Mykyta Peretiatko is a multimedia journalist with RFE/RL's Central Newsroom.
Hartmut Richter swam to freedom from East Berlin, then returned to help others flee. Today he works to preserve the memory of those killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled many teenagers have only a vague understanding of what the wall represented.
Ukrainian high jumper Iryna Gerashchenko has had to travel for more than 30 hours to bring her bronze medal home from the Paris Olympic Games. Speaking to RFE/RL, Gerashchenko said taking part in international competitions continues to be a major challenge due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
At least one woman was killed and three others wounded in the Ukrainian town of Bilopillya, in the Sumy region, local officials said on April 8. Another Russian attack on April 9 hit the building of the local children's boarding school in the town of Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region.
Russia launched a massive assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on March 22, striking the country's largest dam and temporarily severing a power line at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant. Power outages and damage were reported nationwide.
Ukraine says it has sunk a Russian patrol ship, the Sergei Kotov, in the Black Sea. On March 5, Ukrainian military intelligence told RFE/RL that Kyiv's forces have been hunting the ship for some time. The fate of its crew was not immediately clear.
Blacksmiths in the northern Armenian city of Gyumri may have their craftsmanship honored with an inscription on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in December. But unlike many fading traditions in the Caucasus, this trade is thriving.
With the danger of ongoing Russian attacks, some students in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv started the academic year with classes located in metro stations. Following Russia's full-scale invasion, many Ukrainian schools switched to online learning.
Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina invited a young fan to her match at Wimbledon after learning the girl was struggling to get tickets. Ten-year-old Anna, whose father is fighting on the front line in Ukraine, spent two days in line unable to get tickets to see her tennis hero.
