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 12:45:14 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Six people were killed and 14 others injured in a daylight incident in Kyiv on April 18, Ukrainian authorities said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the shooter had been eliminated after barricading himself in a local supermarket and taking hostages. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-shooting-incident-video/33735242.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-shooting-incident-video/33735242.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:16:22 +0200 VideosUkraineThe Rundown Stories A shooter killed six people in Kyiv before being eliminated by Ukraine's special forces in a daylight incident on April 18, according to local officials. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-shooting-incident-kyiv/33735226.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-shooting-incident-kyiv/33735226.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:14:04 +0200 UkraineNewsThe Rundown Stories At least 16 people were killed in a massive wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine on April 16, which hit Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, and other locations across the country. Officials said more than 100 were injured in the strikes. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-odesa-dnipro-strikes-deadly-russian-missiles/33733575.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-odesa-dnipro-strikes-deadly-russian-missiles/33733575.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:49:58 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades Ukraine Russia fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv, Dnipro, and other Ukrainian cities, killing at least 19 people across the country in one of the largest bombardments in months. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attacks-drones-missiles-barrage/33733467.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attacks-drones-missiles-barrage/33733467.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:25:20 +0200 NewsFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories 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 Russian attacks killed five people in the frequently targeted city of Dnipro and a child in Cherkasy on April 14, Ukrainian authorities said, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received promises of further support from Germany and Norway. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attacks-germany-norway-weapons/33732227.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attacks-germany-norway-weapons/33732227.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:46:04 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian troops near the front lines celebrated Orthodox Easter with traditional sweets after Russia and Ukraine agreed to a 36-hour truce in honor of the holiday. But both sides accused the other of violating the cease-fire, reporting thousands of incidents of drone strikes and artillery attacks. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce/33730616.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce/33730616.html Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:58:08 +0200 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideos Kyiv reported more than 450 violations of a 32-hour truce between Russia and Ukraine just hours after it came into force on April 11, following pledges by both countries to cease fire in light of Orthodox Easter. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce-zelenskyy-putin/33730029.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce-zelenskyy-putin/33730029.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:28:29 +0200 UkraineNewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Kyiv and Moscow pledged to halt fighting for 32 hours to mark Orthodox Easter, as US-backed peace negotiations to end Russia's four-year war falter and Washington focuses on its own war with Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthdox-easter-ceasefire-zelenskyy-putin/33728799.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthdox-easter-ceasefire-zelenskyy-putin/33728799.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:11:31 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories 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 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 Two Russian major ports were pounded by drones over three days as Moscow and Kyiv continued to exchange hundreds of air strikes, marking a spike in fighting as peace talks appear to be stalling despite Ukraine's attempt to revive the issue in Florida last week. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-ports-oil-war/33716185.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strikes-ports-oil-war/33716185.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:56:56 +0100 UkraineNewsRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Videos shared on social media caught the moment a drone hit the historic center of Lviv on March 24. Ukrainian officials said a UNESCO World Heritage site was among the targets of a Russian daytime drone assault on the western city. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lviv-daytime-drone-attack/33714591.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lviv-daytime-drone-attack/33714591.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:06:39 +0100 UkraineVideo ArchiveVideos Ukraine reported that Russia had launched 426 drones and missiles while peace talks remained on a "situational pause" amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-dealy-attack-drones-missiles-ukraine/33714271.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-dealy-attack-drones-missiles-ukraine/33714271.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:46:46 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russian deadly air strikes across Ukrainian regions continue as trilateral negotiations between Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington to end the four-year-old war are effectively paused amid the conflict in the Middle East. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-missile-strikes/33712857.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-missile-strikes/33712857.html Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:31:04 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russian drone and missile strikes killed five people and injured dozens across Ukraine, while Kyiv said it targeted a port and an oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-missile-attack-iran/33706687.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-missile-attack-iran/33706687.html Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:42:00 +0100 UkraineNewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Kyiv has warned that a move by the United States to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil to stabilize the global energy markets amid its military campaign against Iran could add around $10 billion to the Kremlin's war chest to use against Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-iran-us-oil-sanctions-energy-crisis/33704872.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-iran-us-oil-sanctions-energy-crisis/33704872.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:35:01 +0100 UkraineNewsIranRussiaThe Rundown Stories Russia said the death toll in a Ukrainian air strike that Kyiv claimed did substantial damage to a missile-components plant in the Russian city Bryansk increased to seven on March 11, and lashed out at Britain over the attack. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-defense-plant-storm-shadow/33702243.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-defense-plant-storm-shadow/33702243.html Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:44:11 +0100 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories