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Borodyanka, outside Kyiv, was occupied by Russian forces soon after the launch of the full-scale invasion in late February. Yekaterina Holoviy managed to escape, but she has been left traumatized by the loss of people close to her -- and of her hometown itself.

Russia is conducting what it calls the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Kherson, citing what it claims are threats from Kyiv. Analysts say the true motives could range from ethnic cleansing and conscription to fear of partisans and outbreaks of jubilation if Ukrainian forces retake the city.

Ukrainian forces are advancing in the southern Kherson region, pummeling Russian forces and pushing toward the city of Kherson, whose recapture would be a major victory. Social-media photos and videos posted by troops leaving the right bank of the Dneiper River give a glimpse of how it's going.

Russia's influence in Central Asia is diminishing by the day. Putin's disasterous war in Ukriane shows how weak Moscow is today.

Human rights groups say Central Asian citizens and dual nationals are being targeted by recruiters amid Russia's mobilization. They say some have been coerced or tricked into joining the Russian military.

Former Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Ivan Plachkov discusses how Kyiv is coping after massive Russian missile strikes targeted the country’s civilian heating infrastructure just at the approach of winter.

Do the residents of the Ukrainian border area believe in a new invasion from Belarus?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there were dead and wounded in blasts that rocked cities across Ukraine on October 10 in what appeared to be revenge strikes after Moscow blamed an explosion on the bridge linking Russia with illegally annexed to Crimea on Ukrainian "terrorists."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that Russia's latest attack on civilian targets in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya that killed 14 people and left scores wounded was an act of "terrorism at state level," which proved that it is impossible to negotiate with Russia.

Bishkek has announced that it is canceling military exercises for the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) which were to be held in Kyrgyzstan this week.