When glowing projectiles from a Russian Oreshnik ballistic missile streaked out of the night sky near Kyiv early on May 24, multiple videos recorded an odd detail. Despite a rumble of apparent impacts as the objects crashed to earth, there were none of the explosive flashes that usually…
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Russia’s new Kyiv strike threat is posturing for the Victory Day humiliation, not retaliation—ISW
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On 25 May, Russia threatened systematic strikes on Kyiv “in violation of the spirit of the Victory Day ceasefire, likely to posture strength after the humiliation of the…
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How The Russian Orthodox Church Targets Anti-War Priests
For more than 20 years, Father Aleksei Uminsky served as the rector of a church in a quiet corner of central Moscow. His dismissal and defrocking took about 10 days.
On January 4, 2024, three days before Russian Orthodox Christmas, the archpriest responsible for the area phoned Uminsky and told…
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Frontline Kramatorsk Hit By Russian Air Strike; Casualties Reported
Russian forces struck the frontline city of Kramatorsk with aerial bombs, damaging residential buildings and injuring more than 10 people on May 25, according to local officials. Residents described shattered windows, destroyed apartments, and panic moments after the blasts.
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Nine countries pull out of Ukraine ammunition coalition
Czech-led initiative aimed at supplying Kyiv with millions of shells has halved since December, says president
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Wider Europe Briefing: More Russia Sanctions But Will Belarus Potash Restrictions Be Dropped?
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 am drilling down on…
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Lavrov Warns Rubio To Evacuate US Citizens, Threatening ‘Consistent and Systematic Strikes’ On Kyiv
Russia sharply escalated threats against Kyiv, warning of “systematic and consistent strikes” as Russia’s top diplomat urged American citizens to evacuate the Ukrainian capital.
A day after Moscow pummeled the Kyiv region with hundreds of drones — and a powerful new hypersonic missile –…
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Ukraine’s Anti-Drone Police Defend Kramatorsk
RFE/RL joined a patrol by a unit of Ukraine’s special anti-drone police, operating on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, a frontline city in the Donetsk region. Officers use drone-detection systems and protective gear to intercept Russian first-person-view (FPV) drones before they can reach the city.
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Amid Mounting Tensions Between Kyiv And Minsk, Belarus Opposition Leader Tsikhanouskaya Visits Ukraine
Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Kyiv, in the exiled Belarusian opposition leader’s first trip to Ukraine more than four years into the all-out Russian invasion.
Ahead of meeting with top Ukrainian officials, Tsikhanouskaya 25 laid flowers on May 25 at the Kyiv grave of Maria Zaytsava, a…
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A City in the Kill Zone
The team carried lists of people who had signaled that they were ready, at last, to evacuate a place so ravaged by Russian bombardment that it had no power, gas, heat or running water, and little food or intact shelter.
The rescuers also called up to windows and balconies, shouting…
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