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Residents of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, located near the Ukrainian border, have expressed mixed reactions to their country's full-scale attack on Ukraine.
People gathered at the railway station in Kostyantynivka, in eastern Ukraine, hoping to catch a train to safety following Russia's invasion on February 24. A tearful woman said she had heard Poland would take refugees, while a man said his family would go "wherever there's an open door."
Ukrainian soldiers whom Current Time caught up with on February 23 in the Donetsk city of Horlivka -- a town on the front line with Russia-backed separatists -- said they have noticed a change since Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the separatist entities as independent states.
Analysts consider what could come next in the unfolding crisis, after Russia recognized separatist areas in eastern Ukraine as independent states and ordered troops into the territory they control. While some see war as "inevitable," others argue there may still be scope for compromise.
More Russian military vehicles were being moved to Crimea on February 20 amid fears of a major Russian invasion of Ukraine.
On February 19, Current Time correspondents caught up with passengers on buses that were part of a convoy of evacuees from Donetsk and its environs to Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov region.
Evacuation orders and a dramatic jump in cease-fire violations blamed on Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine is raising concerns that Moscow is trying provoke Ukraine and draw it into a war.
Video recorded by Current Time on February 18 shows Russian military equipment and personnel in several areas of the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.
The director of a documentary about jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny reveals how he shot his award-winning film.
Amid constant reports about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, some Kyiv residents are preparing for the worst. Water-storage tanks are being filled, people are taking first aid courses, and civil defense instructors are teaching people where to hide.
Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny attended the start of a new trial on February 15 on fraud charges widely seen as politically motivated. The session took place inside Correctional Colony No. 2 in the town of Pokrov, some 100 kilometers east of Moscow.
A 79-year-old resident of Mariupol in Ukraine's south, Valentyna Konstantynovska, says she wants to be ready to defend her family in case of a Russian invasion. She was among a group of civilians, including children, who were shown weapons and instructed how to use them.
A young Belarusian cross-country skier who was barred from competition after sports officials accused her of supporting the opposition has left the country.
An orangutan at the city zoo received more votes than a polar bear resembling the symbol of Russia’s ruling political party, prompting authorities in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk to halt a poll to choose the city’s animal mascot.
Deadly shootouts broke out along a disputed section of the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on January 27 -- the latest of several violent clashes in recent years. At least two people died and many more were wounded.
Crowds of Chechens massed in central Grozny to burn pictures of a human rights activist's family, whom Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has threatened with death. The treatment of Abubakar Yangulbayev has caused an outcry in Russia.
A Russian lawmaker from the North Caucasus region of Chechnya has vowed to "cut off the heads" of all members of the family of Abubakar Yangulbayev, a former lawyer for the Committee Against Torture group.
Medical staff in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv say the regional children's hospital there is 90 percent full, with over 100 children admitted, including babies. Doctors at the facility say the omicron variant appears to be less grave than previous strains of COVID-19.
Natalya Lyutykova fled her native Crimea after Russia seized the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014. Now living near Kyiv's airport, she fears her family is in Russia's crosshairs once again and is preparing for a possible attack by stocking up on canned food.
Details of 48 million COVID-19 vaccination certificates are reportedly being sold on the dark web for $100,000. Journalists identified a vulnerability with an online governmental portal containing vaccination data in 2021 and reported it to Russia's Communications Ministry.
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