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The village of Bohoyavlenka in Ukraine's Donetsk region is located 10 kilometers from the front line. Of 1,500 people who lived here before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, only 234 remain. But residents can still be found planting potatoes, beets, and zucchini.
Living among ruins on the front lines of Russia's war on Ukraine, residents of Avdiyivka do more than hang on -- a few rebuild a semblance of normal life. One shop owner has stocked shelves with food while an "invincibility station" offers residents hot meals, showers, and even hairstyling.
After being recruited from prisons to fight in the war in Ukraine, some mercenaries from the private Wagner Group are accused of having committed violent crimes in Russia, including murder.
A U.S. citizen, Cooper Andrews, 26, and two Canadians, Kyle Porter, 27, and Cole Zelenco, 21, have been killed in action around the fiercely contested Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, CBC News and CNN reported on May 1.
U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan said on May 1 that a Russian citizen, Feliks Medvedev, has been indicted on one count of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business and 39 counts of money laundering.
Recently freed in a prisoner swap, Ukrainian soldier Valeria Subotina told Current Time how she endured 327 days of Russian captivity as a prisoner of war. After her husband was killed in action two days after their wedding, she says she had nothing more to lose.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed bills into law that dramatically increase punishments for citizens opposed to his war in Ukraine and authoritarian rule, his latest move to crush any trace of dissent in the country.
Despite Russian fire, Ukrainian medics near Bakhmut try to stabilize wounded soldiers so they can be transported to hospitals in safer areas. They manage to treat multiple injuries at once, but not every casualty can be saved. "The hardest moment is when you can't help a soldier," said one medic.
Members of Belarus's opposition in exile gathered in central Vilnius on April 26 for an annual commemoration of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986. This time, they voiced their protest against Russian plans to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says a new probe has been launched against him, this time on a charge of terrorism, and that he will be tried on the "absurd" charge by a military court.
Moscow is expelling a Moldovan diplomat and banning the entry of several Moldovan officials in retaliation after Chisinau declared a Russian Embassy staffer persona non grata.
Svitlana, a refugee from Ukraine, weaves camouflage nets for the soldiers back home alongside volunteers from Estonia. More than 1,000 square meters of mesh have been woven in her improvised workshop. Svitlana, says people come here to help so refugees can one day return to Ukraine.
In an interview with RFE/RL and Current Time on April 21 in Ramstein, Germany, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that based on how much Ukrainian forces have managed to date with limited resources and given NATO’s current level of assistance, he is sure “Ukraine will be successful.”
A year ago, 12-year-old Oleksandr Radchuk was separated from his mother and younger sister by the Russian military in occupied Mariupol. Saved from a Russian orphanage by his grandmother, who took him to Ukrainian-held territory, he has had no word about the fate of his mom and sister.
Ukrainian soldier Stas still struggles with sleep -- but he can't bear to relax with music on earbuds because he might not hear approaching danger. Therapists at the Military Center for Psychological Rehabilitation have worked with 3,500 combat veterans like Stas along with former prisoners of war.
Olga Dubinina cannot accept the Kremlin version of events surrounding the sinking of the Moskva in the Black Sea on April 14, 2022. The day before, two Ukraine-launched Neptune rockets were reportedly fired at the Russian missile cruiser. The official number of victims is still unknown.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation allowing for electronic conscription notices, a bid to cut down on draft dodging as the Kremlin seeks more soldiers for what is expected to be a long war in Ukraine. It’s a “law on hidden mobilization,” an attorney and activist says.
An appeals court in Chisinau on April 14 rejected an appeal by Moldovan businessman and politician Ilan Shor in a case linked to the theft of $1 billion in bank assets, and instead increased his sentence.
Volunteers in the Ukrainian city of Kherson are working tirelessly to help repair the lives and homes of local residents. Describing it as a “half-dead city,” one inhabitant said rebuilding was a struggle and hazardous as Kherson is still being targeted by Russian shelling.
A farmer whose land was on the front lines last year has taken on the job of mine-clearing. His pig and cattle farm now has piles of unearthed shells and exploded mines. Bohdan, a major grower in Mykolayiv, couldn't wait for military sappers -- the community urgently needs its crops and also jobs.
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