A Ukrainian mortar team in Bakhmut is carrying on in hopes of holding the besieged city in the Donetsk region, which has been the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the war.
The Kovalyov brothers and their wives have chosen to spend their final days living without electricity or heating among the ruins of what had been no-man's-land in the war-ravaged village of Posad-Pokrovske in Ukraine's southern Kherson region.
Russian forces have intensified their shelling of the devastated Ukrainian city of Kupyansk, raising concerns that it may be recaptured. The war-torn city lies just 15 kilometers from the front line, where Moscow's forces are engaged in fighting.
Residents of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region struggle with heartbreak and loss as they are forced from their homes. Russian forces are advancing on the city, which lies just west of Bakhmut, where heavy fighting has raged for weeks.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the sixth week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
A bitter standoff is continuing around Nagorno-Karabakh as an Azerbaijani blockade shuts out supplies and separates families.
Residents of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine are struggling to survive the harsh winter months and Russian rocket attacks as worries of a new Moscow offensive grow.
Search-and-rescue teams have been deployed from countries around the world as Turkish and Syrian civilians remain trapped under rubble after the devastating February 6 earthquake.
Until September, Aleksei Antropov was playing double bass for the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra in Moscow. But since Russia's first mobilization since World War II, he now works as a hotel receptionist in Georgia.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fifth week of 2023 from around RFE/RL's region.
Ukrainian units are using drones to monitor a long expanse of marsh and woodland for a possible surprise offensive originating from Belarus. Kyiv fears a repeat of the unsuccessful Russian thrust that started the war nearly a year ago.
Traditional shelters and other supplies are being collected for shipment from Kazakhstan to Ukraine as Astana distances itself from Moscow amid its ongoing invasion.
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