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 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:16:10 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Russia launched one of its largest drone-and-missile attacks on Ukraine, striking cities across the country. At least four people were killed in Kyiv and at least nine in Dnipro, with dozens more injured. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia fired 73 missiles and 656 drones overnight on June 2. https://www.rferl.org/a/massive-russian-strike-on-ukraine-kills-civilians/33770894.html https://www.rferl.org/a/massive-russian-strike-on-ukraine-kills-civilians/33770894.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:32:49 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine A large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least four people and injured dozens, including children, Ukrainian officials said. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-and-missile-attack-kyiv-ukraine/33770716.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drone-and-missile-attack-kyiv-ukraine/33770716.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:55:33 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline Some 300 Ukrainian drone operators recently took a break from combat to compete in an event called Wild Drones. The competition in the Lviv region gives them a chance to earn bragging rights and give feedback to defense firms behind technology that is being used in the long-running war with Russia. https://www.rferl.org/a/from-battlefield-to-racecourse-ukraine-s-drone-pilots-compete-far-from-the-front-lines/33768356.html https://www.rferl.org/a/from-battlefield-to-racecourse-ukraine-s-drone-pilots-compete-far-from-the-front-lines/33768356.html Sun, 31 May 2026 11:12:51 +0200 VideosUkraineVideo ArchiveThe Rundown Stories Ukraine says that its forces carried out a large-scale overnight drone assault targeting military and infrastructure sites inside Russia and Russian-occupied territory. https://www.rferl.org/a/zelensky-warns-massive-attack-missile-drone-strike/33768994.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelensky-warns-massive-attack-missile-drone-strike/33768994.html Sat, 30 May 2026 13:44:09 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline At a medical stabilization point near the front line city of Dobropillya, medics treat soldiers wounded by mines and first-person-view (FPV) drones. Doctors say, evacuating the wounded has become increasingly difficult due to constant drone threats. https://www.rferl.org/a/how-ukrainian-medics-save-wounded-soldiers/33766723.html https://www.rferl.org/a/how-ukrainian-medics-save-wounded-soldiers/33766723.html Wed, 27 May 2026 15:22:24 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea said Ukraine attacked the port city of Sevastopol using Storm Shadow missiles, while Ukrainian officials reported Russian drone strikes on several regions. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-strikes-missiles/33766579.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-strikes-missiles/33766579.html Wed, 27 May 2026 12:33:50 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russian forces struck the frontline city of Kramatorsk with aerial bombs, damaging residential buildings and injuring more than 10 people on May 25, according to local officials. Residents described shattered windows, destroyed apartments, and panic moments after the blasts. https://www.rferl.org/a/frontline-kramatorsk-hit-by-russian-air-strike/33765914.html https://www.rferl.org/a/frontline-kramatorsk-hit-by-russian-air-strike/33765914.html Tue, 26 May 2026 13:54:50 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades Ukraine Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya arrived in Kyiv, in the exiled Belarusian opposition leader’s first trip to Ukraine more than four years into the all-out Russian invasion. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-belarus-russia-war-tsikhanouskaya-opposition-leader/33764278.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-belarus-russia-war-tsikhanouskaya-opposition-leader/33764278.html Mon, 25 May 2026 12:07:07 +0200 NewsBelarusUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Friends, classmates, and teachers gathered in Kyiv to say goodbye to sisters Vira and Lyubava Yakovleva, killed in a Russian strike on May 14. Vira was 17. Lyubava was 12. Their father had already been killed in the war in 2023. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-mourns-2-sisters-killed-in-a-russian-strike/33760295.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-mourns-2-sisters-killed-in-a-russian-strike/33760295.html Tue, 19 May 2026 16:04:18 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories In the wake of massive drone strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine launched air attacks on May 17 called the heaviest to hit the Moscow area in over a year. At least four people died, officials said on Sunday, in strikes on the Moscow and Belgorod regions. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-russia-drone-strike-kyiv-zelenskyy/33758823.