Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
MH17: Debunking Russian Disinformation
Since Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014, numerous false claims have been made by Russian officials and media about what happened. As the trial of four suspects begins in the Netherlands, we examine how Russian disinformation went into overdrive after the deaths of the plane’s 298 passengers and crew....
Pentagon Signs Contract To Produce More U.S. Javelins For Ukraine
The U.S. Defense Department has signed a new contract for the production of Javelin anti-tank missile systems for partner countries, including Ukraine, Ukrinform reported on March 3. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Shmygal Set To Replace Honcharuk As PM Amid Ukraine Government Shake-Up
Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has submitted his resignation as the government prepares for a major reshuffle, lawmakers in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s ruling Servant of the People party tell RFE/RL. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Male Who Returned From Italy Trip Is First Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Ukraine
Ukraine has confirmed the first case of coronavirus inside the country after a male who recently traveled to Italy tested positive. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Advice To My Younger Self: Women From Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, And Moldova
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty asked successful women what advice they would give themselves when they were young. In this segment, women from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova offer their thoughts. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Launches Bilingual TV Channel For Russian-Occupied Crimea, Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine’s Culture Ministry has unveiled a new television channel that has started broadcasting in Russia-occupied Crimea and parts of the easternmost Donetsk and Luhansk regions that the government in Kyiv doesn’t control. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukrainian Who Led Volunteer Battalion Detained At Greek Border
A Ukrainian who founded and lead a volunteer battalion in eastern Ukraine has been detained by Greek authorities while crossing over from Bulgaria on March 2 with his pregnant wife and 9-year-old child. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russia And Ukraine May Swap Prisoners For Third Time In March
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, said Moscow and Kyiv intend to carry out another prisoner swap later this month. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Serbian Orthodox Church Again Protests Against Montenegro’s Religion Law
Thousands marched in central Podgorica, Montenegro’s capital, on February 29 marking St. Simeon Day, a festive occasion for the Serbian Orthodox Church, which took the opportunity to reiterate its opposition to Montenegro’s law on freedom of religion. Metropolitan Onufriy, head of Ukraine’s Moscow-led Orthodox Church, led the...
The Week In Russia: ‘A Specific Disorder Of The Mind’
President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia and Ukraine should unite, seeming to ignore the six-year war and gloss over Kremlin actions that make even the notion of substantial cooperation seem highly improbable for the foreseeable future. Days later, Putin’s former point man on Ukraine unleashed a provocative diatribe in which he...
