Ukraine

Hungarian authorities have launched a probe into the disappearance of key components from eight MiG-29 fighter jets and whether the parts may have ended up in Ukraine. Sources told RFE/RL's Hungarian Service that components found missing from the planes include electronics that control location and weapons systems in the aircraft.…

French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries have agreed to take part in post-war security guarantees for Ukraine and that US support for the plan will be finalized in the coming days. Macron was speaking after hosting a day of hybrid diplomacy from the Elysee Palace in Paris on September…

At the height of the Iraq war, bloggers coined the term “Friedman unit” in reference to the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s habit of claiming that the next six months would be critical in determining the outcome of the conflict. Everything has sped up quite a bit in our…

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has criticized Europe and the West’s double standards over the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. During an interview with the Guardian on Wednesday, Sánchez warned that the West’s reaction to Israel’s war on Gaza threatens to weaken its global…

Ukraine and its western allies are losing ground in the war against Russia. A possible Russian victory will be costly and is likely to be followed by years of exhausting low-intensity conflict while the country remains ostracised from the western economic system. So, all parties fighting in Ukraine need badly…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that U.S President Donald Trump’s administration is listening to the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and claimed that Moscow and Washington have come to a “mutual understanding” about the conflict. Putin said during a visit to China that “the (Trump) administration…

RFE/RL staff RFE/RL journalists report the news in 21 countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully established. We provide what many… More Info Premium Content By RFE/RL staff - Sep 02, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT Ukraine called on China to take a more active…

On September 1, the OSCE’s 57 member states unanimously decided to wind down the OSCE Minsk Group by the end of the year. Created in 1992 to find a peaceful, negotiated resolution to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, the group has been effectively moribund since Russia's full-scale…

LVIV, Ukraine –- Crowds of mourners were packed into the baroque-rococo St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv, western Ukraine, on September 2, for the funeral of former parliament speaker Andriy Parubiy, who was gunned down in the city days earlier. The 54-year-old, who was still a lawmaker for the opposition European…

Putin and Fico at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on September 2, 2025 - Copyright AFP/File Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Slovakia’s Moscow-friendly prime minister Tuesday for the country’s “independent” position, and suggested Bratislava cuts off gas supplies to Ukraine during a meeting in China. Slovakian Prime Minister…