Author: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the U.S. Congress and U.S. President Joe Biden to provide further military assistance to help protect the skies over Ukraine and he urged further sanctions against Russia in an address to a meeting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. “Russia has turned the Ukrainian sky into...

A Russian air strike has devastated a maternity hospital in the beleaguered port city of Mariupol and wounded at least 17 people, Ukrainian officials said, triggering international condemnation from Washing­ton, London and the Vatican, among others. The hospital bombing came as humanitarian corridors set up to let civilians flee several besieged cities around Ukraine failed...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has accused Russia of committing “atrocities of unimaginable proportions” in Ukraine as she traveled to Warsaw amid controversy over a Polish plan to supply fighter jets to Ukraine. Ms. Harris’s trip, aimed at bolstering U.S. support for its Eastern European allies, has been overshadowed by an open disagreement between Warsaw...

Poland has said it is ready to hand over all of its MiG-29 jets to a U.S. air base in Germany and urged other NATO members with the same type of Russian-made warplanes to do the same, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has said, although a U.S. official later said the announcement was a “surprise.” U.S....

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced a U.S. ban on Russian oil imports, calling it a “powerful blow” to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. In an address at the White House on March 8, Mr. Biden also warned Americans that “defending freedom is going to cost.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed several...

The United Nations refugee chief says the number of people fleeing Russia’s advance into Ukraine has reached 2 million. Filippo Grandi, the UN’s high commissioner for refugees, made his remarks at a press conference in Oslo after visiting Moldova, Poland and Romania, all of which have received refugees pouring across the border from Ukraine since...

A hearing at the International Court of Justice into a legal move by Kyiv to stop an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops has opened despite Moscow’s rejection of the proceedings. The United Nations’ top court opened the case on March 7 despite a conspicuously empty row of seats reserved for Russian lawyers in...

Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia over Russia’s crackdown on reporting about Russia’s war in Ukraine. The suspensions followed a decision earlier on March 6 by U.S. charge card company American Express to drop its operations in the country. TikTok blocked new video posts and live-streaming, while Netflix said it was...

MARKHALIVKA, Ukraine – A Russian air strike has killed six people, including a child, in the village of Markhalivka near Kyiv, regional police say. Two adults and two children were wounded in the air strike and rushed to a hospital, the Kyiv regional police also announced. The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for...

Three of the world’s largest container shipping companies say they are suspending nonessential deliveries to Russia, adding to a litany of economic punishments aimed at Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The shipping companies Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM announced their move on March 1. The largest of the three, the Danish company Maersk, said...

Oil giant Shell will sell all its Russian operations, including all joint ventures with Gazprom, the company said on February 28, a day after BP abandoned its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Shell will quit the Sakhalin 2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in which it holds a 27.5...

RFE/RL has rejected Russian state media-monitoring agency Roskomnadzor’s threat to block its Current Time website in Russia unless it deletes information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. RFE/RL President Jamie Fly, referring to a warning from Roskomnadzor on February 27, said it stated that the Current Time website could be blocked in the coming hours inside...