Ukraine and Russia carried out their second prisoner-of-war exchange of 2026, with 200 captured soldiers returned by each side. The exchange is described as the first stage of a broader process agreed during talks in Geneva.
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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says the bloc may be open to direct talks with Moscow on trying to help settle the war in Ukraine but Moscow will have to temper its "maximalist" demands to pave the way for negotiations.
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With US President Donald Trump sharpening his focus on Iran, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spent his time in Washington this week with a clear objective: ensure Ukraine does not get pushed to the periphery. 
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The findings do not appear to signal a wholesale turning of the tides in the Ukraine war. But they do highlight a growing consensus that Russia’s war on Ukraine -- now in its fifth year -- has ground to a near stalemate.
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A trove of messages, photos, and videos sent and received by a Russian officer and examined by Schemes and Systema, RFE/RL's Ukrainian and Russian investigative units, provides granular evidence pointing to the pervasive role of bribery in the military amid Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
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Yaroslav Amosov walked away from a stellar mixed martial arts career to fight against Russian forces occupying his home town of Irpin. Four years on, he has just been signed to the world's premiere MMA promotion.
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Ukrainian mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Yaroslav Amosov walked away from a stellar MMA career to fight Russian forces occupying his home town of Irpin. While helping liberate the area in 2022, the former Bellator MMA Welterweight title holder recovered his championship belt from his mother’s basement. Four years on, he has returned to the octagon after signing with the UFC, the world's premier MMA promotion.
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US President Donald Trump will meet German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on March 3, with transatlantic security and Ukraine high on the agenda. But as Washington intensifies military operations against Iran, European officials fear the war is eclipsing Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
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They call themselves "military penguins" and belong to a small but growing contingent from Ukraine's far-flung Antarctic research facility who have returned returned home to fight against Russia's ongoing invasion. RFE/RL speaks to Yuriy Lyshenko, whose journey spans 15,000 kilometers from the South Pole to the battlefields of his country.
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The US-Israeli attack on Iran will likely have little effect on the battlefield in Ukraine, but it may make Russian President Vladimir Putin “even more adamant that he has to come out on top” in the full-scale war he launched four years ago, Hanna Notte, an expert on Russia-Iran ties, told RFE/RL.
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Latvia’s foreign minister said the Kremlin lacks the political will to end the war in Ukraine and argues that only sustained military and economic pressure will bring Moscow to serious negotiations. Baiba Braze also warned of broader Russian destabilization efforts beyond Ukraine.
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Unused and empty following a 2023 missile attack, the destruction of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol serves as a metaphor for the diminished fortunes of the Russian Navy, and for the successes of the Ukrainian military in making that happen.
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