Austin Malloy is a multimedia editor in the Central Newsroom of RFE/RL in Prague.
Ukraine marks the 10th anniversary of the Euromaidan protest movement that erupted after then-President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an EU Association Agreement. In mid-February 2014, more than 100 people were killed as security forces opened fire on protesters.
Kateryna Ukrayinets was four months pregnant when she found out that her husband was killed while defending Ukraine against Russian forces. Speaking to RFE/RL, the 21-year-old widow said she had no idea how she would live without the father of her child.
Ukrainian troops continue to hold out in Avdiyivka as Russian forces attack the industrial city in the Donetsk region. Russian forces have suffered heavy losses during the onslaught, according to Ukrainian officials. Some 1,500 people continue to live among the ruins of their once peaceful city.
Residents of the frontline city of Chasiv Yar fight to hold on to their dignity as they scratch out an existence in the ruins of heavy fighting. Despite constant attacks, one resident told Current Time that they returned to the city after evacuating because it's "better to be at home."
An Iranian-born grandmother in Israel pleads for the release of her 23-year-old granddaughter, Romi Gonen, after she was kidnapped at a music festival on October 7 by the extremist group Hamas, which is recognized as a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union.
The Kyrgyz racehorse Karakyz has emerged victorious in multiple Central Asian horse-riding championships, earning legendary status among spectators as the fastest horse in the region. The mighty mare has dominated the At Chabysh race, one of Central Asia's oldest equestrian competitions.
Afghans who have fled Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are living in makeshift camps on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing. RFE/RL's Radio Azadi spoke with Afghans compelled to flee amid the new anti-migrant policy. Aid groups say they lack proper shelter and food.
Former Ukrainian combat medic Roman Zamriy reveals the horrors and challenges of frontline care including fatal mistakes made during fighting. Zamriy, who planned evacuation routes for wounded soldiers, says it can take days before injured soldiers are taken from frontline positions.
I spent nearly four years living in Ukraine as a journalist before leaving in January 2022. Now, I was back. When I was preparing to leave the country, Kyiv was filled with speculation: Would Russia attack or wouldn’t it? Now, here I was, with a war-weary 12-year-old named Polyna.
Ethnic Armenian Rafik Sarkisian rode his beloved horse from Nagorno-Karabakh to safety in Armenia after Azerbaijani forces attacked Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. He traveled for over 24 hours before a local Armenian family took in the exhausted 60-year-old.
RFE/RL joins a Ukrainian border patrol as it monitors the Dnieper River in the country's northern Chernihiv region where it borders Belarus. Russian forces entered Ukraine from Belarus at the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022. Kyiv has since strengthened its defenses in the area.
Ukrainian tank crews are rolling into battle with the Swedish version of the German Leopard 2 tank. Current Time correspondent Oleksiy Prodayvoda visited Ukrainian troops near the front line who say Russian forces fear the tank's high-precision, armor-piercing shells.
A Russian-born émigré tells Current Time how her family hid in a safe room as gunmen searched their home in Israel. Maria Ballach moved to Israel 20 years ago and is a resident of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, an Israeli village near the border with Gaza. She says she could hear the attackers talking.
Funerals were held on October 10 for victims of an attack on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that killed dozens of people during a memorial service for a fallen soldier. The son and daughter-in-law of the fallen soldier, Denys and Nina Kozyr, were among the victims who were laid to rest.
Some 14,000 Ukrainian nationals who fled to Israel have found themselves under attack again as Hamas launched an attack on the country. A Ukrainian refugee told RFE/RL that the attack "was like déjà vu." In the Gaza Strip, a Ukrainian mother has asked for safe passage out of the territory.
A 13-year-old boy drove seven relatives out of Nagorno-Karabakh to safety in Armenia amid a mass exodus from the region. With his military father away during fighting, the family says the young teenager, Gor Khachatrian, was their only hope to reach Armenia.
Azerbaijan continues to arrest and charge Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian leadership following Baku's takeover of the region. Baku has said it plans to give amnesty to Armenian fighters but is looking to arrest people it claims committed "war crimes."
Over half the estimated population of 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh has fled to Armenia, according to Yerevan officials. Armenian volunteers are doing what they can to provide relief to the displaced people who have flooded into the country.
Many of Ukraine's homegrown UAV producers are modifying their drone fleets with the latest, cutting-edge technology. The upgrades, which now include artificial intelligence, are helping the outgunned country punch above its weight on the battlefield.
Thousands of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have flooded into the border town of Goris after enduring an arduous journey out of the the crisis-hit region. RFE/RL spoke with refugees in Armenia who said they left everything behind and hadn't eaten in days.
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