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In Maksymivka, a southern village marred by a brief Russian occupation, Ukrainians are ready to mark Independence Day with both pride in their country and deep mourning for the ongoing toll of the war.
Clifford May, the founder of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, talks to Current Time about what Putin really hopes to gain from the current diplomatic push for peace talks on Ukraine.
Few families remain in the village of Maksymivka, near Ukraine's Black Sea coast. As the country prepares to observe Independence Day on August 24, some residents say the holiday evokes hopes for a Ukrainian victory, while others focus on the mounting human cost of the war.
Russia continues to recruit Central Asian migrants and convicts to fill the ranks of its depleting armed forces in Ukraine. Russian authorities use various methods -- from enticements to coercion -- to enlist Central Asians to the Kremlin's ongoing war.
Ukraine's military says it has cut off Russian infiltration units who broke through a defensive line north of the eastern city of Pokrovsk.
Ukraine's military says it has cut off Russian infiltration units that broke through a defensive line north of the eastern city of Pokrovsk. But for residents in the nearby town of Dobropillya, the relief is hard to feel amid relentless bombardment.
US President Donald Trump has written that it's going to be "a big day in the White House" as his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders arrived for talks on ending the fighting in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump called his Alaska trip “great and very successful” after meeting Putin and speaking with Zelenskyy and European leaders. In Ukraine, reactions were mixed -- some criticized Putin’s warm welcome, while others remained cautiously hopeful despite no cease-fire agreement.
Ukrainians had mixed reactions following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to Washington on August 18 to meet with US President Donald Trump to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine.
In the frontline city of Kramatorsk, war-weary Ukrainians shared conflicting views of the meeting in Alaska between the US and Russian leaders on August 15. While some local residents say they would refuse to live under the Russian flag, others say they just want the war to end.
The upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin has pro-Kremlin media and bloggers talking not just about the expected outcome, but also the chosen location. Current Time correspondent Andrey Cherkasov explains why.
When US President Donald Trump and his Russia counterpart, Vladimir Putin, meet this week in Alaska for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, many will be looking for a breakthrough, though Ukrainians who recently spoke with RFE/RL don't expect one.
Ukrainians voiced skepticism that the upcoming meeting in Alaska between the US and Russian leaders will result in any progress in ending Moscow's war in Ukraine.
Slain Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna was remembered at a memorial ceremony in Kyiv. The former freelancer for RFE/RL died in Russian captivity in 2024. When the 27-year-old’s body was returned to Ukraine earlier this year, it showed numerous signs of torture and was missing internal organs.
Russian military strikes early on August 5 severely damaged critical infrastructure in the city of Lozova, Kharkiv region, killing two people and injuring at least 10 others, including two children.
In the Russian-occupied cities of Donetsk and Mariupol, an escalating water crisis has pushed daily life to the brink of survival, forcing officials from the local level all the way up to President Vladimir Putin to seek solutions.
Ukrainian forces continued to blast military-linked infrastructure deep inside Russia early on August 3, keeping the pressure on the Kremlin days ahead of a deadline US President Donald Trump has given Moscow to accept a peace deal with Kyiv.
In Russian-occupied Donetsk and Mariupol, the taps have all but run dry. What little water reaches homes comes for only a few hours every few days—often rust-colored, foul-smelling, and undrinkable.
The Russian government, facing mounting losses in Ukraine, appears to be intensifying its coercive recruitment tactics, targeting prisoners, conscripts, and ethnic minorities from remote regions and Central Asian migrant communities to bolster its depleted forces.
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