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Ukraine's president has called on officials to stop talking to reporters about military tactics against Russia, and a top defense ministry official said an investigation had been opened into the leaks.

In the forests of Bulgaria, thousands of truffle hunters and their dogs are supplying the Western market with ultra-luxury fungi.

Former President Nursultan Nazarbaev made a rare public appearance, attending the opening of a new mosque in the Kazakh capital, accompanied by top associates who were pushed out in the wake of the January political unrest that roiled the country. 

Despite winking hints and heavy trolling from Ukraine, it’s unclear exactly who and what caused destructive explosions at a key Russian air base in Crimea. What is clear: Russian positions on the Black Sea peninsula are now vulnerable, and that’s “bad news” for Moscow.

Former Pentagon official Dara Massicot, now a fellow at RAND, explains the stakes ahead as Moscow and Kyiv mass their forces in southern Ukraine.

With evidence mounting that Russia has suffered far more casualties in Ukraine than Moscow admits, the military has used numerous tactics to bolster its depleted ranks. Among them, sending reservist volunteers the military insists are not “real soldiers” to the combat zone with minimal training.

Russian authorities have blocked the main social media account for police watchdog OVD-Info over its coverage of the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine. 

A Belarusian court has ordered imprisoned video blogger and opposition activist Syarhey Tsikhanouski into harsher confinement conditions after finding him in violation of unspecified prison rules.

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

Skyrocketing inflation is forcing an increasing number of Iranians to limit buying fruit and vegetables, industry experts say, as Iran continues to grapple with crippling international sanctions.