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Ukrainians Say Fighting 'Intense' In Bakhmut As Russia Masses Artillery

Title: Ukrainians Say Fighting 'Intense' In Bakhmut As Russia Masses Artillery
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: As Ukrainian artillery pounds Russian positions, a military doctor said work in his field hospital is increasingly intense and a drone unit reported that Russia was massing further columns of artillery. Current Time correspondent Andriy Kozukov reports from the front line.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-bakhmut-fighting/32239092.html

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Ukrainian Army Drone Footage Shows Purported Russian Sneak Attack

Title: Ukrainian Army Drone Footage Shows Purported Russian Sneak Attack
Runtime: 2:08
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Drone footage released by the Ukrainian Army shows troops making their way across a frozen landscape, before coming under fire. Current Time reporter Andriy Kuzakov visited Ukrainian trenches at the site -- coming under fire on the way.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donbas-fighting-drones-shelling/32237449.html

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Hundreds Homeless In Wake Of Kosovo Floods

Title: Hundreds Homeless In Wake Of Kosovo Floods
Runtime: 2:22
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Heavy rains caused rivers in Kosovo to overflow recently, filling streets and homes with water in several towns. The floods have now receded, but hundreds of residents remain homeless with recovery efforts in the South Mitrovica area focused on restoring power and finding those who went missing.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kosovo-floods-recovery-homeless-south-mitrovica-rain-river-electricity/32236007.html

Memorial To Victims Of Dnipro Attack Torn Down In Moscow

Title: Memorial To Victims Of Dnipro Attack Torn Down In Moscow
Runtime: 1:55
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Authorities in Moscow have torn down a makeshift memorial to Ukrainian victims of the deadly January 14 Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Dnipro that killed at least 46 people. Police are said to have detained four people at the memorial.
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Ukrainian Street Market Provides Lifeline For Frontline Residents

Title: Ukrainian Street Market Provides Lifeline For Frontline Residents
Runtime: 1:47
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: People living in Bakhmut, perhaps the most bitterly contested town in Ukraine, travel 12 kilometers west to Chasiv Yar to stock up on necessities or draw their pensions.
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Hundreds Bid Farewell To Key Ukrainian Officials Killed In Helicopter Crash

Title: Hundreds Bid Farewell To Key Ukrainian Officials Killed In Helicopter Crash
Runtime: 2:02
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Ukraine held an emotional memorial ceremony in Kyiv on January 21 to honor the late Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy and the 13 other victims killed when a helicopter crashed into a kindergarten and the surrounding residential area of Brovary, close to the capital, on January 18.
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Russian Deserter Ready To Testify On War Crimes

Title: Russian Deserter Ready To Testify On War Crimes
Runtime: 3:58
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A Russian soldier says he is ready to testify about Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Signalman Nikita Chibrin was sent to Ukraine at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. After months in Ukraine, Chibrin eventually decided to desert and fled to Spain.
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Kazakh Lawmaker Expelled From Party After Backing Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

Title: Kazakh Lawmaker Expelled From Party After Backing Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine
Runtime: 2:40
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Kazakh lawmaker Azamat Abildaev has caused political controversy with pro-Kremlin comments in an interview with RFE/RL. Kazakhstan has repeatedly defended Ukraine's territorial integrity in the face of the Russian invasion.

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Ukrainian Troops In Battle For Soledar Faced Waves Of Russian Infantry

Title: Ukrainian Troops In Battle For Soledar Faced Waves Of Russian Infantry
Runtime: 3:30
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: "There is deep cold, frozen earth, and fighting." RFE/RL correspondent Maryan Kushnir sent this special report after spending time recently on the front line in Soledar. Later, Russian forces claimed to have seized control of the town but this has not been independently confirmed.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-soledar-kushnir-russians-vagner-artillery-mortars-109th/32232562.html

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Teenage Boy Rescues Kids From Burning Ukrainian Kindergarten

Title: Teenage Boy Rescues Kids From Burning Ukrainian Kindergarten
Runtime: 1:55
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A teenager ran into a burning kindergarten to save children after a helicopter crashed into it on January 18. The authorities said 14 people were killed, including one child, along with the Ukrainian interior minister and other officials flying in the helicopter. Many children were injured.
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Rugged Recreation: Winter Sports In Kyrgyzstan

Title: Rugged Recreation: Winter Sports In Kyrgyzstan
Runtime: 3:53
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: With temperatures plummeting to -20 degrees Celsius in January, Kyrgyzstan's Naryn region is ideal for winter sports. Despite being scarcely populated and lacking investment, the region offers winter activities like ice fishing, skating, and skiing thanks to a few family businesses.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/recreation-winter-sports-kyrgyzstan-/32230838.html

Surgeon Saves Wife's Life In Three-Hour Ordeal After Dnipro Missile Strike

Title: Surgeon Saves Wife's Life In Three-Hour Ordeal After Dnipro Missile Strike
Runtime: 3:31
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: An extraordinary story of survival has emerged from Dnipro, central Ukraine, where dozens were killed in a Russian missile strike on January 14. Surgeon Yevhen Botvinov spent hours stemming his wife's bleeding head injury -- while also signaling to rescuers with a flashlight.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-dnipro-missile-surgeon-trapped-apartment-wife-rescue-injury-russia/32229124.html

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'Everything Was On Fire': Horror As Helicopter Crashes Into Ukrainian Kindergarten

Title: 'Everything Was On Fire': Horror As Helicopter Crashes Into Ukrainian Kindergarten
Runtime: 1:59
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Eyewitnesses have spoken of their horror as a helicopter crashed into a Ukrainian kindergarten on the morning of January 18. According to the latest figures 14 people were killed, including a child, as well as Ukraine's interior minister and other senior officials who were in the helicopter.
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Western Artillery Helps Ukrainian Forces In Luhansk Region

Title: Western Artillery Helps Ukrainian Forces In Luhansk Region
Runtime: 2:07
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: The Ukrainian military continues its counteroffensive near the area of Kreminna, a strategic logistics hub in Ukraine's Luhansk region. Russian forces are said to be dug in deep in the area. Western-supplied weapons, including self-propelled howitzers, are helping Ukrainian troops in their efforts.

Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-luhansk-western-artillery-war/32229223.html

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Ukrainian Emergency Workers Cover Bodies At Helicopter Crash Site

Title: Ukrainian Emergency Workers Cover Bodies At Helicopter Crash Site
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: An RFE/RL Ukrainian Service team filmed emergency services working at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash in Brovary, neat Kyiv, on January 18. Firemen covered bodies of victims amid the wreckage.
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A Day With A Drone Commander In The Battle For Bakhmut

Title: A Day With A Drone Commander In The Battle For Bakhmut
Runtime: 2:47
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Current Time correspondent Andriy Kuzakov spent a day with a Ukrainian air reconnaissance unit on the front line between Bakhmut and Soledar, where brutal fighting continues to rage. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces launched more than 70 attacks on January 16 near Bakhmut.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-bakhmut-soledar-war/32227676.html

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First Victims Of Russian Missile Strike Laid To Rest In Ukraine's Dnipro

Title: First Victims Of Russian Missile Strike Laid To Rest In Ukraine's Dnipro
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Boxing trainer Mykhaylo Korenovskiy was a victim of a Russian missile strike on a nine-story apartment building that houses around 1,700 people on January 14 that killed at least 40 people, with 30 others still unaccounted for.
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Shelters For Stray Animals Struggle With Deep Freeze In Kazakhstan

Title: Shelters For Stray Animals Struggle With Deep Freeze In Kazakhstan
Runtime: 2:15
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: With temperatures falling as low as -30 degrees Celsius in Astana, stray cats and dogs struggle to survive on the streets of the Kazakh capital. Shelters are full and animal-welfare groups are asking locals to provide food and warmth for strays who risk freezing to death.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/shelters-animals-winter-kazakhstan/32227292.html

Finding The Fallen: A Lifelong Mission To Recover Bodies In Ukraine

Title: Finding The Fallen: A Lifelong Mission To Recover Bodies In Ukraine
Runtime: 3:26
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Oleksiy Yukov spent years trawling the Ukrainian countryside for the remains of fallen soldiers from World War I and II. In 2014, he began searching for the bodies of soldiers killed in a new conflict between Ukraine and Kremlin-backed separatists. Since February 2022, he has been busier than ever.
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Rescuers Scramble To Aid Survivors Of Deadly Russian Strike On Dnipro Apartment Block

Title: Rescuers Scramble To Aid Survivors Of Deadly Russian Strike On Dnipro Apartment Block
Runtime: 3:12
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro continues to rise. On January 16, officials said at least 40 people were killed in the attack that shook the city two days earlier.
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Volunteers Evacuate Ukrainian Civilians From Villages Near Soledar

