Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine, spending billions on military equipment. Meanwhile, many Russians live in extreme ...

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.

Here are the key developments on the 1,064th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia poses an existential threat to the EU’s security, says foreign policy chief Kallas.

Billionaire's wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least five trillionaires within a decade, ...

The expansive Russian invasion of Ukraine, initiated in February 2022, has not only reshaped global geopolitics but also ...

Solitary nonviolent witness appears painfully ineffective in the age of state terrorism and vigilante shooting sprees. Yet ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Ukrainian forces described a different kind ...

Ukrainians became more forgiving of the failures of the state as the country focused on resisting Russia. After the war began, standards of living in Ukraine plummeted, the poverty rate increased, and ...

But it warned that the outlook is clouded by President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to slash U.S. taxes, impose tariffs on ...

The global economy is growing steadily in the face of war, protectionist trade policies and high interest rates. It just ...