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.

Ukraine has a long and complex history, full of struggles, victories, and resilience. From the ancient Kyivan Rus to modern independence, the country has always been a land of strong-willed people ...

President Trump warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine quickly ... We can do it the easy way, or the hard way — and the easy way is always better,” he added.

Trump claims that the Ukrainian leader decided he ‘wanted to fight’ when it was actually Russia who started hostilities ...

30, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images) Military History of Russia, a new textbook introduced in Moscow on Jan. 27, frames the war in Ukraine as a continuation of the Soviet battle ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. At least 14 people were killed in Poltava ...

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official ...

Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, is currently occupying about a fifth of its territory. "There will be no quick and easy solution in Ukraine," Macron said in a speech to French ...

For the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war, visit our dedicated page. “There will be no quick and easy solution in Ukraine,” Macron said in a speech to French ambassadors gathered at the ...

None of this will be easy, but just as neutrality ... the Black Sea and along the border between Ukraine and Russia. Save for brief periods in its history, Russia has always had a difficult ...