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-moscow-russia-drone-strike-kyiv-zelenskyy/33758823.html Sun, 17 May 2026 17:35:26 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Russia is preparing to assault the city of Dobropillya, according to Ukraine’s military. Located a few kilometers from the front line, the city is burning and being destroyed by bombs, artillery, and drones. Despite daily shelling, some civilians flatly refuse to leave and remain in Dobropillya.  https://www.rferl.org/a/a-night-under-russian-bombs-in-dobropillya/33757592.html https://www.rferl.org/a/a-night-under-russian-bombs-in-dobropillya/33757592.html Sun, 17 May 2026 07:51:00 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Mourners paid tribute to Ukrainians killed on May 14 when a Russian air attack caused an apartment building to collapse in Kyiv. "They just wiped out people," said one witness about the attack at a makeshift memorial near the ruins. Meanwhile, Russia followed up with more attacks May 16. https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-apartment-drone-strike-memorial-russia-sumy-counterstrike/33758370.html https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-apartment-drone-strike-memorial-russia-sumy-counterstrike/33758370.html Sat, 16 May 2026 18:07:19 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Rescue crews searched through the rubble after Russian forces hit a Kyiv apartment building in an attack that killed at least 24 people, and US President Donald Trump suggested the strike could set back peace efforts. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-apartment-building-russia-strike/33757413.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-apartment-building-russia-strike/33757413.html Fri, 15 May 2026 02:31:33 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russia launched 56 missiles and 675 drones at Ukraine overnight Ukraine’s Air Force said on May 14. Officials reported several people killed and dozens injured after one of the strikes caused an apartment building to collapse. https://www.rferl.org/a/apartment-block-collapses-in-kyiv-during-massive-russian-attack/33756745.html https://www.rferl.org/a/apartment-block-collapses-in-kyiv-during-massive-russian-attack/33756745.html Thu, 14 May 2026 12:35:19 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Ukrainian court ordered Andriy Yermak jailed as part of a luxury real estate scandal, setting bail at $3 million for the man who was once President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's most influential adviser. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-yermak-corruption-trial-bail/33756626.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-yermak-corruption-trial-bail/33756626.html Thu, 14 May 2026 09:45:18 +0200 NewsUkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukraine's anti-corruption prosecutor will seek the detention of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's former chief of staff Andriy Yermak pending further investigation in a graft case that has rocked Kyiv as the country battles against the full-scale Russian invasion, now in its fifth year. https://www.rferl.org/a/yermak-zelenskyy-suspicion-ukraine-investigation/33754687.html https://www.rferl.org/a/yermak-zelenskyy-suspicion-ukraine-investigation/33754687.html Mon, 11 May 2026 23:58:47 +0200 NewsUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian drone hit a high-rise residential building in Ukraine's second-largest city, authorities said, injuring at least five people and straining a three-day cease-fire timed for Victory Day celebrations. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-war-cease-fire/33753723.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-war-cease-fire/33753723.html Sun, 10 May 2026 09:49:17 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Leonid and Valentyna Stoyanov, two veterinarians in Odesa, took in as many injured and abandoned animals as they could. Soon, they were making regular trips to the front lines to rescue animals affected by the war. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-veterinarians-rescued-animals-front-lines/33752175.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-veterinarians-rescued-animals-front-lines/33752175.html Fri, 08 May 2026 15:45:30 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories Russian aerial bombs struck the center of Kramatorsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region on May 5, killing at least five people and wounding several others. The city of Zaporizhzhya also came under attack, with air strikes leaving at least 12 dead, while at least four others were reported killed in Dnipro. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-attacks-kramatorsk-zaporizhzhya-dnipro/33750644.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-attacks-kramatorsk-zaporizhzhya-dnipro/33750644.html Tue, 05 May 2026 21:49:06 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories A Russian drone struck close to a bus carrying 40 children in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, as the children were heading to a resort in western Ukraine amid continued air attacks between Moscow and Kyiv. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-strike-children-bus-dnipropetrovsk/33748138.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-strike-children-bus-dnipropetrovsk/33748138.html Sun, 03 May 2026 16:12:12 +0200 UkraineNewsRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories