Category: 2. RussianAggression

The city of Siversk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region has been razed to the ground. The few remaining locals live in basements to shelter from daily Russian aerial attacks. RFE/RL correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko visited the destroyed frontline city and spoke to residents trying to survive the Russian…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from TV star to Ukraine’s president with a landslide victory in 2019.

Now he’s poised to face an even bigger electoral challenge: putting his wartime presidency to a vote for the first time since Russia launched its all-out invasion more than three years ago.

Amid…

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Vladimir Putin does not use the internet, according to a Russian intelligence officer who…

Exactly a month since British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the formation of a “coalition of the willing” to form a military mission to Ukraine, many questions remain.

Starmer said the plan would involve British “boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in Kyiv on a surprise visit, has warned against falling for Russia’s stalling tactics in peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

The outgoing German diplomat, on her ninth trip to Ukraine since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in…

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with RFE/RL’s Rikard Jozwiak on the sidelines of the April 2 European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. The topics covered include the future of RFE/RL, US tariffs, and a potential full cease-fire in Ukraine. She also discussed relations with Russia,…

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in Kyiv on a surprise visit, has warned against falling for Russia’s stalling tactics in peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

The outgoing German diplomat, on her ninth trip to Ukraine since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in…

Ukrainian emergency crews battled fires after Russia launched another massive overnight drone attack on the eastern city of Kharkiv. One resident told RFE/RL on April 2 that waves of Shahed drones were “coming every minute.” Kharkiv’s military head Oleh Synehubov said at least eight people were…

Ever since fleeing her Russian-occupied hometown of Melitopol three years ago, Kateryna has longed for a chance to return and see her mother again. 

But watching the Trump administration in America’s negotiations with Russia over how to end the war in Ukraine, the young schoolteacher has found…