https://www.rferl.org/z/670 RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Ukraine https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org/z/670 en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:55:55 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL The drop does not signal a political crisis for Putin. But Kremlin officials are sensitive to shifts in public opinion, and the current trend is being scrutinizing internally by the officials charged with managing Russia’s political system. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-approval-ratings-popularity-falling-war-politics/33727746.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-approval-ratings-popularity-falling-war-politics/33727746.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:05:00 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine The West “must keep Ukraine as a priority” and increase pressure on Russia amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, which is drawing attention away from Europe’s deadliest conflict since 1945, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told RFE/RL. He also said the Iran war “is now also a NATO topic.” https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ukraine-russia-nato-tsahkna-security/33726914.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ukraine-russia-nato-tsahkna-security/33726914.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:57:24 +0200 IranFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories The European Commission is increasing pressure on Ukraine to adopt several key reforms it was expected to pass last year, in a bid to secure more EU funding and advance toward membership of the bloc. https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-pressures-ukraine-reforms-funding-membership-delay/33726670.html https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-pressures-ukraine-reforms-funding-membership-delay/33726670.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:45:11 +0200 NewsUkraineThe Rundown StoriesEurope A Russian drone strike on a civilian bus in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol has killed four people and injured 16 others, Ukrainian officials said, amid a wave of overnight attacks that left civilians, including children, dead or injured on both sides. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-deadly-drone-strikes/33726601.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-deadly-drone-strikes/33726601.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:44:15 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories At least three people, including a two-year-old, were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine said on April 6. On the same day, Kyiv also said it had hit a Russian missile carrier in an attack on the port of Novorossiisk. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-exchange-drone-strikes/33725871.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-exchange-drone-strikes/33725871.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:09:24 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban traveled to the TurkStream gas pipeline on the Hungarian-Serbian border on April 6, inspecting infrastructure that his government says was the target of a foiled sabotage attempt -- six days before parliamentary elections that polls suggest he may lose. https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives/33725865.html https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-serbia-turkstream-gas-pipeline-ukraine-explosives/33725865.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:49:54 +0200 NewsUkraineSerbiaHungaryThe Rundown Stories Serbian military and police officers have found a cache of highly powerful explosives not far from a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Turkey to Hungary, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on April 5. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline-hungary-balkan-stream/33725278.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline-hungary-balkan-stream/33725278.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:12:37 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineSerbiaHungaryThe Rundown Stories Ukraine has kept up its attacks on Russian oil export and production infrastructure, hitting facilities in two regions, while widespread Russian drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least one civilian overnight and fighting persisted at the front, officials said. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-oil-drone-strikes-donbas/33725223.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-oil-drone-strikes-donbas/33725223.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:27:30 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Marking the 1,500th day of the full-scale invasion, Russia launched a massive wave of air strikes across Ukraine during the night of April 3–4. https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-russia-easter-escalation/33724676.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-russia-easter-escalation/33724676.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:37:21 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineThe Rundown Stories Days after the film ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Won an Oscar for best documentary, a Russian court banned it, and prosecutors labeled its director a “foreign agent.” What does he think about it? “You couldn’t dream up a better advertising campaign." https://www.rferl.org/a/pavel-talankin-mr-nobody-film-putin-interview/33723253.html https://www.rferl.org/a/pavel-talankin-mr-nobody-film-putin-interview/33723253.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:32:21 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline In a non-descript warehouse on the perimeters of a Munich-area airport, a joint venture is marrying Ukrainian expertise with German capital, building drones for Ukraine’s military – and eventually global markets. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-germany-drone-production/33723276.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-germany-drone-production/33723276.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:56:53 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline In Bavaria, the first joint German-Ukrainian facility to start manufacturing Ukrainian drones abroad. RFE/RL visited the workshop where Linza drones are assembled. It's the first of several new joint ventures that Ukraine is launching for military production in Europe. https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-goes-inside-the-first-german-ukrainian-production-plant/33723213.html https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-goes-inside-the-first-german-ukrainian-production-plant/33723213.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:56:32 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine As Russia faces a manpower shortage in 2026, reports surface of intoxicated men increasingly being tricked into signing military contracts at local enlistment offices. https://www.rferl.org/a/drunk-sign-here-russia-recruits-intoxicated-men-as-military-manpower-crisis-peaks/33722376.html https://www.rferl.org/a/drunk-sign-here-russia-recruits-intoxicated-men-as-military-manpower-crisis-peaks/33722376.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:20:18 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline The United States has removed sanctions on three Russian-flagged commercial vessels, sparking debate over whether the move signals a shift in US- Russia policy. https://www.rferl.org/a/us-sanctions-russia-vessels-treasury-policy-shift/33722318.html https://www.rferl.org/a/us-sanctions-russia-vessels-treasury-policy-shift/33722318.html Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:59:33 +0200 NewsIranRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian forces stationed near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region say they've seen increasing attacks by Russian forces. Ukraine’s General Oleksandr Syrskiy said Russia had some 6,000 battlefield casualties in four days, but Ukrainian troops said there's no sign of a shortage of Russian manpower. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-forces-battle-intense-russian-offensive-near-obliterated-pokrovsk/33719998.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-forces-battle-intense-russian-offensive-near-obliterated-pokrovsk/33719998.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:26:55 +0200 VideosRussiaUkraineVideo ArchiveRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories President Donald Trump has renewed his warning to Tehran to reach a deal to end the war soon and also to open the Strait of Hormuz or he will order air strikes with the aim of "completely obliterating" Iran's oil export hub of Kharg Island, oil wells, and power plants. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-warning-iran-deal-energy-attacks/33719920.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-warning-iran-deal-energy-attacks/33719920.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:11:22 +0200 IranNewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline A major Russian oil export terminal was hit again by drones, local officials said, the latest in a series of Ukrainian attacks that have severely restricted Russia’s ability to take advantage of soaring global energy prices. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-oil-drone-attack-fire-export/33719116.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-oil-drone-attack-fire-export/33719116.html Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:39:28 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of lying when he suggested this week that the United States was conditioning security guarantees for Kyiv with the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Donbas. https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-zelenskyy-lie-donbas-war-russia-ukraine/33718272.html https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-zelenskyy-lie-donbas-war-russia-ukraine/33718272.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:07:12 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Foreign ministers from the G7 are discussing a major effort to repair damage to the protective shelter at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, with costs estimated at around $575 million, a sign that Kyiv remains at the center of high-level talks despite competing global crises. https://www.rferl.org/a/g7-chernobyl-dome-repair-france-ukraine/33717924.html https://www.rferl.org/a/g7-chernobyl-dome-repair-france-ukraine/33717924.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:32:35 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in France early on March 27, joining G7 foreign ministers and allied representatives who have already gathered for the second day of a high-stakes meeting overshadowed by tensions over Iran, Ukraine, and global security. https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-france-g7-iran-ukraine-hormuz-allies-eu/33717686.html https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-france-g7-iran-ukraine-hormuz-allies-eu/33717686.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:35:17 +0100 IranNewsUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East