On the eve of the Ukraine aid vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, Ukrainian frontline gunners told RFE RL that they would lose the war without more ammunition. The troops say their artillery is the main thing keeping Russian tanks from overrunning Ukrainian infantry. russiaukrainewar...

   Ukraine is considering recruiting convicts and sending them to fight Russia to compensate for shortages in manpower but which types of convicts are suitable is still up for debate. One Ukrainian drug smuggler says he’d rather be in the army than in jail. The Justice Ministry says Ukraine is not...

   Ukrainians welcomed news that the U.S. House of Representatives had passed a long delayed aid bill critical to Ukraine’s defense against Russia rsquo;s ongoing invasion. Speaking to RFE RL on April , many Kyiv residents said the billion package could help slow advancing Russian forces. ...

   Ukraine says it shot down a Russian bomber, the Tu M long range warplane that crashed in Russia’s Stavropol region on April . The Russian Defense Ministry said the crash was due to a technical malfunction.

   Stanislav Aseyev, a former RFE RL contributor, was held captive by Russia backed separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region for two and a half years. After being freed in a prisoner swap, he returned to writing. But Aseyev decided that he could do the most good for his country as an enlisted soldier. ...

   Ukrainian authorities announced that Russian aerial attacks had killed at least nine people in the Dnipropetrovsk region early on April . Most of the casualties were in the city of Synelnykove. In the regional center, Dnipro, a five story residential building in the downtown area caught fire...

   Ukraine is struggling to slow Russian advances in the front line amid shortages in weapons and manpower. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his country could lose the war if it does not get more U.S. military aid. RFE RL’s RadioSvoboda and CurrentTimeTV journalists speak with outgunned...

   Ukrainians react to a new mobilization law passed today, which expands the powers of authorities to issue draft notices and limit exemptions from military service in the face of the ongoing Russian invasion. ukrainenews ukrainewar

   Kyiv has denied involvement in the April attack on the Russian occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant ZNPP . The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that three drones hit the facility but did not assign blame for the attack. The IAEA said the strike did not compromise nuclear safety....

   Russia is using modified Soviet era FAB bombs, according to Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in the eastern Donetsk region. Massive craters in and around Adviyivka show that FAB bombs were heavily deployed by Russia in seizing the town. russiaukrainewar ukrainewar ukrainenews

   A barrage of Russian attacks with S missiles and Iranian made Shahed drones killed at least seven people in Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, overnight on April . The Planeta Mall shopping center, a gas station, and several other civilian facilities were hit. Workers repairing smashed...

   Russian drones struck several regions across Ukraine overnight on April, including Kharkiv, where four people died and were injured. Ukrainian officials said rescue workers were attempting to save people trapped in a residential building when a second strike occurred, killing three rescuers. ...

   How do Ukrainians in Kharkiv deal with constant Russian strikes, power cuts and hourly blackouts Borys Sachalko form CurrentTimeTV reports. ; ukrainenews ukraine ukrainewar

   With both prisoners and staff being recruited to fight in Ukraine, prison populations in Russia have dwindled, leading officials to close some facilities. russiaukrainewar ukrainewar russia ukraine russianews