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Russian journalist Yekaterina Barabash, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the military, is the subject of an arrest warrant after she disappeared while under house arrest.
A massive Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa has hit a housing block in a densely inhabited area, injuring at least three residents including a child.
Belarusian comedian “Evil Sasha” turns trauma into dark humor on stage in Vilnius. Scarred by a fire and injured in 2020 protests, she fled to Lithuania. Now her sharp jokes blend laughter with the discomfort of lived experience.
Sasha Hushcha suffered severe burns early in life and endured bullying in childhood. In 2022, she left her native Belarus for Lithuania because she feared political persecution. Today, she's mining her past for laughs as a stand-up comic who jokes about disability, dating, and democracy.
Ukrainian authorities reported dozens of Russian missile and drone attacks on April 21, a day after US President Donald Trump voiced hope that an agreement would be reached between the two countries this week.
Russian bloggers and tabloids warn of “black widows” -- women allegedly marrying soldiers to claim death benefits if they die fighting in Ukraine. The claims are stoking public outrage and raising questions about fraud, exploitation, and military secrecy.
Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are being warned about so-called "black widows" -- women who seduce and marry them with the aim of collecting their military death benefits. As RFE/RL's Andrey Cherkasov explains Russian social media, tabloids, and TV talk shows are full of accounts of the scams.
A St. Petersburg court sentenced anti-war activist Darya Kozyreva to nearly three years in prison after ruling she "discredited" the Russian military by gluing a poem to a monument dedicated to a Ukrainian poet.
French officials have praised talks held between key European countries, Ukraine, and the United States, the first involving the three sides since US President Donald Trump took power, as they look to end Europe's largest conflict since the end of World War II.
Military officials have kept a low profile as they plan an international military mission to ensure Black Sea security as part of a Ukraine cease-fire at the headquarters of the Turkish Navy in Ankara.
Tesla's global sales fell during the first quarter of 2025 amid fallout over Elon Musk's role in US politics, but the electric vehicle (EV) brand is in demand in Ukraine. Competition from lower-cost Chinese EVs has helped reduce costs, making Tesla vehicles more affordable for some Ukrainians.
Residents of Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, gathered on April 15 to bury some of the victims of a Russian missile strike two days earlier. The attack, which killed 35 people and injured over 100, took place as people gathered to observe the holiday of Palm Sunday.
People laid flowers to remember victims of a deadly Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. At least 34 people were killed and 117 were injured in the April 13 attack that came midmorning as people gathered in the city center to mark Palm Sunday.
As cease-fire talks stall, more than 150,000 displaced Ukrainians in Zaporizhzhya wait and wonder if they’ll ever return home. Some of those forced to leave their old lives behind share their stories of staying in temporary housing amid the ongoing conflict and their hopes for the future.
The city of Zaporizhzhya is home to some 150,000 people -- nearly a quarter of its population -- who have been displaced from other parts of Ukraine. Amid talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire, people from frontline zones are wondering whether a future deal might mean a chance to return home.
An advert for Moscow’s new recruitment center offers touchy-feely encouragement to new recruits, while press gangs use brute force to round up potential soldiers.
Lithuania held a farewell ceremony for the four American soldiers who died during a military exercise in March. Mourners gathered in Vilnius on April 3 for the procession before the bodies were taken to the airport and returned to the United States.
Volunteer doctors from Kyiv are bringing medical care to frontline towns and villages in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region and beyond that otherwise lack quality health-care options due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which is now in its third year.
Volunteer doctors bring medical care to frontline towns and villages in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region and beyond. There are no quality health-care options in the area, and many elderly residents rely on the volunteers for vital treatment.
Three years after Ukrainian forces liberated Bucha -- the Kyiv suburb where Russian troops committed some of the war’s worst known atrocities -- at least 33 civilians from the city remain imprisoned in Russia.
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