A Russian missile attack struck near a major Ukrainian military airfield on Monday morning, officials from Ukraine said, part of a broad campaign of assaults by Moscow aimed at degrading Ukraine’s military infrastructure and wearing down its…
Category: 1. Ukraine
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The West Doesn’t Want Ukraine To Lose But Isn’t Ready For It To Win, Says Russia Policy Expert
A leading expert on Russian foreign policy, James Nixey heads the Russia and Eurasia Program at Chatham House, a London-based research institute. In a recent interview with RFE/RL’s Georgian Service, Nixey, whose research focuses on the…
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Russia’s war made Ukraine the most heavily mined country in the world. See how specialists work to clear battlefields of unexploded ordnance.
After Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine became the most heavily mined country in the world. “In Ukraine, because of the nature and the intensity of the conflict, we’re often seeing double or triple or even quadruple amputees, and a lot…
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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, neighboring countries have increased their military spending
Describing someone as “young” or “old” is rather arbitrary. However, something we can quantify is whether a given person is “young” or “old” compared to the rest of the world.
Imagine we sorted all 8 billion people alive today from…
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Ukraine negotiates nuclear plant protection with UN atomic watchdog observers
As Russia is likely to launch attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this winter, Kyiv is currently in talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to place foreign observers near its nuclear power plants to protect the country’s…
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The world must not forget Ukrainian children
Amidst the horrors perpetuated by Russia in its war against Ukraine, perhaps the gravest have been the crimes Vladimir Putin’s army has committed against Ukrainian children. Nearly 600 children have been killed and nearly 1,300…
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How would Trump and Harris handle the Russia-Ukraine war?
Ukraine and its war with Russia have become a central and controversial topic in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. The brutal conflict, in which a million people have been killed or severely injured, shows no signs of ending. Kamala…
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Ukraine: DOD Could Strengthen International Military Training Coordination by Improving Data Quality
What GAO Found
DOD’s Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), through the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U), coordinate international military training for Ukraine with the Ukraine Defense Contact…
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RFE/RL Reveals Spike In War Deaths From Russia’s Ethnic Regions
More soldiers from the central Russian regions of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan have died than any other region in the country, according to a confirmed tally of war deaths compiled by RFE/RL’s Tatar-Bashkir Service, with a further sharp increase…
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Ukrainian Poet and Rock Star Fights Near Front and Performs Behind It
When the Ukrainian army hit a crisis of recruitment earlier this year amid rising losses on the battlefield, one of the most popular cultural personalities in the country stepped up and enlisted.
“At some point it became uncomfortable not to…
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