A cheap Soviet weapon has been adapted to drone warfare to destroy valuable Russian armor.
Russia's military says it used sea- and air-launched missiles, artillery, and aircraft to hit targets across Ukraine. Critical infrastructure like railways and also civilian areas came under Russian fire.
Thousands take to the streets of Yerevan and hundreds are arrested after Armenia's prime minister appears to hint at a handover of long-disputed land to Azerbaijan. Armenia and Azerbaijan have long been at odds over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. In 2020, Azerbaijan's military recaptured several regions that had been under control of ethnic Armenian forces since the 1990s.
Photos from before and during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine highlight the devastating toll suffered by the southeastern Ukrainian port of Mariupol, which was a relatively prosperous industrial city before the war.
Muslims across the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr, ''the festival of the breaking of the fast," which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Striking photos from Victory Day rehearsals show uniformed Russians wearing armbands reminiscent of Nazi outfits, but most online commenters omitted a key detail.
Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the 17th week of 2022 from around RFE/RL's region.
An insight into the work of a foreign volunteer risking his life to help dispose of explosives littering the abandoned battlefields around Kyiv.
Kherson is the only Ukrainian provincial capital to have fallen during Moscow's invasion of its western neighbor. Earlier this month, RFE/RL reporter Viktoria Roshchyna went undercover to the city and nearby settlements to speak with people who are living under Russian occupation.
Violence has escalated in recent days in and around the Donbas Region as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters what the Kremlin calls a new "phase."
War brings not only death but also the devastation of historic buildings, monuments, libraries, churches, and even unique forms of transportation closely identified with a country or region.
Statues and memorials built to glorify and memorialize the Soviet Union and the Red Army have been torn down -- in one case illegally, in several countries amid outrage at the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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