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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.
The Ukrainian military continued its drive in Russia's Kursk region late on January 7, claiming it hit a key Russian command post, while Washington is reportedly set to announce a "substantial" final weapons package under the current administration.
The Ukrainian military is continuing its assault in Russia's Kursk region, with Moscow claiming it is repelling advancing Ukrainian troops. Ukraine first launched a surprise attack on the Kursk region in August 2024, and Russian and North Korean troops have since been deployed to defend the area.
Russia-installed occupation officials in Crimea declared a regional emergency on January 4 as oil came ashore in the city of Sevastopol from a spill that has plagued the region since last month.
Photos plot the course of the political upheaval in Ukraine that captured the world's attention 20 years ago.
Ukrainian's military said it has downed a Russian helicopter for the first time with a missile launched from a new-generation sea drone. In a December 31 statement, Ukraine said a water-based drone on the Black Sea was responsible for the attack.
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