A Kyiv court has ordered former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to pay $760,000 bail to avoid detention on charges of offering bribes to lawmakers.
Nerves are fraying, patience in thinning, and Kyiv is freezing, as Ukrainians struggling to cope with relentless Russian attacks that have destroyed vast parts of the country’s energy infrastructure.
The explosion from a Russian Shahed drone didn't stop a street cleaner from continuing to shovel snow in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Video showed the blast from the January 15 attack and the unharmed 59-year-old worker, identified as Ms. Olha, continuing her cleaning duties.
Iran has been a major supplier of military equipment to Russia in recent years, especially since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but experts have told RFE/RL that this support no longer plays a key role in Moscow's war effort.
The European Commission has formally unveiled a 90-billion-euro ($105 million) loan for Ukraine, intended to cover a large part of Kyiv’s financing needs for the next two years.
Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, striking key energy facilities amid freezing temperatures. The attacks left hundreds of thousands without power and caused widespread damage, killing at least four people.
Three years. 10 months. 18 days.As of January 12, that’s the amount of time that’s elapsed since Russia launched its all-out assault on Ukraine: Europe’s largest, bloodiest conflict war since World War II.
With the sides far apart on key issues as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the four-year mark, analysts say the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II is unlikely to end in 2026. They also caution that a halt in hostilities would not necessarily lead to sustainable peace.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine amount to “conscious, cynical Russian terror," as the country continues to face deadly strikes and heavy damage to its energy system amid freezing winter temperatures.
The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has been plunged into a widespread blackout, with electricity, water, and heating supplies cut across large parts of the city of some 3 million people following another night of Russian drone strikes.
An Italian citizen was denied entry into Ukraine after a bus passenger posted about his pro-Russian statements on Threads. She said the man praised Russian leader Vladimir Putin while criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government.
Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Hudson Institute and a former aide to US Senator Ted Cruz, tells RFE/RL about what China is learning from the US strike and what it means for Beijing as it looks to compete with the United States around the globe.
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