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The head of Amnesty International's Ukraine office has resigned, accusing the rights watchdog of parroting Kremlin propaganda in a report that criticized Kyiv's military response to Russia's unprovoked invasion.
Belarusian exiles are volunteering to do military training in Poland with the aim of going to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces. But some also hope to one day return to Belarus and play a role in ousting Belarus's autocratic leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
Hundreds of Ukrainians have found their only escape route from Russia's 6-month-old war is into Russia. Jonas Luskiavic, a Latvian volunteer driver, has given up his profession as a shoemaker to help Ukrainians get to the European Union. A Ukrainian family recounts trekking on foot to make it out.
Current Time correspondent Borys Sachalko spent time with the Ukrainian crew of a Grad rocket system on the front line in eastern Ukraine.
Eight people died in a blaze in a 15-story hostel in Moscow overnight after a fire alarm malfunctioned, officials said July 29.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith, commenting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, has said that "Russia could stop the war tomorrow if it wanted to." Speaking to RFE/RL, she continued: "We are trying to apply all the pressure that we can on Moscow to change Putin's strategic calculus."
Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor has filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court to revoke the registration of the independent Novaya gazeta newspaper, less than a year after its editor in chief, Dmitry Muratov, won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
A little boy shows his grandmother's burned-out home in a blog post from Russian-occupied Mariupol, while a woman says the Russian ruble is replacing the Ukrainian hryvnya in most transactions. Numerous video bloggers are documenting daily life after Russian troops seized control of the city.
Current Time obtained drone footage from Ukrainian government sources. More drone video of an earlier attack on a Kramatorsk school showed destruction on a similar scale.
Seven-year-old Roman is one of dozens of victims of Russia's attack on July 14 on the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya. His head, arms, and legs were severely injured in a Russian rocket strike. Roman has been transferred to a hospital in Germany for special treatment.
Their homes have been destroyed by Russian rockets, and now they live on a train in a rail siding in Irpin, near Kyiv. One little girl takes comfort from a cuddly alien salvaged from her family's apartment before it burned down.
A video shot by a Russian soldier captures a military mutiny in Ukraine -- as men from a unit of military engineers defy their commander and refuse to fight. Photos sent by another soldier from the unit showed a basement where they were later detained.
A Russian attack on Kharkiv on July 20 killed at least three people, including a 13-year-old boy. The child's grieving father held his dead son's hand and prayed for two hours until his body was taken away. (WARNING: Viewers may find the content of this video disturbing.)
Influential Russian playwright Mikhail Durnenkov fled Russia for Finland shortly after Moscow's February 24 invasion of Ukraine. Durnenkov's opposition to Russia's war against Ukraine has had severe personal and professional consequences.
A Russian journalist and her actor husband who fled their country in the hope of freedom and safety in the United States are now fighting deportation for illegally entering the country via Tijuana, Mexico.
Several reporters and bloggers have been detained in Tajikistan in recent weeks as the authoritarian government stepped up attacks on independent media. Local experts described the arrests as the government’s attempt to control public opinion and silence the last critical voices.
Members of Ukraine's territorial-defense volunteer units talk about their experiences of transitioning from civilian to military life. One, a plumber in peacetime, says he "took up arms to defend my children."
An Armenian film producer collapsed and died in a Yerevan courtroom where he was facing charges of inciting hatred, raising questions about why authorities ignored defense warnings about the 57-year-old's flagging health.
Amid the ruins of Irpin, near the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, hundreds of homes remain abandoned three months after the retreat of Russia forces. Yevhen Yelpitiforov looks after people's apartments, keeping their plants watered and their refrigerators clean. He also picks up broken glass -- for free.
Calling Moscow's February 24 invasion of Ukraine a war is a criminal offense in Russia. Yet Russian anti-war protester Vitaly Tsitsurov has for months been picketing Russia's war in Ukraine with a sign that reads "No *ar!" Vitaly's been detained and brutally beaten for his actions.
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