Title: Volunteers Evacuate Ukrainian Civilians From Villages Near Soledar
Runtime: 3:49
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Seven Ukrainian civilians, including a woman with reduced mobility and a 5-year-old girl, were evacuated by volunteers on January 13 from Paraskoviyivka, a village located about 5 kilometers from Soledar, where fierce fighting is taking place.
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Armenian Children Cut Off From Parents By Azerbaijani Blockade

Title: Armenian Children Cut Off From Parents By Azerbaijani Blockade
Runtime: 2:59
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Some 270 Armenian children have been cut off from their parents in the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan blocked the only road linking Armenia to the landlocked enclave.
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Ukrainian Rescuers Search For Survivors After Russian Missile Attack

Title: Ukrainian Rescuers Search For Survivors After Russian Missile Attack
Runtime: 1:13
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Firefighters continued to clear the rubble and extricate survivors in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on January 15, a day after a Russian missile strike hit a nine-story apartment building. The death toll from the attack rose to at least 25 during the day, with dozens more wounded or missing.
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Russian Missile Destroys Multistory Apartment Block In Ukraine

Title: Russian Missile Destroys Multistory Apartment Block In Ukraine
Runtime: 1:26
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: In a new massive missile attack against Ukraine on January 14, Russia destroyed a nine-story apartment block in the central city of Dnipro, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens. Others were also trapped under the rubble.
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Do The Tunnels Under Ukraine's Soledar Have Significant Military Value?

Title: Do The Tunnels Under Ukraine's Soledar Have Significant Military Value?
Runtime: 2:29
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Ukraine has denied claims by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Vagner mercenary group, that Russian forces have captured all of Soledar, one of the hottest points in the war. The town sits on a vast network of salt-mine tunnels that cover an estimated 200 kilometers.
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An Afghan Factory Offers Hope Amid Power Outages, Joblessness

Title: An Afghan Factory Offers Hope Amid Power Outages, Joblessness
Runtime: 2:22
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Wire spools turn in a factory in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, where workers produce cabling needed for electrical devices. Managers hope for investors, but the World Bank forecasts a dramatically challenged Afghan economy, largely cut off from foreign aid since the Taliban takeover in 2021.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-paktia-factory-employment-youth-taliban-foreign-aid-invest/32222100.html

Restoring Power And Water While Avoiding Mines In Liberated Kharkiv Region

Title: Restoring Power And Water While Avoiding Mines In Liberated Kharkiv Region
Runtime: 2:44
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Utility crews are working to restore power to towns and villages in Ukraine's liberated Kharkiv region. Workers must carefully avoid minefields to hook up electrical cables. Meanwhile, volunteers are bringing drinking water, fuel, and food to villages cut off by damaged roads and bridges.
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People, Parcels, And A Dog: The Volunteer Connecting Moldova And Ukraine

Title: People, Parcels, And A Dog: The Volunteer Connecting Moldova And Ukraine
Runtime: 2:55
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Bogdan Ovsienco, a businessman from Chisinau, Moldova, has been volunteering since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He goes to Ukraine several times a week and carries passengers and parcels in both directions.
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Homeless Afghan Drug Addicts Face Few Treatment Options, Harsh Winter

Title: Homeless Afghan Drug Addicts Face Few Treatment Options, Harsh Winter
Runtime: 2:34
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Huddled crowds of drug addicts in Afghanistan's southwestern Nimroz Province illustrate the country's growing opium and heroin crisis. International aid for fighting addiction has dried up since the Taliban seized power in 2021.
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How Ukrainian Heart Surgeons Keep Operating Amid Blackouts

Title: How Ukrainian Heart Surgeons Keep Operating Amid Blackouts
Runtime: 3:33
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: At the Kyiv Heart Institute surgeons continue to perform life-saving operations despite blackouts. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, the institute has had to prepare for all kinds of disasters, including using multiple diesel-powered generators and digging a well.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-kyiv-surgeons-blackouts-/32218789.html

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Hiding Toys And Checkers On The Street: Ukraine's War Has Changed Children's Lives Forever

Title: Hiding Toys And Checkers On The Street: Ukraine's War Has Changed Children's Lives Forever
Runtime: 3:43
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Ukraine's war has forced 500,000 children to move abroad, but most remain in school. An estimated 75 percent of Ukrainian kids suffer from psychological damage. Current Time's Borys Sachalko talked with three students who have been through differing challenges to see how they're faring.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-trauma-students-abroad-psychological-damage-bucha-mariupol/32215961.html

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Captured By Russian Forces, This Ukrainian Soldier Has Disappeared

