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, 19 Apr 2026 22:18:15 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Russian shelling destroyed children's sports facility and an administrative building in the center of Slovyansk in the Donetsk region, as Moscow launched hundred of drones on Ukrainian regions. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-deadly-attack/33732737.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-deadly-attack/33732737.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:44:53 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russia launched more than 300 drones and three missiles at Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, hitting civilian buildings in Sumy, Slovyansk, and Dnipro. Survivors told RFE/RL on April 15 how the blasts came in the early hours sparking fires and causing widespread destruction. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-sumy-slovyansk-dnipro-zaporizhzhya-russia-drone-strike-civilian/33732756.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-sumy-slovyansk-dnipro-zaporizhzhya-russia-drone-strike-civilian/33732756.html Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:44:18 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Aerial drones are among the deadliest weapons in Ukraine's fight against Russian forces, but unmanned vehicles also play a crucial role on the ground. Near the front lines in the Donetsk region, one unit deploys ground drones to deliver supplies and evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-military-war-front-lines-ground-drones/33675409.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-military-war-front-lines-ground-drones/33675409.html Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:26:08 +0100 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories At least three people were killed in overnight Russian strikes that targeted residential buildings in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-bombs-dead-energy-winter/33672540.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-bombs-dead-energy-winter/33672540.html Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:53:38 +0100 NewsUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories As Russia’s invasion rages on, Ukrainian medical personnel are becoming increasingly vulnerable, from medevac vehicles near the fighting to hospitals in the rear. Experts warn that as frontline areas expand and Russia deploys more advanced weapons, it is becoming harder to keep medical workers safe. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-ambulance-drone-attack/33611060.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-ambulance-drone-attack/33611060.html Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:18:06 +0100 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories As Russia intensifies its effort to encircle Pokrovsk, Ukrainian units on the strategic city’s edge are under nonstop attack. RFE/RL followed Ukrainian crews holding defensive lines as they assemble their own drones to target advancing Russian troops. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-frontline-defense-pokrovsk-encirclement-report/33605260.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-frontline-defense-pokrovsk-encirclement-report/33605260.html Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:09:47 +0100 Russia Invades Ukraine RFE/RL correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko was filming a civilian evacuation team's mission in Ukraine's Donetsk region when a Russian drone strike hit their vehicle. The driver, an American chaplain with the Plain Compassion Crisis Response NGO, suffered shrapnel wounds to the face. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-journalist-russian-drone-strikes-lyman/33597500.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-journalist-russian-drone-strikes-lyman/33597500.html Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:23:29 +0100 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories Russian forces have moved closer to Kostyantynivka over the past month, trying to encircle the city in Ukraine’s Donetsk. As the death toll grows under a constant barrage of shells, few places remain to bury the dead, leaving some survivors to create makeshift graves in their yards or gardens. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-front-lines-attacks-kostyantynivka-burial/33570366.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-front-lines-attacks-kostyantynivka-burial/33570366.html Sat, 25 Oct 2025 23:01:24 +0200 UkraineVideo Archive With Russian forces on the outskirts of Kostyantynivka, residents of the eastern Ukrainian city endure daily shelling and often bury their dead in apartment court yards and gardens. RFE/RL’s Serhiy Horbatenko reports from the frontline city after one family’s home suffers a direct hit. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kostyantynivka-shelling-front-lines-casualties/33570367.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kostyantynivka-shelling-front-lines-casualties/33570367.html Sat, 25 Oct 2025 22:39:18 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideos Overnight Russian air strikes burned out apartments and hit civilian buildings in three Ukrainian regions on September 24. Ukrainian officials, in turn, said they hit Russian oil processing facilities in Salavat and Novorossiisk, in a growing campaign to attack distant petrochemical infrastructure. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kharkiv-zaporizhzhya-kramatorsk-russia-drone-bomb-civilian-salavat-oil-gas/33539572.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kharkiv-zaporizhzhya-kramatorsk-russia-drone-bomb-civilian-salavat-oil-gas/33539572.html Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:09:49 +0200 UkraineRussiaRussia Invades Ukraine Correspondent Serhiy Horbatenko of RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service travelled to the village of Yarova in Ukraine’s Donetsk region where a Russian strike killed 25. Officials say the dead were elderly people collecting their pensions. