long-term demographic crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared 2024 the Year of the Family. Laws drafted or enacted throughout the year targeted abortion, divorce, and "childfree propaganda."
Nearly three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a small but growing number of tourists want to witness the destruction for themselves. Visitors on a tour of Kharkiv say the extent of the destruction comes as a shock, as does Ukrainians' ability to persevere through disaster.
The city of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, has been under almost constant attack from Russian forces, including drone strikes that have reportedly hit civilian sites. Some residents say they hope to avoid becoming targets by clearly identifying themselves as noncombatants.
A Russian strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya has killed more than a dozen people and wounded scores of civilians. The January 8 strike caused extensive destruction in the city's industrial district as firefighters worked to put out several blazes.
Ukrainian officials said at least 13 people were killed and dozens injured in a Russian air strike on the southern city of Zaporizhzhya, the latest in a series of Russian attacks causing widespread civilian casualties.
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