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As Ukrainians mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, people in Kyiv shared concerns over the talks to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump traded criticism after U.S. and Russian officials held talks on Ukraine that excluded Kyiv.
Independence Square, known to Ukrainians as the Maidan, was the site of mass protests in 2014. Today, the square hosts an unofficial memorial to those who have died fighting in the war against the Russian invasion.
As Ukraine approaches a fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion, elections are overdue. The country is under martial law as Russian missiles pound its towns and cities, regularly hitting civilian targets -- and making any polling station a potentially very dangerous place.
The city of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, is an important logistical hub and a target for Russian troops advancing from multiple directions. Ukrainian forces there say fighting has been intense, but they've seen a letup in recent days and have managed to gain some territory.
Three senior U.S. officials traveled to Belarus to negotiate the possible release of a large number of political prisoners in return for an easing of sanctions, The New York Times reported, following the release of three detainees earlier in the week
A year after Aleksei Navalny's death in a Russian prison, his friends are marking the anniversary by remembering the Kremlin critic's courage and strength. One of them is Bjorn Leber, a trainer who helped Navalny recover in Germany after a near-fatal poisoning.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refused to sign an agreement to grant the United States 50 percent of all future reserves of rare earth metals in Ukraine, according to news reports following a meeting between Zelenskyy and U.S. leaders at the Munich Security Conference on February 14.
Ukrainian nuclear safety experts have told RFE/RL it will "take time" and "significant funds" to repair damage to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's protective shield. Ukrainian officials said radiation levels were normal after blaming Russia for a drone attack, something Moscow denied.
At the request of Russia's Education Ministry, teacher Pavel Talankin helped film pro-war propaganda efforts at an elementary school. But ministry officials did not suspect he would turn his videos into a documentary about Russia's "patriotic education" campaigns targeting schoolchildren.
Control of the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kupyansk may once again be contested after Russian troops recently crossed the Oskil River to the north. Current Time’s Borys Sachalko is on the ground as children are being evacuated from the city.
The Russian military wants to make it harder for conscripts to secure medical exemptions from military service, including those diagnosed with syphilis and severe mental disorders. An antiwar group says the plan would “significantly worsen the situation of both military personnel and conscripts."
Ukraine has marked six months since it launched an incursion into the Russian region of Kursk that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "brought the war home for Russians” and could serve as a bargaining chip in any future peace negotiations.
Cameraman Ivan Lyubish-Kirdey was in a coma for a moth after his hotel in Kramatorsk was hit by a Russian missile, breathing only with the help of a respirator. But now he can't wait to pick up his gear and get back to the front.
The Polish Prosecutor-General's Office has launched an investigation into Prime Minister Donald Tusk after the head of the country's Constitutional Tribunal accused him and other senior ruling party officials of operating as an “organized criminal group” in order to mount a “coup d’etat.”
Homeless residents of Russian-occupied Mariupol are refusing to move into apartments vacated by those who fled the city. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called empty units in the Ukrainian city 'ownerless' and is pushing local authorities to fill them with those who have nowhere else to live.
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.
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