Category: 2. RussianAggression

WASHINGTON — The United States must prepare for a “long-term” confrontation with Russia that won’t end when authoritarian President Vladimir Putin departs from the political scene, according to a new report by a bipartisan commission. Ukraine’s defeat of Russia on the battlefield is critical… Continue Reading

Some of the thousands of Russians who have poured into Finland since the war on Ukraine was launched in 2022 are learning a new profession: carpentry. Finland is facing a shortage of qualified labor and aims to double its population of working immigrants by 2030. But the Nordic country has also… Continue Reading

Traffic came to halt in Kyiv and around Ukraine as it marks its national “Defenders’ Day” on October 1. Makeshift memorials in Ukraine’s yellow and blue colors appeared at squares and cemeteries across the country in honor of soldiers who died in the ongoing war against invading Russian forces…. Continue Reading

Brussels —  The new head of NATO vowed on Tuesday to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and expressed confidence that he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful member, in November. “There can be no lasting security in… Continue Reading

Ukrainian officials said Tuesday a Russian attack struck a market in the southern city of Kherson, killing at least five people and injuring three others. Ukraine’s military said Tuesday it shot down 29 of 32 aerial drones that Russia used in overnight attacks targeting multiple areas of the… Continue Reading

A Ukrainian father is grieving the death of his daughter after Russian shelling of a roadside store killed four people in a frontline village in the eastern Donetsk region. Current Time correspondent Andriy Kuzakov reports from Yasenove, which lies south of the strategic city of Pokrovsk. 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 drilling down on… Continue Reading

Israel’s military widened its attacks on Iran-backed militant groups, striking the Yemeni port city of Hodeida that is held by Tehran-allied Huthi rebels, even as it intensified air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon, raising fears among global leaders… Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a recent visit to a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he thanked his U.S. allies for their ongoing support for Ukraine’s war effort. The trip turned out to be a divisive one, as U.S. Republican leaders accused Zelenskiy of siding… Continue Reading