https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:05:53 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Russian authorities said a Ukrainian drone hit a bus carrying a Belarusian children's football team in Russia's Bryansk region, a claim Kyiv said was "false." https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-ukraine-russia-drone-strike-bus-children/33783067.html https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-ukraine-russia-drone-strike-bus-children/33783067.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:38:55 +0200 NewsBelarusRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories US President Donald Trump held a “very good meeting” with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the G7 summit in France, adding that “Russia should make a deal” while hinting that Europe’s largest conflict since World War II might be moving up his priority list. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine-focus-iran-russia/33782190.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine-focus-iran-russia/33782190.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:57:38 +0200 NewsIranRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Locals evacuated paintings and other artworks from the Kharkiv Art Museum after it was struck by a Russian drone on June 14. The attack started a fire in the building, which houses thousands of works by prominent Ukrainian artists. https://www.rferl.org/a/kharkiv-art-museum-struck-by-russia/33781501.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kharkiv-art-museum-struck-by-russia/33781501.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:31:35 +0200 VideosRussiaUkraineVideo ArchiveRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Parts of the UNESCO-protected Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine's most revered Orthodox monastery, were set ablaze during a Russian missile and drone barrage. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-monastery-of-the-caves-fire-ukraine/33781324.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-monastery-of-the-caves-fire-ukraine/33781324.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:37:35 +0200 VideosUkraineVideo ArchiveRussia Invades Ukraine The UNESCO-protected Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine's most important Orthodox monastery, was set ablaze during a massive overnight missile and drone barrage that killed at least 11 people and injured dozens across the country. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-trump-putin-zelenskyy-kyiv-lavra/33780576.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-trump-putin-zelenskyy-kyiv-lavra/33780576.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:46:06 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Kyiv Residents have mixed reactions over the removal of a statue of writer Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master And Margarita. Born in Kyiv, the novelist penned sharp satires of Soviet society. But Ukrainian officials said Bulgakov also symbolized Russian imperial thinking. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-bulgakov-master-margarita-statue-removal-russia-empire/33776091.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-bulgakov-master-margarita-statue-removal-russia-empire/33776091.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:24:03 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Russian forces hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's Chernobyl power plant, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said June 7. He called the strike an "extremely vile" attack as international atomic energy monitors announced it did not lead to a spike in radiation. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-chernobyl-strike-nuclear-radiation-russia-iaea/33774622.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-chernobyl-strike-nuclear-radiation-russia-iaea/33774622.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:40:05 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Gas stations across Russian-occupied Crimea are facing worsening fuel shortages, with long queues, rationing, and voucher-based distribution reported by residents. Ukrainian strikes on fuel-supply routes to the peninsula are cited as one of the contributing factors to the crisis. https://www.rferl.org/a/fuel-crisis-hits-russian-occupied-crimea/33773280.html https://www.rferl.org/a/fuel-crisis-hits-russian-occupied-crimea/33773280.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:16:11 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine Russia launched one of its largest drone-and-missile attacks on Ukraine, striking cities across the country. At least four people were killed in Kyiv and at least nine in Dnipro, with dozens more injured. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia fired 73 missiles and 656 drones overnight on June 2. https://www.rferl.org/a/massive-russian-strike-on-ukraine-kills-civilians/33770894.html https://www.rferl.org/a/massive-russian-strike-on-ukraine-kills-civilians/33770894.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:32:49 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine A large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least four people and injured dozens, including children, Ukrainian officials said. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-and-missile-attack-kyiv-ukraine/33770716.