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Jan 17, 2025 | 
rferl.org | Reid Standish |Sashko Shevchenko |Austin Malloy
As Donald Trump takes office promising to end the war in Ukraine, Taiwan is watching closely how Washington will treat its frontline partners. Eager to win Trump over, Taipei is looking to preempt concerns raised by the U.S. preident-elect over military aid and the island's semiconductor industry, as the prospect of Chinese military intervention seems more likely than it once did. ShareWith An Eye On Ukraine, Taiwan Prepares For Trump 2.0
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
romania.europalibera.org | Sashko Shevchenko |Serhiy Horbatenko |Riin Aljas
Pentru prima dată în cei 34 de ani de când este învățătoare, Lydia Prokopenko nu și-a văzut – în 2022 – elevii de clasa întâi absolvind. În schimb, școala sa primară din estul Ucrainei a fost închisă, iar ea a fost forțată să se pensioneze anticipat din cauza invaziei militare a Rusiei la scară largă.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Sashko Shevchenko |Serhiy Horbatenko |Riin Aljas
KYIV -- In 2022, for the first time in her 34 years as a teacher, Lydia Prokopenko didn't get to see her first-graders graduate. Instead, her elementary school in eastern Ukraine was shut down, and she was forced into early retirement by a full-scale Russian military invasion. Her home village, Studenok, was just kilometers from intense fighting in the nearby Holy Mountains National Nature Park, where Russian troops soon wrested control of the park's wooded cliffs.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Chris Rickleton |Andy Heil |Krenare Cubolli |Sashko Shevchenko
PRAGUE -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic denied having close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin and repeatedly batted back the notion that his EU candidate country was a “Trojan horse” for Moscow despite its refusal to join European sanctions since Russia invaded Ukraine and other differences with the bloc.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Chris Rickleton |Andy Heil |Krenare Cubolli |Sashko Shevchenko
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Members of a Facebook group that opposes expensive recycling fees imposed by the Kazakh government, especially those on cars and other vehicles, have had their accounts on the platform either removed or restricted, the group said, attributing the moves to government pressure.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Andy Heil |Krenare Cubolli |Sashko Shevchenko
Iran's police force has dismissed the police commander of a city in the northern province of Gilan after the death in custody of a detainee, state media said on August 31. The man who died, Mohammad Mir Musavi, 36, was arrested on July 22 after being involved in a fight in Lahijan, police said in a statement carried by the official news agency IRNA. "The police commander... was dismissed due to insufficient oversight of the conduct and behavior of staff," the police said.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Andy Heil |Sashko Shevchenko
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 30 dismissed the commander of the country's air force. The move came one day after Kyiv said a U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet had crashed, killing the pilot. Zelenskiy published a decree to remove Mykola Oleshchuk from the post, saying he had made the decision to "strengthen" Ukraine's military leadership.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
rferl.org | Krenare Cubolli |Andy Heil |Sashko Shevchenko
PRAGUE -- The European Union’s special envoy for efforts to normalize relations between Serbia and its former province Kosovo has warned of the danger of “outbursts of instability” for years to come if those Balkan neighbors can’t overcome their current impasse and unilateral actions continue.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
lrt.lt | Sashko Shevchenko
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Jeilio universiteto istorijos profesorius, knygų „Kruvinos žemės“ (angl. „Bloodlands“) ir „Kelias į nelaisvę“ (angl. „The Road To Unfreedom“) autorius Timothy Snyderis su „Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty“ (RFE / RL) kalbėjosi apie galimus Rusijos karo prieš Ukrainą pabaigos scenarijus, apie tai, kaip galėtų atrodyti Rusijos imperijos žlugimas, apie mobilizacijos pastangas Ukrainoje ir kitus su karu susijusius dalykus.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
lrt.lt | Sashko Shevchenko
Timothy Snyder, a professor of History at Yale University and the author of books including Bloodlands and The Road To Unfreedom, spoke to Sashko Shevchenko of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service about possible scenarios for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, what the collapse of Russia as an empire could look like, the current mobilisation efforts in Ukraine, and other matters related to the war. This story originally appeared at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), partners of LRT English.
