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Members of Ukraine's National Guard are battling frigid temperatures and darkness as they defend the front lines from attacks by Russian forces near the northeastern city of Kupyansk. Current Time reporter Oleksiy Prodayvoda reports.
The eastern Ukrainian town of Siversk has been bombed nearly flat by Russian artillery, but two residents of a badly damaged home are refusing to leave. Olena and Viktor are among about 700 residents who remain in what they call "a dead city."
Russian authorities have named an Uzbek citizen as the suspect in the killing of a general in Moscow, unsettling some migrants who anticipate a xenophobic backlash. Observers warned that migrants are already under pressure in Russia, facing frequent raids and searches.
As expatriate Syrians celebrate the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power, they also voice support for Ukraine as it continues to face an invasion by Russia -- the country that backed the fugitive Syrian president's rule.
Survivors of sexual violence from the wars in Ukraine and Bosnia-Herzegovina say they refuse to be seen as victims. In a new documentary, 'I Survived' by Current Time and RFE/RL's Balkan Service, one Ukrainian women says she wants the rapists and their commanders punished.
Dozens of Syrian diaspora members in the Czech Republic -- joined by local sympathizers -- rallied in downtown Prague to welcome the removal of President Bashar al-Assad's rule. The December 14 rally continued at the Syrian Embassy.
A Russian oil tanker began spilling oil into the Kerch Strait after splitting in two during a heavy storm, Russian authorities said on December 15.
Civilians who still live near Ukraine's front line rely on a mobile bank to deliver cash, but it can be a risky business -- when Current Time reporter Andriy Kuzakov traveled with the bank, several people were killed in a Russian shell attack.
Protests in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, continue following the prime minister's decision to end accession talks with the European Union. Demonstrators faced tear gas and water cannons during the night of November 30 to December 1.
Georgian police clashed with protesters in Tbilisi, early on November 29 after the ruling party said the government would suspend talks on European Union accession. While covering the protests, Current Time cameraman George Tchumburidze was thrown thrown off a ledge near the parliament building.
New defenses are being built just outside Pavlohrad in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region as Russian forces slowly advance in the east. Meanwhile, more evacuees are arriving in the city, Current Time's Borys Sachalko reports.
Russia has been expanding its strategic ties with the Iranian-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen to hurt Western interests in the Red Sea. The Kremlin may even consider arming the Huthis with advanced weapons, experts say.
Ukrainian troops have complained that people are avoiding military service and leaving them outnumbered on the front line, in interviews near Kupyansk in northeastern Ukraine on November 20.
Soltan Achilova, a veteran journalist and former RFE/RL correspondent in Turkmenistan, was forcibly hospitalized in Ashgabat on November 20 in what appears to be a move by the government to prevent her from flying to Geneva to receive an international award.
Russian police have conducted searches at the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Perm, as well as at the home of its current director, in connection with a case against former director Marat Gelman,.
The Russian Army is positioned only a few kilometers from Kupyansk, a city in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where some 4,000 people still live. Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko spoke with locals about how they manage to live in the embattled city amid daily Russian attacks.
Finnish and German authorities have briefed NATO commanders on what they know about damage to two key Internet cables under the Baltic Sea. The German defense minister said sabotage was suspected. The incidents come as NATO military drills are being held in the Nordic country.
As their country marks 1,000 days of war, Ukrainian soldiers on the front line spoke with Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko about the ongoing conflict with Russia. Dmytro, a Ukrainian soldier, said when the war started he had no fear, but after years of fighting, he says he has no emotions.
A Moscow court on November 19 sentenced a former local lawmaker in absentia to eight years in prison for spreading "fake news" about the Russian military.
President Vladimir Putin on November 19 signed a decree updating and expanding Moscow's nuclear doctrine to allow for the use of atomic weapons in case of an attack on Russia by a non-nuclear actor that is backed by a nuclear power.
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