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Ukrainian officials are calling Tuesday night’s attacks on Kyiv the biggest attack since spring. As the air war heats up, Ukrainians are mourning the loss of one of their most-famous fighter pilots, who died last week during a combat training exercise. His name was Andriy Pilshchykov, but he went by the call sign, Juice. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports.
Singer and Eurovision winner Jamala is coming for her first major stateside tour and raising money and awareness for Ukraine. Jamala, a Crimean Tatar, is one of Ukraine's most recognizable and unique musicians. The World's Daniel Ofman shares her story.
In Russia, Vladimir Putin has been his country’s leader for more than two decades. Over those years, he’s consolidated power and has taken control of the entire political system. Yet even as Russia continues to plunge deeper into authoritarianism, the country still hosts elections. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports on upcoming regional elections in Russia.
This coming school year, high school students in Russia will receive new history textbooks. They offer a rewritten rendition of Russian history that reflects the Kremlin’s narrative about the war in Ukraine. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports that they’re part of a wider effort by the state to tighten control over the flow of information.
Poland and Lithuania are raising the alarm that thousands of Wagner fighters are gathered in neighboring Belarus. The Wagner group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, is the private Russian military company that staged a short-lived mutiny in June. Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Daniel Ofman about the reaction from NATO's countries bordering Belarus.