Russia reports destroying 104 drones as Ukraine targets some areas far from border
Russia said Wednesday it shot down 104 Ukrainian drones overnight as attacks targeted several areas that Ukrainian forces do not routinely assault deeper inside ofчитати
Year of the Snake underway with Lunar New Year festivities
BEIJING — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield on Wednesday — includingчитати
Zelenskyy orders report on US support programs
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered government officials to report on the U.S. support programs whose funds are “currently suspended” under U.S. President Donald Trump’sчитати
Serbian prime minister to resign as popular protests persist
BELGRADE — Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Tuesday announced his resignation, becoming the highest ranking official to leave since anti-corruption protests spread across the country. читати
Ukrainian officials say Russian drone attacks cause injuries in several regions
Russian drone attacks overnight hit multiple Ukrainian regions and injured at least six people, officials said Tuesday. In the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, Governorчитати
Survivors, world leaders mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz death camp liberation
Around 50 survivors joined world leaders Monday at the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland, on the 80th anniversary of itsчитати
Trump’s sanctions could force Russia’s Putin to negotiating table, some experts say
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 22, Donald Trump — just two days after being inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president — again called on Russianчитати
EU renews sanctions against Russia, eases them on Syria
PARIS — European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to continue sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, but to ease some sanctions against Syria followingчитати
US M113 armored personnel carriers prove crucial to Ukraine’s fighting forces
Part of a U.S. military aid package to Ukraine in April 2022, the M113 armored personnel carrier has proved vital in conducting assault operations and providingчитати
Ukraine says Russian drone attacks hit infrastructure in several regions
Russian drone attacks damaged infrastructure sites in western, central and eastern Ukraine on Monday. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 57 of the 108читати
Sweden intercepts Bulgarian ship over damaged Baltic cable
Sofia, Bulgaria — The Swedish coast guard chased and intercepted a Bulgarian ship after a fiber-optic cable under the Baltic Sea linking Sweden to Latvia wasчитати
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteedчитати
Russia says its troops have captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding campaign to weakenчитати
Italy resumes migrant transfers to processing centers in Albania
Rome — Italy said Sunday it was transferring 49 migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to new processing centers in Albania, in the third such attemptчитати
Ukrainian soldier gets bionic arm made using Swedish technology
Ukrainian Sergeant Serhiy Danilets was struck by enemy tank fire and lost his right arm fighting Russian troops in 2022. To help restore his mobility,читати
Thousands in Ireland still without power as officials say Storm Eowyn cleanup will take time
London — Ireland called in help from England and France on Sunday as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people afterчитати
Belarusians vote in election to extend Lukashenko’s 30-year rule
MINSK — Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko —читати
Facebook scammers use fake VOA article to push Russian cryptocurrency scheme
When American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian IT entrepreneur Pavel Durov in April, he had an additional unexpected audience: scammers. After the video wasчитати
Italy’s Meloni defends repatriation of Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
ROME — Italy’s prime minister addressed growing criticism Saturday of the repatriation of a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, as Giorgia Meloni citedчитати
VOA Russian: Exiled Russian artists raise funds to help Ukraine
More than 50 exiled Russian artists who left the country for Europe to escape the war have raised more than $100,000 in an online charityчитати
Moldovan president visits Kyiv to talk energy, security
KYIV, UKRAINE — Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid growing tensions in Transnistria, a pro-Russian separatistчитати
Russian deepfake videos target Ukrainian refugees, including teen
New online videos recently investigated by VOA’s Russian and Ukrainian services show how artificial intelligence is likely being used to try to create provocative deepfakesчитати
One of last Auschwitz survivors makes telling the stories his mission
HAIFA, ISRAEL — Naftali Furst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SSчитати
Driver rams anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital, hurts protester
BELGRADE, SERBIA — A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, asчитати
Ahead of election, media group accuses Belarus of crimes against humanity
WASHINGTON — Ahead of Belarus’ presidential election this weekend, a media advocacy group filed a complaint Friday with the International Criminal Court accusing the country’s longtimeчитати
London court says US mom can be extradited in children’s killings
LONDON — A London judge on Friday rejected a U.S. mother’s challenge to be extradited to Colorado to face murder charges in the deaths of twoчитати
Russia, Ukraine report large-scale overnight drone attacks
Officials in Ukraine say Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack Friday killing at least two civilians, wounding several others and damagingчитати
Trump pressures Russia to end Ukraine war as Kremlin shrugs off sanction threats
Just days into his presidency, Donald Trump is intensifying pressure on Russia to begin peace talks with Ukraine. On Thursday, Russia dismissed Trump’s threats ofчитати
Trump to global businesses: Make products in US or pay tariffs
President Donald Trump laid out his approach to foreign investment to the world’s largest gathering of global business leaders, offering investors a take-it-or-leave-it deal toчитати
With US pushing for war’s end, Ukraine’s displaced look to rebuild lives
With the new U.S. administration pushing for a quick end to the war in Ukraine, many of the country’s 3.5 million internally displaced hope toчитати
Trump promises global businesses lower taxes for products made in US, tariffs if not
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday invited global businesses to manufacture their products in the U.S. and promised them lower taxes but warned if theyчитати
Russia: Nothing new in Trump threats on Moscow’s war on Ukraine
The Kremlin said Thursday it did not see any particularly new elements in U.S. policy toward Russia under President Donald Trump, who threatened this weekчитати
UK teenager jailed for at least 52 years for girls’ murders
LONDON — A British teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, forчитати
UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers
London — Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain’s competition watchdog, which announced investigations Thursday targeting the two tech giants’ mobile phoneчитати
Deadly Russian missile attack hits Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region
Officials in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region said Thursday a Russian ballistic missile attack killed at least one person and injured 24 others. Regional Governor Ivanчитати
Europe posts record year for clean energy
A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of theчитати