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In April 2026 reporter Edward Kaprov spent two weeks living amongst the last remaining residents of Kherson, a city on the frontline.

Sonu, Aman, Sajid and Tenu are part of the 20,000 foreign fighters fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

For four years, Russia has struck at Ukraine's vital infrastructure with the aim of demoralising the population. 

With endless air raids and drone strikes, the Ukrainian people are getting used to having to shelter in the metro and basements.

In Ukrainian Mariupol, occupied by Russia for four years, people pay in roubles and their passports are now Russian.

Life on the frontline with a Ukrainian drone division feels like a strange and deadly video game.

Restored wetlands would slow down tanks and infantry while also protecting the climate.

Harsher conditions for accessing social aid for Ukranian refugees is the aim of a bill that's being discussed in Warsaw.

A look at the daily struggle to survive amid a war that seems without end.

Putin has agreed to talks with Ukraine to take place in Turkey. But why there?

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion.

Strict sanctions are  imposed on Russia by Europe.So how is it that a Russian car dealer manages to import Porches from Germany with impunity?

Artist Émeric Lhuisset's reinterpretation of a famous 1891 painting is part of a media war between Russia and Ukraine.

As the war continues, tens of thousands of Ukrainian women have lost their husbands in the fighting, a difficult situation in this war-weary country.

In Kharkiv children rehearse a play to forget the war for a few hours.

Since the start of the war, private delivery service; Nova Poshta has maintained its services throughout the country, as close as possible to the front lines.

Two years of war has taken its toll on Ukraine, and the psychological wounds are becoming ever more apparent.

The outcome of the war in Ukraine is far from certain. But the Ukrainians are convinced that they will eventually retake the Crimean Peninsula. 

Many in Ukraine no longer want to share Christmas with the Russian enemy. The Christmas war has been declared, and Ukraine now celebrates Christmas on 25 December instead of 7 January.

Romanians close to the Ukrainian border are living in fear of Russian drone attacks.

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

Two years of war has taken its toll on Ukraine, and the psychological wounds are becoming ever more apparent.

Moldova is torn in two - part of the population wants rapprochement with the European Union, part looks back nostalgically to the Soviet era.

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

How a wardrobe malfunction resulted in the creation of Youtube

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

“All your base are belong to us” was a baffling translation error in an early nineties video game which quickly became a long-running internet meme. But why share a meaningless sentence?

Meet the artist who thinks letters are sexy

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.

Straits across the world are crucial for global trade and provide strategic advantages for neighbouring countries.

With geopolitical tensions and the war in Ukraine, European countries are looking to bolster their military forces. But are young people willing to take up arms?