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For Ukrainians, the war with Russia began nine years ago with the Maidan protests and the February 2014 events that drove President Viktor Yanukovych from power. RFE/RL looks at three men whose paths took a fatal turn during those early days and who gave their lives for the cause they took up then. 

Russia and Ukraine announced the latest exchange of prisoners, with 12 Ukrainians and nine Russians released.

The prime ministers of EU and NATO members Lithuania, Poland, and Belgium arrived in Kyiv on November 26, expressing support for Ukraine in its battle against the Russian invasion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared that Ukraine “cannot be broken” as he cited his country’s fight against the Russian invasion and marked the anniversary of the famine regarded by Ukrainians to be a deliberate act perpetrated by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Local events kick off the holiday season.

Hours after receiving Lieutenant General Asim Munirs name for appointment as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Pakistans President Arif Alvi, on Thursday, landed in Lahore to meet Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan, Dawn reported.

A Kyrgyz lawmaker claims he has come under pressure after an argument with the country's security chief over a border deal with neighboring Uzbekistan.

Iranian officials claim foreign enemies are plotting a civil war in the country, but analysts say Tehran is to blame for the unrest; Iran intensifies its crackdown in the Kurdistan region; and a mother blames Iranian authorities for the killing of her 9-year-old boy.

Police in St. Petersburg have detained an 18-year-old woman from the North Caucasus region of Ingushetia who says she fled to escape systematic domestic violence and beatings.

While Serbian authorities haven't yet used facial-recognition software, an RFE/RL investigation documented a legally murky operation by plainclothes police during nationwide protests in 2021 that showed how officials could abuse cutting-edge Chinese surveillance tools in the future.