Ukraine

By RFE/RL staff - Sep 19, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT Russian forces have repeatedly utilized underground infrastructure, including a water outflow tunnel and unused gas pipelines, to make strategic advances in Ukrainian-controlled territories. A recent operation involved Russian soldiers moving up to 13 kilometers under the Oskil River near Kupyansk,…

The departure of a top Kremlin aide who reportedly opposed the war against Ukraine leaves Russian President Vladimir Putin even more surrounded by yes-men than before, a situation that has long been flagged by Western analysts of Russia. Read More

Estonia summoned a Russian diplomat to protest after three Russian fighter aircraft entered its airspace without permission Friday and stayed there for 12 minutes, the Foreign Ministry said. It happened just over a week after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and heightened fears that the war in Ukraine…

Democracy Dies in Darkness War in Ukraine Kursk Incursion Cease-Fire Efforts U.S. Election Russian Airstrikes War in Ukraine Kursk Incursion Cease-Fire Efforts U.S. Election Russian Airstrikes Biden imposed new sanctions on Russia week after week, to build pressure to end the war in Ukraine. In his second term, Trump hasn’t…

A scandal dubbed ‘Gungate’ has fired up Hungary's election campaign, after the opposition's defence expert, Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, a former chief of the military staff, was spotted at a party meeting with a suspicious-looking object bulging out of his back pocket. Photos quickly went viral on pro-Fidesz propaganda media, with government…

Ukrainian forces captured a Kenyan national fighting for Russia in Kharkiv Oblast, near the town of Vovchansk, on Sept. 17, according to Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade. The man, who identified himself as Evans, said he was an athlete in civilian life and had traveled to Russia as a tourist…

KYIV – Ukrainian troops and engineers will train their Polish counterparts in a joint group on countering drones, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Sept 18, a week after Russian drones flew into Poland. “We are talking about training engineers and training soldiers who will withstand and defend the…

Dmitry Kozak -- a longtime confidant and close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin who reportedly opposed the Ukraine war in its early days -- has resigned from the government, the Kremlin said. Kozak, 66, who served as deputy head of the Kremlin’s powerful Presidential Administration, opted to leave on…

BRUSSELS – The European Union is discussing ways to use frozen Russian assets to underpin a so-called “reparation loan” to Ukraine to bolster its wartime finances and bypass the risk of a veto by Moscow-friendly Hungary, officials close to the project said. Ukraine would pay back the reparation loan only…

US President Donald Trump and Britain's King Charles III attend a state banquet at Windsor Castle - Copyright YONHAP/AFP/File - Peter Hutchison with James Pheby in London Prime Minister Keir Starmer Thursday welcomed Donald Trump to his country home of Chequers for talks on difficult issues including trade, Ukraine and…