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 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:32:55 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL More than a dozen people were killed in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in and around Kyiv on July 6. Residential buildings were hit, and more than 40 people were wounded, including children. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kyiv-civilian-deaths-missile-drone-strike/33797782.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kyiv-civilian-deaths-missile-drone-strike/33797782.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:50:48 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories At least 17 people were killed and more than 80 injured, including children, in overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, on July 2. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned that Russia was preparing a massive strike. https://www.rferl.org/a/deadly-overnight-russian-strike-hits-kyiv/33794697.html https://www.rferl.org/a/deadly-overnight-russian-strike-hits-kyiv/33794697.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:20:41 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine In a suburb near Zaporizhzhya, in Ukraine's southeast, residents say civilian areas previously considered safe are now being targeted by Russian drones. City officials have restricted public transit routes and installed anti-drone nets in high-traffic areas in an effort to protect residents. https://www.rferl.org/a/outside-zaporizhzhya-everyone-is-scared-as-russian-drone-strikes-intensify/33789500.html https://www.rferl.org/a/outside-zaporizhzhya-everyone-is-scared-as-russian-drone-strikes-intensify/33789500.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:41:00 +0200 VideosUkraineVideo ArchiveThe Rundown Stories As Russia launches waves of drone attacks, one of Ukraine's best defenses is an inexpensive, domestically produced weapon: the Sting interceptor drone. These 3D-printed quadcopters are designed to take out Shahed drones and cost less than one-tenth as much as their targets. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-interceptor-drones-russia-technology/33756539.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-interceptor-drones-russia-technology/33756539.html Thu, 14 May 2026 13:45:03 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories In the Donetsk region near the embattled city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian troops fight extreme cold amid ongoing Russian attacks. At a trauma stabilization point in the Zaporizhzhya region, medical workers say they've seen cases of frostbite and severe hypothermia. https://www.rferl.org/a/severe-hypothermia-ukrainian-frontline-troops-are-battling-extreme-cold-/33664075.html https://www.rferl.org/a/severe-hypothermia-ukrainian-frontline-troops-are-battling-extreme-cold-/33664075.html Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:31:35 +0100 VideosUkraineVideo ArchiveRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A stud farm in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region is famous for breeding champion race horses, but it's now under regular attack from Russian shelling. The owners can't move their horses to safety because ice has covered the anti-drone road netting. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-shelling-horse-farm-stud-zaporizhzhya-roads-ice-drone/33654793.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-shelling-horse-farm-stud-zaporizhzhya-roads-ice-drone/33654793.html Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:11:04 +0100 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Students in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region are being taught in a new network of reinforced underground schools. The facilities in the frontline region are designed to protect students from missile strikes, air raids, and constant shelling. https://www.rferl.org/a/underground-schools-protecting-children-in-frontline-ukraine/33623529.html https://www.rferl.org/a/underground-schools-protecting-children-in-frontline-ukraine/33623529.html Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:13:05 +0100 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Earlier this year, displaced people from eastern Ukraine arrived in Mezhova, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, to take refuge from the fighting. Now Russian air strikes are battering the town as a few holdouts remain without electricity and a stalwart journalist keeps publishing the local newspaper. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-front-lines-dnipropetrovsk-mezhova/33613161.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-front-lines-dnipropetrovsk-mezhova/33613161.html Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:10:43 +0100 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russian forces are pushing closer to Pokrovske, a strategic village between Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya. With the front line approaching, Ukrainian police are carrying out mandatory evacuations, warning residents of constant shelling and growing danger. https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-push-near-frontline-village-police-evacuate-families-pokrovske/33610182.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-push-near-frontline-village-police-evacuate-families-pokrovske/33610182.html Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:18:22 +0100 UkraineRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian soldiers are entrenched near the boundaries of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions as Russian forces to the east make slow gains. The soldiers told Current Time they expect more Russian troops on the ground, while civilians are fleeing nearby villages under the threat of drone attack. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-front-lines-artillery/33561857.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-front-lines-artillery/33561857.html Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:14:35 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories Current Time correspondent Oleksiy Prodayvoda and cameraman Mykola Ryzhchenko spent a day with a Ukrainian reconnaissance team on the front line in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region. They watched as the team located a Russian artillery gun and helped guide in a drone strike. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-reconnaissance-russia-dnipropetrovs/33525794.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-reconnaissance-russia-dnipropetrovs/33525794.html Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:03:24 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Russian drone strikes are driving people out of villages in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region. The Proliska humanitarian organization says evacuation requests are soaring while transport is in short supply. For some, delaying the decision to leave has ended in tragedy. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-drone-strikes-evacuations-proliska-pokrovsk/33519651.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-drone-strikes-evacuations-proliska-pokrovsk/33519651.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:38:23 +0200 UkraineRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories With villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region in constant danger of Russian air assaults, locals are increasingly deciding to leave their homes behind for safer places further west. As volunteers arrived to transport some of them, another Russian drone struck, underscoring the risk of remaining. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-russia-air-strike-market-civilian-evacuation-proliska-pokrovsk-pokrovske/33519489.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-russia-air-strike-market-civilian-evacuation-proliska-pokrovsk-pokrovske/33519489.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:37:14 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveRussia Invades Ukraine