Title: Captured By Russian Forces, This Ukrainian Soldier Has Disappeared
Runtime: 2:49
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A Ukrainian couple heard their son's voice off-camera on a video showing soldiers captured by Russian forces in Mariupol. They have been searching for him since he sent a final message on May 17, the day troops defending the Azovstal steelworks surrendered.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-mariupol-azovstal-pow/32215907.html

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Afghans Struggle To Heat Homes Amid Soaring Winter Fuel Prices

Title: Afghans Struggle To Heat Homes Amid Soaring Winter Fuel Prices
Runtime: 1:39
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Many people in Afghanistan's central province of Daikundi are struggling to heat their homes this winter. Coal is one of the most common fuels but has become hard to find in the provincial capital, Nili. High taxes and transport costs are some of the main causes for the rising fuel prices.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-winter-heating-coal-poverty-/32215814.html

'The Bulgarian Spirit Pulled Me Back': Mask-Maker Returns Home To Continue Father's Work

Title: 'The Bulgarian Spirit Pulled Me Back': Mask-Maker Returns Home To Continue Father's Work
Runtime: 4:35
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Lyudmil Yordanov is a third-generation maker of traditional Bulgarian "kuker" masks. He returned from doing menial jobs in the United States to develop the family craft.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/mask-maker-bulgaria-traditional-craft-culture/32215616.html

Christmas Celebrated In Ukrainian For First Time In The Country's Main Church

Title: Christmas Celebrated In Ukrainian For First Time In The Country's Main Church
Runtime: 3:25
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: On the second day of Orthodox Christmas, January 7, Mass was celebrated in the Dormition Cathedral in central Kyiv, part of the UNESCO-listed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex, which was taken from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate for the first time in over 300 years.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-orthodox-christmas-returned-kyiv-lavra-church-/32213671.html

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Ukrainians On The Street Skeptical Of Russia's Proposed Cease-Fire

Title: Ukrainians On The Street Skeptical Of Russia's Proposed Cease-Fire
Runtime: 1:56
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Residents of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, said they were doubtful about the sincerity of Russia's declaration of a cease-fire over the Orthodox Christmas holiday on January 6. Some reported hearing Russian shelling.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-donetsk-kramatorsk-slovyansk-vox-pop-cease-fire-orthodox-christmas/32212621.html

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Moscow Helsinki Group Fights For Survival In Russia

Title: Moscow Helsinki Group Fights For Survival In Russia
Runtime: 2:46
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Moscow's Helsinki Group, founded in 1976 by Soviet dissident scientists and activists, is fighting for survival. A Moscow court is set to rule in January on liquidating the organization. It's the same court that closed down the Memorial human rights group last year.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-moscow-helsinki-group-court/32212590.html

Ukrainian Artillery Crews In Fight For Bakhmut Engaged In Drone 'Electronic Warfare'

Title: Ukrainian Artillery Crews In Fight For Bakhmut Engaged In Drone 'Electronic Warfare'
Runtime: 5:52
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: In the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian gunners are hitting Russian troops with Soviet-era Akatsiya artillery, coordinating their accuracy with multiple spotter drones, they say. Russians are countering with jamming and interference, say the Ukrainians at the controls.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-bakhmut-artillery-drones-electronic-warfare-akatsiya/32211207.html

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'Everything Is Destroyed': Life In A Frontline Village In Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Region

Title: 'Everything Is Destroyed': Life In A Frontline Village In Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Region
Runtime: 3:48
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Only a small fraction of the prewar population remains in the village of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region. The settlement is located near the front line and suffers daily shelling by Russian forces. Currently, there is no gas, electricity, or centralized water supply in the city.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-village-frontline-shelling/32207465.html

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Spent Rocket Debris And Mines In Ukraine's Kharkiv Region Will Serve As War Crimes Evidence

Title: Spent Rocket Debris And Mines In Ukraine's Kharkiv Region Will Serve As War Crimes Evidence
Runtime: 3:35
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Fins of Grad rockets, fragments of high-explosive shells, and disarmed mines make up small mountains of collected debris from Russia's attacks on Ukraine's Kharkiv region. It's now being documented and traced to "find out who fired it and how many Ukrainians were killed by it" to prove war crimes.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kharkiv-artillery-investigation-war-crimes-mines-demining/32204328.html

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Afghan Women And Girls Protest As Taliban Restrictions Mount

Title: Afghan Women And Girls Protest As Taliban Restrictions Mount
Runtime: 3:06
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Women across Afghanistan continue to oppose recent bans by the Taliban on education and employment opportunities for females. Male professors and university students have also protested against the increased restrictions on women in higher education.

Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-women-protest-ban-education-ngo/32204297.html

Rapper Shares The Story Of A Tajik Man Who Died Fighting For Russia In Ukraine

Title: Rapper Shares The Story Of A Tajik Man Who Died Fighting For Russia In Ukraine
Runtime: 3:26
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A song by Tajik rapper Suhrob Soliev about a Tajik man sent to fight in Ukraine with the Russian Army has become popular on social media. The song is based on a conversation with a real Tajik soldier who contacted the rapper from a hospital. The injured soldier was later killed in action.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/32204121.html

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A Year Since Kazakhstan's 'Bloody January,' No Justice For 4-Year-Old Victim

Title: A Year Since Kazakhstan's 'Bloody January,' No Justice For 4-Year-Old Victim
Runtime: 10:18
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A "shoot to kill" order against nationwide protests in Kazakhstan had many victims. It was issued by President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev on January 7, 2022. That same day, the family of 4-year-old Aikorkem says she lost her life when troops opened fire on the car she was traveling in.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-protests-january-crackdown-toqaev/32190703.html

Russia Hits The Ukrainian Capital With Missiles On New Year’s Eve

Title: Russia Hits The Ukrainian Capital With Missiles On New Year’s Eve
Runtime: 2:54
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Russian cruise missiles damaged residential buildings in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, and several other cities on December 31. At least one person in Kyiv was killed and more than a dozen injured in what one official described as "terror on New Year's Eve."
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-kyiv-russian-missiles-destruction/32202505.html

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Old Ukrainian Tanks Do Double Duty As Battlefield Artillery Near Bakhmut

Title: Old Ukrainian Tanks Do Double Duty As Battlefield Artillery Near Bakhmut
Runtime: 3:30
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Ukrainian tank crews in the eastern Donetsk region are using retrofitted T-64s, designed in the 1960s, to shell Russian troops. They fire from hidden positions using coordinates provided by drones. When massed Russian infantry attacks, Ukrainian tanks move directly onto the battlefield.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-t64-tank-artillery-helicopter-drone-donetsk-infantry-bakhmut/32201535.html

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The Wings Of Madyar: Ukrainian Drone Unit Tracks Russian Forces Around Bakhmut

Title: The Wings Of Madyar: Ukrainian Drone Unit Tracks Russian Forces Around Bakhmut
Runtime: 3:32
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: As fighting rages in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Russian forces near the city of Bakhmut are said to be exhausted. Ukrainian troops are relying upon their air reconnaissance operations. A drone unit known as The Wings of Madyar is providing real-time information to Ukrainian artillery batteries.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bakhmut-drones-war-russia/32201496.html

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'All I Want Is Peace': New Year's Preparations In War-Torn Bakhmut

Title: 'All I Want Is Peace': New Year's Preparations In War-Torn Bakhmut
Runtime: 4:26
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Despite constant shelling by Russian forces, a New Year's tree was put up in Bakhmut, a hotly contested city in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Most of Bakhmut's prewar popular of 70,000 have fled. Volunteers hope the New Year's tree will be a sign of hope for those who remain.
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Ukrainian Artillerists Work Hard To Maintain Old Howitzers From Estonia

Title: Ukrainian Artillerists Work Hard To Maintain Old Howitzers From Estonia
Runtime: 4:29
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Ukrainian gunners have learned to be versatile in their adoption of artillery pieces sent from various nations offering support. Targeting Russian invaders effectively in at least one case means mastering older Estonian-donated howitzers. Finnish shells are favored by one Zaporizhzhya team.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-artillery-zaporizhzhya-155mm-howitzer-estonia-american/32199208.html

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How Ukrainians Are Using Humor To Boost Wartime Spirits

Title: How Ukrainians Are Using Humor To Boost Wartime Spirits
Runtime: 2:48
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: Since the first day of the Russian invasion, Ukrainians have been uploading videos online about how they are experiencing war, devastation, and blackouts. Many use humor to help lighten spirits amid the tensions of war.
Originally published at - https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainians-humor-war/32199082.html

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Odesa Removes Statue Of Russian Empress Catherine The Great

Title: Odesa Removes Statue Of Russian Empress Catherine The Great
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 4 years ago
Description: A statue of 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great was dismantled in the Ukrainian city of Odesa on the night of December 28-29 as Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine. A symbol of Russian imperial heritage, the statue became the target of anti-Russian anger after Moscow launched its invasion. RFE/RL asked Odesa residents if they agreed with the removal of the monument.
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