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Radio Free Europe : Russia invade Ukraine
28  mars     06h38
Several Wounded As Russia Hits Ukraine With Drones, Heavy Artillery
   Ukrainian authorities say Russia used kamikaze drones and heavy artillery to strike regions in the center and east of the country in the early hours of March .
    06h26
Live Briefing: Russia Invades Ukraine
   RFE RL’s Ukraine Live Briefing gives you the latest developments on Russia’s ongoing invasion, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. The Live Briefing presents the latest developments and analysis, updated throughout the day.
27  mars     16h48
More Civilians Killed Amid Kyiv’s Desperation For Air-Defense Systems
   Russian forces shelled the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing one person and injuring , Mayor Ihor Terekhov said, as Ukraine’s president and foreign minister again appealed for more air defense systems from the United States.
    13h29
Pussy Riot Member Gets 6 Years In Absentia
   A self exiled member of the Pussy Riot protest group, Lyusya Shtein, has been sentenced in absentia to six years in prison over her online posts about Russian armed forces involved in the war in Ukraine.
    12h09
Samsung Pay System To Stop Using Russia’s Mir Payment Cards
   Samsung announced on March that its Samsung Pay system will stop using Russia’s Mir payment cards as of April .
    11h06
UN Report Accuses Russia Of Executing Ukrainian Prisoners Of War
   A new report by the United Nations has said Russia may have executed at least Ukrainian prisoners of war POWs in the three months to February .
26  mars     10h56
Interview: Putin, The Terror Attack, And The Threat Whose Name He ’Dare Not Speak’
   President Vladimir Putin has few good options after the deadliest terror attack in Russia in years underscores his weaknesses and spoils his choreographed triumph in an election marred by evidence of massive fraud, Mark Galeotti, an author and expert on Russia, tells RFE RL.
    07h15
U.S. Targets Russian Fintech Operators For Alleged Ukraine Sanctions Evasion Work
   The U.S. Treasury Department on March said it had imposed sanctions on Russian financial services and technology players for developing or offering services in virtual assets aimed at evading Ukraine war related sanctions on Russia.
    06h47
Zelenskiy Replaces National Security And Defense Council Secretary In Latest Personnel Shake-Up
   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on March dismissed Oleksiy Danilov from the post of secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, replacing him with Oleksandr Lytvynenko, who has served as Ukraine’s foreign intelligence chief.
25  mars     19h54
We Were Outmanned’: Ukrainian Drone Operator Recounts Bloody Battle Of Avdiyivka
   Ukrainian drone operator Riko recalls dropping explosives on Russian units even as control of Avdiyivka was being lost to them in February. His goal in the fight for the strategic city in the Donetsk region was to hurt the enemy as much as possible. This aerial specialist left a comfortable...
    17h49
Belarusian Opposition Leader Expresses Strong Support For Yulia Navalnaya
   Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has expressed her strong support for Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who died on February in a Russian Arctic prison under suspicious circumstances. Speaking on March to RFE RL’s Belarus...
    16h13
Belarusians Facing ’Russian Aggression, Imperialism,’ Tsikhanouskaya Tells RFE RL
   Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called on her compatriots to defend their country’s independence in the face of what she called Russian imperialism.
    13h41
Self-Exiled Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To 8 Years In Absentia
   A Moscow court on March sentenced in absentia self exiled anti war activist Anastasia Ageyeva to eight years in prison on a charge of distributing false information about Russia’s military.
    12h04
Macron Says Islamic State Branch Behind Russia Attack, Also Targeted France
   French President Emmanuel Macron on March said France has information that a branch of Islamic State carried out the March attack in a Moscow area concert hall, warning Russia against using the attack in its war against Ukraine.
    08h44
In Overnight Drone Strikes, Moscow Keeps Up Assault On Ukraine’s Energy Grid
   Fresh Russian drone strikes continued to target Ukraine’s energy and civilian infrastructure, causing blackouts in several regions and in the capital, Kyiv.
24  mars     18h03
Parts Of Downed Russian Missile Found In Kyiv Park
   Police in Kyiv cordoned off a park with scattered Russian missile debris on March . Air raid sirens were still sounding when Reuters filmed the fragments of the Kh cruise missile intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses. Ukraine has faced intensified Russian missile and drone attacks in recent...
    10h40
Ukraine Says It Destroyed 2 Russian Ships, Comms Center
   The Ukrainian military said on March that its forces have destroyed two Russian landing ships and other targets belonging to the Black Sea Fleet.
    09h29
1 Killed In ’Massive’ Ukrainian Strike On Sevastopol
   Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow installed governor of Russia occupied Crimea, said one person was killed and four were wounded in a massive Ukrainian missile attack on the port of Sevastopol on March .
    08h33
Russian Missiles Target Kyiv As Poland Claims Its Airspace Was Violated
   Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in a predawn attack on March , the third massive attack on the city in the last four days.
23  mars     10h23
Ukrainian Strikes Kill 2, Hit Russian Oil Refinery, Officials Say
   Officials in two Russian regions bordering Ukraine say Ukrainian drones have killed two people and hit an oil refinery, setting it on fire.