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Ukrainians who've undergone the Russian vetting process known as "filtration" describe arbitrary violence and threats, explicit or implied, and KGB-like questions to test fleeing civilians' loyalty.
Members of a local council in Moscow who spoke out against their country's invasion of Ukraine are now facing criminal proceedings that could carry a 10-year prison sentence. One councilor said it would be a "show trial."
Residents of the village of Yahidne in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region say that over 300 of them were held in a school basement for 28 days in March by Russian forces. They say that they were only allowed out once per day for 20 minutes and that several villagers were shot by soldiers.
French authorities say they have impounded a villa in the city of Biarritz belonging to Kirill Shamalov, the former husband of Katerina Tikhonova, a daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A Ukrainian man has recounted how Russian troops told him he was about to be executed, before firing close to his ears. He said he was one of a number of men subjected to fake executions in this way while being held captive in a basement.
Thousands of domestic dogs and cats have been lost or abandoned since Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24. One of the shelters where animals are taken from war zones is in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where 150 dogs and almost 200 cats are currently being looked after.
One of the most famous anti-war protesters in St. Petersburg is 77-year-old artist Yelena Osipova, who is known by many as "the conscience of the city." Osipova openly expresses her views even though more than 15,000 people have already been detained in Russia for participating in peaceful protests.
Ukrainian mine-clearance teams are combing through urban and agricultural land for unexploded munitions left behind following two months of Russian shelling. Current Time reporter Borys Sachalko and camerman Serhiy Dykun watched the teams at work near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Russian authorities have designated the former head of an independent radio station, a longtime ally of a jailed opposition leader, and seven others as "foreign agents" in a crackdown that has intensified since Russia launched all-out war in Ukraine eight weeks ago.
A 25-year-old Russian soldier has posted a video blog of his time in Ukraine, showing him and his comrades firing at Ukrainian positions and cavorting in occupied apartments.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Ukrainian city of Mariupol had been "liberated" after nearly two months of fighting, but U.S. President Joe Biden said this claim was "questionable" as he announced another $1.3 billion in U.S. aid for Ukraine.
Thousands of people have been lining up at Kyiv's main post office to buy a stamp honoring defiant Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island. In February, they refused to surrender to the Russian warship, the Moskva, which has since sunk.
Across Ukraine, moves are being made to "de-Russify," with names of streets being changed and statues removed. Three cities have even taken down statues of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The authorities in Kharkiv are considering similar measures. Local historian Pylyp Dykan explained why
A Ukrainian mother tells how her 13-year-old son was killed when she and her children tried to flee a village occupied by Russian forces. Inna says that, at first, Russian troops allowed her family to leave and even waved goodbye, but then opened fire at the cars they were traveling in.
Speaking in vox pops shot in various cities on April 6-13, Russian family members of people in Ukraine describe their exchanges, sometimes daily, and share their worries, not only over their relatives' safety but also -- in some cases -- about whether Ukrainians are being led astray.
Russia says it is expelling 36 diplomats from two EU countries in retaliation for similar steps taken against Moscow's foreign envoys over the Kremlin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
Five days after the attack on the Moskva -- the largest warship to sink in 40 years -- the fate of the Russian crew is still shrouded in mystery, with officials keeping quiet as family members post that their sons and husbands are dead or missing.
After sheltering in a basement for more than two weeks, several players from a women's soccer team in Mariupol managed to escape their besieged city, which has been reduced to ruins by Russian forces.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, almost 4.5 million Ukrainians have left the country. Most of them are now in Europe, but some went to Russia. The residents of the Donbas often had no choice but to go to Russia, because the road to western Ukraine was cut off.
In the Ukrainian town of Bucha, near Kyiv, French forensic experts have joined Ukrainian authorities in exhuming and identifying bodies from mass graves.
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