Category: 2. RussianAggression

Officials in western Ukraine said Wednesday a Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure facilities in the Lviv region. Lviv Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said the missile strikes took place in two separate areas, and that there were no casualties. Ukraine’s military issued air alerts… Continue Reading

Svitlana Pokalchuk sent her two teenage sons abroad so that they could avoid military service in Ukraine when they came of age. “I know how many boys are no longer with us,” Pokalchuk told RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service. “You see Facebook, how many people are looking for their relatives… Continue Reading

ISLAMABAD — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders not to “legitimize” the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan and instead to “raise their voices” and “use [their] power” against the militant group’s curbs on women and girls’ education. “Do not legitimize them,”… Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration has slapped sanctions on two of Russia’s largest oil producers, a major liquefied natural gas project, and more than 100 tankers in its “shadow fleet” in what U.S. officials say are the most significant economic measures yet against the… Continue Reading

The Russian army is strengthening its positions in villages around the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk in an attempt to encircle it and lay siege to a vital transport hub linking embattled Donbas with the rest of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have been repelling the Russian attacks so far,… Continue Reading

Ukraine this week released a video of two North Korean fighters captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region. Thousands of North Koreans have reportedly been deployed to help Russia combat Ukrainian forces occupying territory there. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service,… Continue Reading