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The UN human rights office said on March 11 that it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, adding that indiscriminate use of such weapons might amount to war crimes.

More than 2 million people have fled from Ukraine to escape the onslaught of Russia's military forces. On March 8, Current Time spoke to Ukrainians on the move in Kyiv and Lviv who hope to find a safe haven inside or outside the country. Current Time is the Russian-language network run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA.

Several Russian television channels have been hacked and had their programming substituted with coverage of the war in Ukraine by independent broadcasters Current Time and Dozhd TV, outlets blocked in Russia by the authorities. Twitter accounts...

Increasing numbers of residents are leaving their homes northwest of Kyiv. Current Time reporter Roman Sukhan accompanied a police bus that evacuated people from the town of Hostomel to the Ukrainian capital. Some left after days spent in basements without electricity and heating. "It's heartbreaking to leave it all behind," one of the evacuees said.

Local mayors have shown defiance so far. But the longer the war drags on, the narrower their options become

For many, International Women's Day has been overshadowed this year by Russia's war on Ukraine, which has killed thousands of people and displaced more than 2 million. RFE/RL has gathered the voices of several women whose lives have been upended by terror, destruction, and death.

Poland has said it is ready to hand over all 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 Ministry has said, although a U.S. official later said the announcement was a "surprise."

Several Russian ministries and other state entities have been hacked in an apparent protest over Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Is the unthinkable a possibility? This question might seem familiar to those who either remember or are well aware of the chances of nuclear war that emerged during the 1950s and have continued at various levels of urgency since then. A pollster is now gauging the intensity of such perceptions as the Ukraine crisis continues.

WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RFE/RL’s Russian entity on March 4 and police intensified pressure on its journalists. These Kremlin attacks on RFE/RL’s ability to...