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Thousands of civilians have fled Irpin, a town near Kyiv, after civilian areas were repeatedly attacked by Russian forces. RFE/RL spoke with some of the people who are still without power or gas for heating, and whose streets are still littered with bodies
More Russian shelling on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, took place in the early hours of March 15, with rounds striking multiple residential buildings. At least two high-rise buildings in Kiev’s Svyatoshyn area were severely damaged and set on fire
Myroslava Gongadze, VOA’s Eastern Europe Bureau Chief, reports from a refugee relief facility on the Poland-Ukraine border
During Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government is doing everything it can to keep the economy functioning. Its funds, however, are rapidly dwindling
Yan Boechat of VOA reports from Irpin, roughly 25 kilometres north of Kyiv, where Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting
The resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes in many different of forms. For some residents in the Donetsk region, this means flooding their local volunteer centre with supplies for Ukrainian soldiers fighting Russian forces
On March 6, police detained tens of thousands of anti-war protesters across Russia during protests against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Over 4,800 people were held in at least 59 different Russian cities, according to the independent protest-monitoring organisation OVD-Info
Hundreds of thousands of people are leaving the nation as Russia continues its bombardment of Ukrainian cities
Yevheniy Sakun, a Ukrainian cameraman, was killed when Russia shelled a TV tower in Kyiv. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, his killing highlights the dangers that journalists face
RFE/RL’s Maryan Kushnir witnessed the aftermath of an attack in Borodyanka, a town northwest of Kiev in the Kyiv area. His footage from March 2 shows extensive damage in residential areas, with some structures still engulfed in flames and others reduced to rubble