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-and-missile-attack-kyiv-ukraine/33770716.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:55:33 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline Some 300 Ukrainian drone operators recently took a break from combat to compete in an event called Wild Drones. The competition in the Lviv region gives them a chance to earn bragging rights and give feedback to defense firms behind technology that is being used in the long-running war with Russia. https://www.rferl.org/a/from-battlefield-to-racecourse-ukraine-s-drone-pilots-compete-far-from-the-front-lines/33768356.html https://www.rferl.org/a/from-battlefield-to-racecourse-ukraine-s-drone-pilots-compete-far-from-the-front-lines/33768356.html Sun, 31 May 2026 11:12:51 +0200 VideosUkraineVideo ArchiveThe Rundown Stories Ukraine says that its forces carried out a large-scale overnight drone assault targeting military and infrastructure sites inside Russia and Russian-occupied territory. https://www.rferl.org/a/zelensky-warns-massive-attack-missile-drone-strike/33768994.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelensky-warns-massive-attack-missile-drone-strike/33768994.html Sat, 30 May 2026 13:44:09 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline At a medical stabilization point near the front line city of Dobropillya, medics treat soldiers wounded by mines and first-person-view (FPV) drones. Doctors say, evacuating the wounded has become increasingly difficult due to constant drone threats. https://www.rferl.org/a/how-ukrainian-medics-save-wounded-soldiers/33766723.html https://www.rferl.org/a/how-ukrainian-medics-save-wounded-soldiers/33766723.html Wed, 27 May 2026 15:22:24 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea said Ukraine attacked the port city of Sevastopol using Storm Shadow missiles, while Ukrainian officials reported Russian drone strikes on several regions. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-strikes-missiles/33766579.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-strikes-missiles/33766579.html Wed, 27 May 2026 12:33:50 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russian forces struck the frontline city of Kramatorsk with aerial bombs, damaging residential buildings and injuring more than 10 people on May 25, according to local officials. Residents described shattered windows, destroyed apartments, and panic moments after the blasts. https://www.rferl.org/a/frontline-kramatorsk-hit-by-russian-air-strike/33765914.html https://www.rferl.org/a/frontline-kramatorsk-hit-by-russian-air-strike/33765914.html Tue, 26 May 2026 13:54:50 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Kyiv, in the exiled Belarusian opposition leader’s first trip to Ukraine more than four years into the all-out Russian invasion. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-belarus-russia-war-tsikhanouskaya-opposition-leader/33764278.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-belarus-russia-war-tsikhanouskaya-opposition-leader/33764278.html Mon, 25 May 2026 12:07:07 +0200 NewsBelarusUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Friends, classmates, and teachers gathered in Kyiv to say goodbye to sisters Vira and Lyubava Yakovleva, killed in a Russian strike on May 14. Vira was 17. Lyubava was 12. Their father had already been killed in the war in 2023. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-mourns-2-sisters-killed-in-a-russian-strike/33760295.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-mourns-2-sisters-killed-in-a-russian-strike/33760295.html Tue, 19 May 2026 16:04:18 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories In the wake of massive drone strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine launched air attacks on May 17 called the heaviest to hit the Moscow area in over a year. At least four people died, officials said on Sunday, in strikes on the Moscow and Belgorod regions. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-russia-drone-strike-kyiv-zelenskyy/33758823.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-russia-drone-strike-kyiv-zelenskyy/33758823.html Sun, 17 May 2026 17:35:26 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Russia is preparing to assault the city of Dobropillya, according to Ukraine’s military. Located a few kilometers from the front line, the city is burning and being destroyed by bombs, artillery, and drones. Despite daily shelling, some civilians flatly refuse to leave and remain in Dobropillya.  https://www.rferl.org/a/a-night-under-russian-bombs-in-dobropillya/33757592.html https://www.rferl.org/a/a-night-under-russian-bombs-in-dobropillya/33757592.html Sun, 17 May 2026 07:51:00 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Mourners paid tribute to Ukrainians killed on May 14 when a Russian air attack caused an apartment building to collapse in Kyiv. "They just wiped out people," said one witness about the attack at a makeshift memorial near the ruins. Meanwhile, Russia followed up with more attacks May 16. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-apartment-drone-strike-memorial-russia-sumy-counterstrike/33758370.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-apartment-drone-strike-memorial-russia-sumy-counterstrike/33758370.html Sat, 16 May 2026 18:07:19 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine