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 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:37:51 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Frontline mobile fire units of Ukraine's 100th Brigade report they are seeing more daytime attacks by Russian-launched Shahed drones while still keeping busy at night, using machine guns and night vision gear to intercept a variety of incoming strikes. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-drone-frontline-mobile-fire-machine-gun-defense/33734628.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-drone-frontline-mobile-fire-machine-gun-defense/33734628.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:42:26 +0200 UkraineRussiaVideo ArchiveVideosRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ilya Remeslo, a longtime pro-Kremlin blogger who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after abruptly directing strongly worded criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin, says he has been released after a month in the facility in St. Petersburg. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-criticism-remeslo-released-psychiatric/33734732.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-criticism-remeslo-released-psychiatric/33734732.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:52:30 +0200 NewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories The Czech Republic demanded an explanation after Russia’s Defense Ministry published a list of companies it claimed are helping produce attack drones for Ukraine and bellicose former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called it “a list of potential targets” for the Russian military. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drones-europe-czech-threat-medvedev/33733898.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drones-europe-czech-threat-medvedev/33733898.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:46:22 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline 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 Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's commissioner for sanctions policy, told RFE/RL in an interview that any relief for Moscow and Russian oil only serves to extend the war. https://www.rferl.org/a/waivers-russia-oil-us-sanctions-ukraine/33733519.html https://www.rferl.org/a/waivers-russia-oil-us-sanctions-ukraine/33733519.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:25:47 +0200 IranFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East Beatings, torture, rape, not to mention corruption, are commonplace in the Russain armed forces. Artyom Bykov’s ordeal as a contact soldier with the 273rd Artillery Brigade provides a small window into a system of institutionalized violence. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-army-hazing-brutal-violence-deserter/33732979.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-army-hazing-brutal-violence-deserter/33732979.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:45:41 +0200 RussiaFeaturesUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories 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 In its war on Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry is on the offensive in the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. Internally, it’s plagued by corruption, political infighting, firings, and bitter rivalries with outside security agencies. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defense-ministry-corruption-investigations-shoigu-putin/33732103.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defense-ministry-corruption-investigations-shoigu-putin/33732103.html Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:19:35 +0200 RussiaFeaturesRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Ukraine and Russia again accused each other of violating an Orthodox Easter truce, with both sides alleging thousands of attacks and other violations. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-easter-truce-violations/33730471.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-easter-truce-violations/33730471.html Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:00:23 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories 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 A former top Russian Defense Ministry official was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a snowballing, politically charged corruption investigation that has rattled the top levels of Russia’s military amid the war on Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defense-corruption-popov-shoigu/33729466.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defense-corruption-popov-shoigu/33729466.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:39:05 +0200 NewsRussiaRussia 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 The drop does not signal a political crisis for Putin. But Kremlin officials are sensitive to shifts in public opinion, and the current trend is being scrutinizing internally by the officials charged with managing Russia’s political system. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-approval-ratings-popularity-falling-war-politics/33727746.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-approval-ratings-popularity-falling-war-politics/33727746.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:05:00 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine The West “must keep Ukraine as a priority” and increase pressure on Russia amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, which is drawing attention away from Europe’s deadliest conflict since 1945, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told RFE/RL. He also said the Iran war “is now also a NATO topic.” https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ukraine-russia-nato-tsahkna-security/33726914.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ukraine-russia-nato-tsahkna-security/33726914.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:57:24 +0200 IranFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia 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