English
Français
عربى

RadioFree

Live

Ukraine - Russia War

 1 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
A wounded soldier waits for treatment in a room of the military hospital in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, on March 31, 2022.

Israel treats Ukrainian amputees wounded in fighting

Some 20 patients will receive prosthesis, surgery in Israel after being wounded in fighting

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Hasidic Jews wearing visit the tomb of Rabbi Nahman, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement, days before the Jewish New Year in the town of Uman in central Ukraine on September 16, 2020.

Iranian drones target Jews in Ukraine's Uman - report

Some of them were shot down by Ukrainian air defense

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
A refugee from Ukraine regions held by Russia casts a ballot for a referendum at a polling station in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on September 24, 2022.

Russia says majority of occupied Ukraine vote for annexation

Votes were held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which make up about 15% of Ukraine’s territory

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
People a territory controlled by a pro-Russia separatist governments vote during a referendum in Sevastopol, Crimea, September 23, 2022.

Ukraine: Heavy fighting as referenda enter final day

Kyiv dismissed the ballots as a 'sham,' vowing not to recognize the results

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
A Ukrainian fighter stands on the top of a tank in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 9, 2022.

Ukraine to receive Slovenian tanks upgraded with Israeli technology

The tanks were built in the 1960s by the Soviet Union

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Passengers of a bus from Russia to Finland walk to the border control at the Vaalimaa border check point in Virolahti, Finland, on September 23, 2022.

Over 250,000 men left Russia to avoid mobilization

A man opened fire at a Russian army recruitment center in Siberia

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
A young Hasidic Jewish pilgrim walks after prayer at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, in town of Uman, Ukraine, September 25, 2022.

Tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims in Ukraine despite war

Ukrainian and Israeli authorities urged worshippers to skip the celebrations

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
This handout picture provided by the Iranian Army on May 28, 2022, shows an underground drone base, in an unknown location in Iran.

Ukraine asks Israel for intel on Iran’s support to Russia

'The Israelis gave us some intelligence, but we need much more'

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Passengers of a bus from Russia to Finland walk to the border control at the Vaalimaa border check point in Virolahti, Finland, on September 23, 2022.

Russians flee to Istanbul after mobilization call

'Not everyone wanted to leave in February. The decision of September 21 forced many to think about it again'

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
US President Joe Biden walks to Marine One from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, United States, on July 8, 2022.

Biden vows 'swift, severe' costs if Russia annexes Ukraine regions

Authorities there are going door-to-door for four days to collect votes

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Denys (R), 13, and Sasha (L), 10, cheer to passing cars from their mimicked checkpoint at the curve of a road in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, on September 23, 2022.

Ukraine says residents coerced into Russian annexation vote

'Today, the best thing for the people of Kherson would be not to open their doors,' says Yuriy Sobolevsky

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky s'adresse à la chambre basse du parlement allemand, le Bundestag, par liaison vidéo depuis Kiev, le 17 mars 2022.

Ukraine's Zelensky: 'Israel gave us nothing'

'I am shocked. I did not understand what happened to Israel,' says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Membre de la Commission internationale indépendante d'enquête sur l'Ukraine, lors d'une session de la 51e session du Conseil des droits de l'homme de l'ONU le 23 septembre 2022 à Genève

Ukraine: UN inquiry finds 'ample evidence' of war crimes

'We were struck by the large number of executions in the areas that we visited'

 1 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
People ride bicycles past a destroyed school after Russian shelling in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on August 30, 2022.

Russia's annexation referenda start in occupied Ukraine

The votes are universally denounced as 'sham'

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Police officers detain a man following calls to protest against partial mobilization announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia on September 21, 2022.

Russian journalist in exile: Protesters 'really brave'

'You have to be a really brave man to go and say that you don't support the war'

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Cars with Russian number plates wait to cross the Nuijamaa border crossing between Finland and Russia in Lappeenranta, Finland, on September 19, 2022.

Travel expert advises Russian dissenters to head to borders

'I think that the border is the right solution for people trying to escape the war'

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Ukrainian soldiers, who were released in a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, smile close to Chernihiv, Ukraine, September 21, 2022.

Russia, Ukraine announce surprise prisoner swap

The foreigners released included two British citizens and a Moroccan who had been sentenced to death in June

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on July 18, 2022.

Putin threatens to use nuclear arsenal to 'protect Russia'

Putin accused the West of seeking to "destroy” Russia

 4 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech in Moscow, Russia, on September 20, 2022.

Ukraine, West brush off Russian referendum plans

The votes would alter the geopolitical landscape in Moscow’s favor forever, says a Putin ally

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022.

Russia, Ukraine agree to exchange 200 prisoners - Erdogan

Turkish leader says Russia's Putin demonstrated willingness to end the war in Ukraine

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
A house with a Soviet-era slogan reading 'Glory to the Party, Motherland, and People!' in the village of Kedrovoye, Russia, where seven men were believed to join the Wagner Group, on February 15, 2018.

Russia’s Wagner recruiting felons for Ukraine war – US official

Meanwhile, Ukraine is extending its hold on recently recaptured territory as troops march further east

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
A view of destroyed churches in Bohorodychne village in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on September 13, 2022.

Russia ups attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine - UK

'Russian theater decision-making remains questionable'

 3 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Unidentified graves of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers in a cemetery in the recently retaken area of Izyum, Ukraine, on September 15, 2022.

EU calls for war crime tribunal over mass graves in Ukraine

'We must not overlook it. We stand for the punishment of all war criminals'

 2 min read

Ukraine - Russia War
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech during a joint press conference with European Commission President in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 8, 2022.

Zelensky accuses Russia of war crimes, sees no early end

Some of the victims in mass grave were tortured, Zelensky says