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Ukraine now has drones rescuing fallen drones from hazardous battlefields

In a remarkable display of ingenuity, a Ukrainian unit is now using drones equipped with ropes and grappling hooks to retrieve fallen drones from minefields and enemy-controlled areas, reducing the risk to soldiers' lives.

byDavid Kirichenko

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Ukraine’s plan B: turning everyday citizens into defenders

As Russia's aggression continues, Ukraine transforms its civilians into a force capable of "total resistance."

byAlya Shandra

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Rescuing art while the world burns: Prymachenko’s paintings survive Russian invasion

Invasion As Russia's "special military operation" turned Ivankiv into a war zone, a ragtag band of museum staff and locals decided that saving some folk art was more important than staying alive.

byAnatolii Shara

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Ukrainian soldiers hold back Russian onslaught with scavenged 1950s howitzer, DIY shells

Facing an overwhelming Russian force, Ukrainian fighters in Kherson have found a lifeline in a captured Soviet howitzer and their own makeshift shells amid a dire shortage of artillery

byZarina Zabrisky

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Russian war’s cruel whims: some Ukrainian towns rebuild, others remain decimated

Thirty kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, the villages that saved it from the Russian invasion are now either ghost town or success story

byAnatolii Shara

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Is Moldova the next Ukraine? Nation battles Russian hybrid warfare amid EU bid

Bolstered by moderate victories in recent local elections, a defiant Moldova pushes towards EU integration despite an intensifying Russian hybrid warfare campaign aimed at derailing its Westward momentum.

byThéo Prouvost

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In a Ukrainian soldier’s mess tin: balancing abundance and malnutrition on the Ukrainian frontlines

"An army marches on its stomach," goes the famous saying. So volunteers step in to deliver ready meals to soldiers where procurement is lacking

byJoseph Roche

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Meet Pimbo, the Italian clown returning smiles to Ukraine’s frontline kids

Marco Rodari has brought comic relief to the children in Syria, Iraq, Gaza, Palestine, and, now, Ukraine. "Cultures are different, smiles of kids are the same," he says

byDonbas Frontliner

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Romania walks tightrope to avoid provoking Russia as drones crash into its soil

NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana may downplay the Russian drones dropping into Romania as accidental, but Costel Tanase and other fearful border residents want a more forceful response to what they see as deliberate strikes.

byThéo Prouvost

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Effectiveness of Russian soldiers grows, Ukrainian company commander says

In a candid interview, Ukrainian army commander tells about forging a ragtag army fighting with a potpourri of weapons, Russia's improved fighting tactics, and the growing chasm between the military and the home front

byBohdan Ben

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“Our children are gone”: Russian missile strike kills every sixth resident in village

The Ukrainian village of Hroza, where a deadly café strike orphaned children and killed residents, rebuilds shattered lives in the wake of tragedy

byMaria Avdeeva

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World looks away as Russia bombs Kherson daily

Still raging over their expulsion from Kherson, Russian invaders now seek to reduce the city to ashes, bombarding homes, shops and aid distribution points in a vicious scorched earth assault that claims civilian lives daily.

byZarina Zabrisky

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How a small village on the Donbas frontline continues to live and work despite the ongoing war (photo report)

Article by: Donbas Frontliner, for RFE/RL Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live, work, and fight…

byRadio Liberty