Wojtek Grojec is the graphics and data editor for the Central Newsroom of RFE/RL in Prague.
A military hospital database obtained exclusively by RFE/RL offers additional evidence of soldiers from more than a dozen nations who have fought for the Kremlin in Ukraine, including a notorious Bosnian Serb mercenary listed as a Russian military intelligence officer.
More than 600,000 Russian troops have been wounded in battle during Moscow’s 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine. A database from Russia's vast military hospital complex, obtained exclusively by RFE/RL, provides unique insights into Russia’s evolving efforts to cope with its casualties.
The latest twist in U.S. President Donald Trump’s maneuvering to bring Russia’s war on Ukraine to an end? No more U.S. for Kyiv unless on it gives U.S. more access to its rare earth minerals. What exactly is a rare earth mineral and why does Trump want it?
Russia has seized control of some of Ukraine’s prized lithium reserves since it launched its all-out invasion in 2022, potentially depriving Kyiv of a key economic resource.
Data analysts have identified suspicious voting patterns known as the "Russian tail" in Georgia's 2024 parliamentary elections. The anomalies mirror patterns seen in manipulated elections.
What do Ukraine's Mezhyhirya Residence, Turkmenistan's Oguzhan Palace, and Turkey's Presidential Complex have in common? All were built at enormous expense, flaunting lavish amenities and sprawling grounds -- monuments to the wealth and power of authoritarian rule.
The Middle Corridor -- a 6,500-kilometer trade route connecting China to Europe through Central Asia and the Caucasus -- has expanded since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But can countries work to overcome the problems that have long plagued trade between Europe and Asia?
As competition for resources in the Arctic Ocean intensifies, nations are staking claims to swaths of undersea territory where oil, gas, and other minerals could someday be found and mined. The United States has just staked its own claim -- and it did so in a way that’s raising lots of questions.
An interactive map of how territorial control has changed hands in Ukraine over the past year
Russia has erected hundreds of tents at three new encampments in Belarus, satellite images obtained by RFE/RL show. Is it an indication that a new invasion into Ukraine from Belarus is in the offing? Or something else?
