Ukraine’s PM Details War Costs to VOA as Donors Dig Deep

Ukraine’s PM Details War Costs to VOA as Donors Dig Deep

Ukraine received $6.5 billion in pledges at an international donors’ conference in Warsaw Thursday.  VOA Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava...

UN Chief: More Evacuations Underway in Mariupol, Azovstal

UN Chief: More Evacuations Underway in Mariupol, Azovstal

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that a third evacuation operation is underway to assist civilians in Ukraine’s southern city...

Putin Apologizes to Israel for Lavrov’s Anti-Semitic Remarks

Putin Apologizes to Israel for Lavrov’s Anti-Semitic Remarks

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for antisemitic comments made earlier this week by...

Russia Braces for Effects of Energy Export Losses

Russia Braces for Effects of Energy Export Losses

The international sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine have opened a new front in the Ukraine conflict,...

 At US Urging, Fiji Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Yacht

 At US Urging, Fiji Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Yacht

Another Russian oligarch’s yacht was seized Thursday as part of efforts to punish Russia over its war in Ukraine.  At...

Reporter’s Notebook: Memories of Talking to Belarus’ Stanislav Shushkevich

Reporter’s Notebook: Memories of Talking to Belarus’ Stanislav Shushkevich

Former Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich died this week at the age of 87. He took a part of the Soviet...

Collective Bargaining Eases COVID-19 Impact

Collective Bargaining Eases COVID-19 Impact

An International Labor Organization survey in 80 countries finds collective bargaining agreements and practices are critical to improving working conditions,...

Musk Gets $7B Backing for Twitter Bid From Tech Heavyweights

Musk Gets $7B Backing for Twitter Bid From Tech Heavyweights

Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7...

Queen to Miss Traditional Royal Garden Party Season 

Queen to Miss Traditional Royal Garden Party Season 

Queen Elizabeth II will miss the traditional royal garden party season, where she would normally meet with hundreds of people...

Japan PM: Tokyo to Use Nuclear to Cut Dependence on Russian Energy 

Japan PM: Tokyo to Use Nuclear to Cut Dependence on Russian Energy 

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that it would use nuclear reactors to help reduce its own and...

Russia’s Relentless Hunt of Chechens Decades After Putin’s War

Russia’s Relentless Hunt of Chechens Decades After Putin’s War

Twenty years after Vladimir Putin flattened their capital Grozny in the same way that his forces are now destroying Mariupol,...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 5

Latest Developments in Ukraine: May 5

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

European Union Proposes New Sanctions as Russia Pounds Ukraine

European Union Proposes New Sanctions as Russia Pounds Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled new punitive actions against Russia on Wednesday, even as Russia pounded Ukraine,...

France, India Call for Immediate End to Ukraine Hostilities

France, India Call for Immediate End to Ukraine Hostilities

India and France on Wednesday called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again...

A Trove of Digital Evidence Documents War Crimes in Ukraine

A Trove of Digital Evidence Documents War Crimes in Ukraine

With the help of international experts, Ukraine is rushing to collect evidence of widespread war crimes, using 21st century technology...