Three years on, the Ukrainian city of Kupyansk is on the verge of being seized by Russia once again. This time, it reflects Ukrainian struggles as much as it does Russian determination -- and the Kremlin’s willingness to absorb mind-numbing casualties.
Internet and telecommunication services have resumed in Afghanistan after a two-day outage that wreaked havoc in the country. Afghans described the experience as “unreal” and “frightening.”
Ukrainian researchers have been digging in a Polish forest, looking for the remains of 18 fighters from a 1947 battle. The exhumation effort is part of a delicate Polish-Ukrainian agreement that seeks to recover victims of wartime massacres, which still weigh on relations between the two neighbors.
The EU is considering a Czech initiative to restrict Russian diplomats’ movements across the bloc. Supporters say it would curb diplomatic skullduggery; skeptics warn it’s largely symbolic, hard to enforce, and could trigger Russian retaliation.
In response to recent sightings of drones that disrupted air traffic in Copenhagen and in the Danish city of Aalberg, Denmark is bringing together European leaders in the capital on October 1-2 for two summits on security and defense.
The EU is mulling a “reparations loan” to fund Ukraine in 2026–27 using frozen Russian assets as collateral. The plan could bypass vetoes and ease budget strain, but legal, political, and financial hurdles remain.
UN sanctions on Iran have returned, hitting its military and nuclear programs while deepening economic strain for ordinary citizens. Iranians brace for rising prices, tighter markets, and heightened uncertainty as political divisions shape the country’s response.
A member of the Hamburg city assembly from Germany’s Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party, Robert Risch, attended a far-right forum in Russia this month that drew extreme right-wing politicians from several countries, RFE/RL’s Russian Service has determined.
Volodymyr Mykolayenko, the former mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, spent more than three years in Russian captivity. Now 65, he is thin, frail, and recovering, but ready to help rebuild his war-torn hometown.
After a Russian air strike in Kyiv, Mykola Yakimenko was trapped under rubble for hours before rescue workers freed him. As attacks on civilian sites continue with terrifying frequency, medics are offering safety advice meant to give Ukrainians the best odds of surviving a similar disaster.
The United Nations is set to reimpose wide-ranging sanctions on Iran over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program. Which sanctions will return and how will they impact Iran?
The Taliban has shut down access to fiber-optic Internet in large swaths of Afghanistan. The move has been widely criticized by Afghans who fear being cut off from the rest of the world.
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