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-yarova-russian-air-attack-victims/33528929.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-yarova-russian-air-attack-victims/33528929.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:01:14 +0200 UkraineFeaturesRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Survivors of a Russian air strike that killed 25 retirees who had gathered to collect their pension checks described shock and grief to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. As volunteers helped them evacuate, one woman said she was spared only because two dead men fell on top of her. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-donetsk-yarova-russia-pensioners-drone-bomb-civilians-evacuate/33529043.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-donetsk-yarova-russia-pensioners-drone-bomb-civilians-evacuate/33529043.html Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:16 +0200 UkraineRussiaRussia Invades Ukraine Vladyslav, a member of Ukraine's National Guard, suffered a nearly fatal wound to his throat behind enemy lines in the Donetsk region. Unable to speak, Vladyslav wrote that he had been taken captive, tortured, and left for dead with his comrades before crawling for five days to safety. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-soldier-left-for-dead-donetsk/33521912.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-soldier-left-for-dead-donetsk/33521912.html Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:41 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideos Russian drones and glide bombs have been hammering the city of Kostyantynivka, north of Donetsk. A few civilians still hesitate to leave, but Proliska, a humanitarian NGO, is helping some of the last remaining residents evacuate the embattled city. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kostyantynivka-civilian-evacuations-refugee/33516743.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kostyantynivka-civilian-evacuations-refugee/33516743.html Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:24 +0200 UkraineFeaturesThe Rundown Stories In the frontline city of Kostyantynivka, residents hide from constant Russian drone strikes. Some are unable to leave on their own, while others have held out hope that the attacks would pass. But a humanitarian NGO is working to ensure that civilians can evacuate safely while they have the chance. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kostyantynivka-civilian-evacuation-drones/33516732.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kostyantynivka-civilian-evacuation-drones/33516732.html Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:16:52 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideos Ukraine is using small interceptor drones to fire nets that entangle Russian drones and knock them out of the skies over the battlefield. One Ukrainian unit said it managed to destroy 100 Russian drones in five weeks using the tactic in the dense Serebryanskyy forest. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-war-doentsk-luhansk/33511732.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-war-doentsk-luhansk/33511732.html Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:03:36 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Shaken by an increasing number of Russian drone attacks, residents of Kostyantynivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region are fleeing their homes as fighting in the area intensifies. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attacks-donetsk-evacuation/33492729.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attacks-donetsk-evacuation/33492729.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:02:44 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Shaken by constant drone attacks, residents of Kostyantynivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region are fleeing their homes. As battles in the area intensify, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service captured the last-minute goodbyes of those who had previously stayed behind. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-evacuation-drones/33492676.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-donetsk-evacuation-drones/33492676.html Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:02:02 +0200 UkraineVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Russian drone operators and their positions are priority targets for their Ukrainian counterparts in the 30th Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozkiy Mechanized Brigade. These Ukrainian soldiers are also busy fending off daily incursions in the Donetsk region. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-donetsk-drone-russia-vulnerable-electronic-warfare/33481799.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-donetsk-drone-russia-vulnerable-electronic-warfare/33481799.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:56:37 +0200 UkraineRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories With Russian forces slowly pushing forward in the Donetsk region, drone units are shouldering much of the burden of defending Ukrainian territory. Members of a drone battalion told RFE/RL they are targeting armored vehicles and infantry, including servicemen sent to resupply Russian drones. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-warfare-donetsk-region-front-lines/33480205.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-warfare-donetsk-region-front-lines/33480205.html Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:52:48 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideos