RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

Russia’s belligerence springs from a deep void of insecurity, impossible to fill. At home, its people are resigned to oppression, apathetic, always victims.Yet when they turn their gaze outward ...

It has been nearly three years since Ukraine was invaded by Russia and the war continues to ravage on. Some locals from Saskatchewan are reflecting on the state of the war and doing what they can ...

Nariman Dzhelyal has been appointed as Ukraine’s new ambassador to Turkiye after facing jail at the Kremlin’s hands. Here are the key developments on the 1,069th day of Russia’s full-scale ...

These are the brutal and near-suicidal tactics of North Korean soldiers, who have, since November, been deployed to repel Ukraine’s incursion in the southern Russian border region of Kursk.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Moscow’s troops used the same pincer tactic ...

The commander of Ukraine’s 414th Strike UAV Battalion posted a video showing how a mobile radar detected the incoming UAV and sent its own kamikaze drones to bring it down. Ukrainian military sources ...

The government has decided to "suspend placing ads on Fuji Television for the time being", top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. Two ads running as of Wednesday and two others due ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday. "Based on the current situation and others, we will suspend advertisements on Fuji Television for the time being," Hayashi told a news ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Thursday ...

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday. Hayashi explained that he has not heard of any specific policy being decided to tackle the issue in Japan's Personal Information ...

A Ukrainian drone attack killed one civilian in the Russian region of Belgorod bordering Ukraine, the regional governor said on Sunday. Ukraine drone attack kills one in Russia's Belgorod ...