Category: 2. RussianAggression

Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting Mongolia on Tuesday with no sign that the host country would bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The trip is Putin’s first to a member country of the… Continue Reading

PRAGUE — About three weeks after Ukraine’s military launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region, the operation remains “an important element of the war,” said leading Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky in an interview with Current Time. The operation on… Continue Reading

For more than a week, the Papp family from Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region has been doing their best to care for and shelter their six children on the streets of Budapest. Hungary has cut back on housing aid for refugee families from parts of Ukraine that it deems no longer in danger from… Continue Reading

Ukraine’s military said Tuesday it shot down 27 of 35 Russian drones used in overnight attacks that targeted areas across central and eastern Ukraine. The Russian assault also included four missiles. The Ukrainian air force said air defenses shot down the drones over the Chernihiv, Kharkiv,… Continue Reading

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL’s newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe’s Eastern neighborhoods. I’m RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I’m reporting from the… Continue Reading

President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia for a controversial visit with international calls for Ulaanbaatar to arrest the Russian leader on his first trip to a member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since that Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for him last year. Continue Reading

There is no war fatigue in Russia yet because President Vladimir Putin and the government-controlled media have been convincing society that “there is no war,” exiled Kremlin opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky believes. Once Putin “creates the feeling that there is a war, the clock will start… Continue Reading

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that Mongolia’s failure to arrest visiting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, wanted on an international warrant, dealt a severe blow to the international criminal law system. Putin arrived in Mongolia on Monday for talks likely to focus on a new gas… Continue Reading

warsaw —  Sava Trypolsky couldn’t wait for school to start. Days before the Ukrainian boy entered first grade Monday, his backpack was packed. Sitting on his bed in his home near Warsaw last week, he pulled out coloring pens, glue sticks and all manner of supplies emblazoned with Spider-Man,… Continue Reading