Author: RFE/RL’s Current Time

As death toll from strike on Odesa climbs to 12 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelens­kyy called on March 3 for the world to help Kyiv defeat “Russian evil” as the death toll from a Russian drone strike on Odesa rose to 12, including several children. “Every Russian loss at the front is our country’s response to...

Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down a Russian military cargo plane that crashed on January 24 in the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine, killing all 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) who were on their way to a prisoner exchange. Ukrainian officials did not confirm or deny the...

As strike on market in Russian-occupied Donetsk reportedly kills 27 Russia launched fresh drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s southern regions of Odesa, Mykolaiyv and Dnipropetrovsk early on January 25, wounding several people and causing material damage, the Ukrainian military and regional officials said. Ukraine’s air defense said the drones attacked Odesa in two separate...

Ukraine and Russia have contradicted each other over whether there had been proper notification to secure the airspace around an area where a military transport plane Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrain­ian prisoners of war (POWs) crashed, killing them and nine others on board. Russian lawmaker Andrei Kartapolov told deputies in Moscow on January 25...

Near BAKHMUT, Ukraine – In the final days of 2023, snow and fog gave way to sunshine along Ukraine’s eastern front, but the improved weather brings its own dangers for Ukrainian soldiers operating close to Bakhmut. For Ukrainian tank crews, the sunny days mean that they need to camouflage themselves and their equipment even more...

Ukrainian port infrastructure was damaged in another Russian drone attack early on September 7, as Russia said drones were downed near Moscow and two other regions. A grain silo and administrative buildings were damaged in the early morning attack in Izmayil, a Danube port southwest of Odesa, Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa region, said....

The General Staff of the Ukrainian military said 34 combat clashes took place on the front line during the day on September 7 and that the situation in the east and south of Ukraine “remains difficult.” The Ukrainian military repelled attacks in the Kupyansk, Bakhmut and Avdiyivka areas, it said in its evening assessment. “The...

Russia and Ukraine each reported shoot-downs of unmanned drones around their respective capital regions overnight on August 10, while the Ukrainian side said a “massive” Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack destroyed an oil depot in the western region of Rivne. Ukraine’s military also said its forces were on the offensive in Bakhmut in the...

Russia launched a fresh wave of drone strikes on Kyiv on May 30 – the fourth attack in three days – killing at least one person and wounding several others, but Ukrainian authorities said most of the drones were shot down by the capital’s air defenses, while Moscow was subjected to a rare drone attack...

As Moscow’s forces advance, Russia and Ukraine continue to dispute control of the salt-mining town of Soledar amid scenes of devastation and fierce fighting on the front line in eastern Ukraine. Russia has made multiple claims of control recently that have been contested by Ukrainian officials, who maintain their forces have not left the town...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on April 21 that the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol had been “liberated” after nearly two months of fighting, but U.S. President Joe Biden said this claim was “questionable” as he announced another $1.3 billion in U.S. aid for Ukraine. Mr. Biden said that, despite Putin’s claim, “There is no...