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Striking photos from Victory Day rehearsals show uniformed Russians wearing armbands reminiscent of Nazi outfits, but most online commenters omitted a key detail.

From the future of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to its economic footprint, Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has already triggered a cascade of knock-on effects across Central and South Asia for Beijing.

Ukrainians who've undergone the Russian vetting process known as "filtration" describe arbitrary violence and threats, explicit or implied, and KGB-like questions to test fleeing civilians' loyalty.

The document, circulated by members of Russia’s ruling party, comes amid growing talk that the Kremlin may seek to hold referendums in parts of occupied Ukrainian territory as early as next month.

Turkey condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has tempered its reaction, including refusing to join sanctions against Moscow while providing Kyiv with key military drones. What are the geopolitical calculations behind Ankara's response?

Russian invading forces have stolen “several hundred thousand tons” of grain in territory they hold, Ukraine’s deputy agriculture minister said on April 30.

Here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days.

An insight into the work of a foreign volunteer risking his life to help dispose of explosives littering the abandoned battlefields around Kyiv.

The provision of such aid would align Sofia more closely with most NATO allies but deepen a rift with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who has suggested that arming either side merely prolongs the fighting.

The former commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe has said Russia is "not in a good position" as the 2-month-old Ukraine war grinds on.