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October 08, 2023
Thousands Of Nagorno-Karabakh Schoolchildren Taken Into Armenian Classrooms

An estimated 18,000 schoolchildren from Nagorno-Karabakh have been registered in Armenia following a mass exodus from the disputed territory. Dozens of new teachers have been hired to handle the influx of students who fled to Armenia when Azerbaijan reclaimed control over Nagorno-Karabakh.
October 05, 2023
Russia Imprisons Scores Of Ukrainian Officials

Some 132 Ukrainian officials in Russian-occupied territory have been abducted, according to the ZMINA human rights organization. Mayors and other Ukrainian authorities have been imprisoned, interrogated, tortured, and pressured to collaborate with Russia amid its full-scale invasion.
October 04, 2023
Ukrainian Unit Recounts Up-Close Fighting To Liberate Eastern Town Of Klishchiyivka

Sharing battle footage recorded on their body cameras, Ukrainian soldiers recounted their role in liberating Russian-occupied Klishchiyivka in the Donetsk region. They described chaos among the enemy as some tried to surrender while other Russian troops fought to the end.
September 22, 2023
Ukrainian Crews Put Hundreds Of Captured Russian Tanks Into Action

Ukrainians have become adept at using captured Russian tanks against Moscow's invading forces. By some estimates, Ukraine has made up for all the armor it's lost by capturing an estimated 500 enemy tanks. A Ukrainian crew training on a Russian tank from Chernihiv finds the vehicle now running well.
September 21, 2023
Ethnic Armenians In Nagorno-Karabakh Describe Gunfire, 'Panic' Despite Official Cease-Fire

Ethnic Armenians describe panic and sounds of gunfire in the de facto capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, amid a tense cease-fire and talks between separatist leaders and Azerbaijan. The breakaway region's leaders surrendered following an attack on September 19 by Azerbaijan's military.
September 20, 2023
Taking Ground 'Meter By Meter': Ukrainian Counteroffensive Liberates Village Bordering Donetsk Airport

Capitalizing on "any gaps in the enemy's defense," Ukrainian troops said on September 12 they were slowly but steadily reclaiming ground in their counteroffensive to Russia's invasion. The cost is high, they explain, because Russian artillery usually razes retaken villages to the ground.
September 18, 2023
Thousands Of Ukrainian Civilians Reportedly Imprisoned By Russia

International monitoring organizations estimate thousands of Ukrainians have been illegally held prisoner and deported by Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022. Their families fight for scraps of information while witnesses recount civilian arrests.
September 13, 2023
First-Person Firepower: Ukrainian Drone Unit Hunts Down Russian Armor

Remotely piloting fast, light FPV (or First-Person View) drones, a Ukrainian aerial attack unit has become adept at chasing down Russian targets. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir travels to the front with the operators who are hunting down enemy artillery with increasing accuracy.
September 11, 2023
Deep Trenches 'Allow You To Walk Straight': Ukrainian Amputee Soldier Returns To Front Lines

Ukrainian soldier Artem Kholodkevych says he had no interest in taking a safe desk job far from the front after losing his leg to a Russian mine. After five months of walking with a prosthetic limb, he can move around the defensive trenches his fellow soldiers live in with ease.
September 08, 2023
Beating Of Activist Puts Spotlight On Torture In Kazakh Prisons

A video of Kazakh prison guards beating civil rights activist Timur Danebayev has surfaced on social media, making waves in Kazakhstan. Authorities confirmed the video's authenticity and human rights attorneys have filed a complaint over the physical abuse of Danebayev and others in detention.
September 05, 2023
Digging Deeper: Well Builders Struggle To Supply Farmers Amid Central Asian Water Crisis

In the midst of a growing water crisis in Central Asia, Uzbek well diggers are forced to constantly go deeper to supply rural farmers. With water tables falling, diggers can no longer guarantee farmers they will find a reliable source of irrigation.
September 01, 2023
Soccer Builds Confidence, Skills For Ukrainian Veteran Amputees

Twice a week, Ukrainian veterans who have lost limbs in Russia's war on the country gather for soccer games on Kyiv fields. As they practice using their bodies in new ways, they joke, work out, and share the communal experience of healing and returning to some sense of normalcy.
August 30, 2023
Jazz Fest Unites Music Fans In Divided Kosovo Town

The ethnically divided town of Mitrovica in Kosovo is holding its first international jazz festival, running through September 2. The event is uniting music fans in a town that has been divided by tensions between ethnic Albanian and Serb citizens.
August 29, 2023
Forbidden No More? Ukrainian Lawmakers Propose Decriminalizing Porn

Ukrainian parliament members want to abolish a 2001 law against pornography, saying the rules criminalize normal people and open the door to police corruption. Some 1,200 porn charges are filed every year and anyone with nude photos of someone on their phone is technically subject to prosecution.
August 25, 2023
Ukrainian Anti-Tank Unit Estimates It's Destroyed $20 Million In Russian Armor

A Ukrainian anti-tank unit has been on the hunt for Russian armor using the Stuhna guided-rocket system to destroy military vehicles worth millions of dollars. According to Ukraine, Russia has lost over 4,000 tanks and 8,000 armed personnel carriers during the full-scale invasion.
August 23, 2023
'It's Scary': Residents Of Shelled Kharkiv Buildings Sleep In Tents To Stay Safe

Svitlana Orikhova has learned not to sleep by day -- too many curious passersby look into her tent. The Kharkiv resident's apartment is still badly damaged from Russian shelling and she worries the ceiling may fall in, so she sleeps in a tent outside.
August 22, 2023
Latest 3D Printing Technology Speeds Construction Of New Homes For Ukrainians

Ukrainian engineers are using 3D printing technology to speed up the building of new homes to replace those destroyed by war. Natalya Beryozova lost her house near the city of Irpin when Russians shelled it in 2022. Now, 3D construction is creating new concrete walls for her.
August 21, 2023
Missiles Fly But Ukrainian Villagers In Donetsk Region Refuse To Budge

More than 30 residents from the village of Serebryanka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region have refused to evacuate as Russian forces increase rocket attacks nearby. Volunteers have been striving to get pensioners to leave areas in danger throughout Ukraine but many will not abandon their homes.
August 19, 2023
New Communism Museum Invites Visitors To 'Travel Back' To Cold-War Bulgaria

Faded Communist Party signs, chipped kitchenware, and political speeches on a dusty record player are on display at Evgeni Mladenov's newly opened communism museum in the Bulgarian mountain village of Banite. The time capsule brings visitors back to the 1980s and immerses them in the Cold War past.
August 18, 2023
Ukrainian Civilians Evacuated From Kupyansk District Near Front As Russian Forces Mass

Residents of Kupyansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv region are being transported to safety amid signs of a buildup of Russian forces nearby. Volunteer drivers helped pensioners, mothers, and children get to a destination further from the front lines of Russia's full-scale invasion.

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