https://www.rferl.org/z/22581 RFE/RL's coverage of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, how Kyiv is fighting back, and how the West is reacting. https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org/z/22581 en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 13 May 2026 22:21:23 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL A corruption scandal closes in on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff Andriy Yermak. How badly could it hurt Ukraine’s wartime president? https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-yermak-corruption-gray-cardinal-graft/33755369.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-yermak-corruption-gray-cardinal-graft/33755369.html Tue, 12 May 2026 20:29:24 +0200 News AnalysisFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Robots and drones were used by Ukrainian forces to capture a Russian position without an infantry assault in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a historic first in the war. Speaking to Current Time, troops involved in the operation are now revealing details. https://www.rferl.org/a/robots-alone-captured-a-russian-position/33755254.html https://www.rferl.org/a/robots-alone-captured-a-russian-position/33755254.html Tue, 12 May 2026 14:56:26 +0200 UkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe 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 Migrant workers from India, Bangladesh, and elsewhere are taking up manual labor jobs inside the warring countries as Moscow and Kyiv struggle to offset shortages in their labor forces. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-migrant-workers-india-demographic-crisis/33754530.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-migrant-workers-india-demographic-crisis/33754530.html Mon, 11 May 2026 18:44:06 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia 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 Russian President Vladimir Putin said he thought the conflict with Ukraine is "coming to an end," but stressed that he would meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy only once a final peace deal has been agreed. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ictory-day-parade-putin-speech-ukraine-war/33753222.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ictory-day-parade-putin-speech-ukraine-war/33753222.html Sat, 09 May 2026 11:47:28 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline US President Donald Trump announced a three-day cease-fire in the war between Russia and Ukraine, with both sides quickly confirming they had agreed to the truce along with a major prisoner swap. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-victory-day-cease-fire-drone-attacks/33752482.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-victory-day-cease-fire-drone-attacks/33752482.html Fri, 08 May 2026 08:39:19 +0200 UkraineNewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories For years, President Vladimir Putin has used Russia’s Victory Day parade to show off its weapons, accentuate his dominance, and deliver narratives on World War II and the present. This year is different, with Russia's struggles in Ukraine in focus amid signs his authority at home is "in decline." https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-parade-decline-weapons-ratings-slump/33752032.html https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-parade-decline-weapons-ratings-slump/33752032.html Thu, 07 May 2026 18:08:50 +0200 News AnalysisFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline Oil production cuts, plumes of smoke, altered plans for President Vladimir Putin: Ukraine’s strikes on oil facilities, military installations, and air defense systems are taking a toll on Moscow’s capacity to fight its war against Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-deep-strikes-oil/33751182.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-deep-strikes-oil/33751182.html Thu, 07 May 2026 10:42:28 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Russia warned Kyiv-based diplomats and representatives of international organizations to prepare to evacuate the Ukrainian capital, saying its forces would launch a "massive" missile attack against the city if Ukraine disrupted its May 9 World War II commemorations. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyiv-ukraine-victory-day-wwii-attack-parade/33751440.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kyiv-ukraine-victory-day-wwii-attack-parade/33751440.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:20:24 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian drone hit a kindergarten in northern Ukraine, and Moscow launched scores of drones and missiles across the country, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of ignoring a Kyiv-proposed cease-fire. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kindegarten-drone-cease-fire-attacks-war/33751265.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kindegarten-drone-cease-fire-attacks-war/33751265.html Wed, 06 May 2026 19:34:41 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline Russian forces hit at least three cities across Ukraine, using "glide bombs" and drones, killing more than two dozen people and wounding dozens of others, in one of the bloodiest attack on Ukraine in months. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strikes-flamingo-drones-/33750580.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-strikes-flamingo-drones-/33750580.html Tue, 05 May 2026 18:12:47 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said, while Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack killed five people and wounded several others in the eastern Kharkiv region. https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-drone-strike-kremlin-parade-ukraine/33748578.html https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-drone-strike-kremlin-parade-ukraine/33748578.html Mon, 04 May 2026 10:56:52 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe 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 The EU is preparing more sanctions on people and entities in Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine that the bloc deems responsible for the deportation and so-called “re-education efforts” of Ukrainian children taken illegally from the country. https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-sanctions-russians-deportation-ukrainian-children/33747634.html https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-sanctions-russians-deportation-ukrainian-children/33747634.html Sat, 02 May 2026 15:13:36 +0200 News AnalysisRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A mining firm in Russian-occupied Crimea that was once owned by the holding company of Vadym Novynskiy, a Ukrainian tycoon suspected of treason, and that remains in family hands, continues to contribute to Moscow’s war chest, Schemes has found. Novynskiy, meanwhile, has bought property in Croatia. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-crimea-russia-war-support-croatia/33746548.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-crimea-russia-war-support-croatia/33746548.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:18:58 +0200 FeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineSchemes: Investigating UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukrainian drones hit an oil facility and industrial site inside Russia's Perm region, according to the local governor, striking targets some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. It comes a day after Ukraine attacked a Russian oil pumping station in the same region. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-drones-hit-industrial-site-deep-inside-russia/33746338.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-drones-hit-industrial-site-deep-inside-russia/33746338.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:16:03 +0200 RussiaRussia Invades Ukraine Matthew Tavares, a former Pentagon analyst, tells RFE/RL the West is no longer facing a partnership of convenience between Moscow and Tehran, but a strategic alignment that spans the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of warfare.  https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-military-axis-iran-pentagon-analyst-matthew-tavares/33746049.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-military-axis-iran-pentagon-analyst-matthew-tavares/33746049.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:53:51 +0200 IranFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine Ukraine has hit an oil facility and industrial site in Russia's Perm region, roughly 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, according to Russian officials, as US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed a potential temporary cease-fire aimed at pausing the four-year war in Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-strikes-russia-oil-cease-fire-talks/33745974.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-strikes-russia-oil-cease-fire-talks/33745974.html Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:49:09 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories US ⁠President Donald Trump ⁠said he held a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, where the two discussed a possible temporary cease-fire to halt fighting in the 4-year-old war in Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-temporary-cease-fire-ukraine/33745527.html https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-temporary-cease-fire-ukraine/33745527.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:43:26 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine