The Kremlin’s escalating attacks on Ukraine arouse new concerns about Estonia’s attempts to integrate Russian speakers
Estonians watch Ukraine’s gains with hope, but fears of Russian aggression persist, and volunteers are training to defend their country
Observers say danger is rising that Russia could use the attacks as an excuse to open a new front against Ukraine or against Moldova
Moldova is watching the war in neighboring Ukraine with special concern, as Russia threatens to take control of a significant portion of the former Soviet republic. Jon Spier narrates this report from Ricardo Marquina in southern Moldova.
Some Moldovans, recalling their own fight against Russian aggression, open their doors to their country and their homes
The tiny, impoverished former Soviet republic braces for onslaught of desperate Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s relentless attacks on civilians
Along Russia’s border with eastern Ukraine, interviews indicate some residents are eager to fight while others say there is less patriotic fervor this time than in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea. Jon Spier narrates this report from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Producer: Henry Hernandez
The evacuees – mostly women, children, and elderly - are arriving at the Russian border from the Ukrainian enclaves saying they fear a repeat of the violence they lived in 2014
Prospect of war also raises concerns about rise in popularity of radical groups that include neo-Nazis
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has been going on for a long time and has many fronts, not just military. The religious schism between the Moscow and Kyiv Patriarchates of the Orthodox Church, and the struggle over the Russian or Ukrainian language are other battlegrounds in the conflict.
In eastern Ukraine, tensions over threat of a Russian invasion continue to rise, although in the eastern town of Avdiivka, along the frontlines facing Kremlin-backed separatists, the war has never ceased since 2014
Residents, including veterans of the 2014/15 war, prepare bomb shelters – and get ready for renewed trauma
For the last eight years, Ukraine has lived under a permanent state of alert, with the constant threat of Russian intervention in its territory. The fear and tension have led many civilians to seek military training to be prepared in the event of a conflict.
In the Ukrainian capital, life continues as normal, and many people are reluctant to speak openly about the tensions.
Emily Abrom has been dancing her entire life. One afternoon, she sent an audition tape halfway across the world and her life changed forever when she decided to relocate to Novosibirsk and become the first American hired at a Russian theatre.
More than one thousand people, many of them young children, are living in a makeshift refugee camp amid freezing temperatures in eastern Belarus, a humanitarian crisis that critics say is political
Thousands of Belarusians have fled their country to neighboring Poland, escaping political repression.They see in the migrant crisis as Lukashenko's revenge against Poland for sheltering the Belarusian opposition
Belarusian leader’s decision to unleash thousands of unaided migrants into the EU through Poland’s frigid forests sparks fierce debate between Poles who want to help the stranded migrants and those who do not want them on Polish soil
A Polish exclusion zone is preventing humanitarian workers from helping migrants and journalists from telling their story
In Belarus, just across the border from Ukraine, children have been unable to escape contamination for yet another summer due to COVID-19 pandemic border restrictions. For VOA, Ricardo Marquina has more from the Gomel region of southern Belarus in this report narrated by Miguel Amaya.
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