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Received today — 4 May 2026 Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty

Drone Hits Moscow High-Rise Amid Victory Day Preparations

4 May 2026 at 12:28
A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said. The incident occurred just days before Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the annual Victory Day military parade on May 9, marking Germany's defeat in World War II, on Red Square.

Drone Hits Moscow High-Rise Ahead Of WWII Parade, Ukraine Reports Deadly Russian Missile Attack

4 May 2026 at 08:56
A drone hit a high-rise apartment building a few kilometers from the Kremlin, Moscow's mayor said, while Ukrainian authorities said a Russian missile attack killed five people and wounded several others in the eastern Kharkiv region.

Received yesterday — 3 May 2026 Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty

Forty Children On Bus In Ukraine Narrowly Escape Russian Drone Strike

3 May 2026 at 14:12
A Russian drone struck close to a bus carrying 40 children in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, as the children were heading to a resort in western Ukraine amid continued air attacks between Moscow and Kyiv.

Received — 2 May 2026 Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty

Ukraine Strikes Russia's Tuapse Oil Facilities For Fourth Time

2 May 2026 at 10:58
Ukrainian forces again struck oil facilities in Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse early on May 1, a day after launching drones at a Russian oil facility some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a series of long-range strikes by Kyiv targeting Russian energy facilities.

Russian Mercenaries Fled A Northern Mali Stronghold. Here's What They Left Behind.

2 May 2026 at 09:39
Mali is a mess. Russia’s Africa Corps is pulling out of a major city it helped capture a couple years ago, what some experts say was a humiliation. Here’s what you need to know about what’s going on in the West Africa nation, and what it could mean for Russia.

Received — 1 May 2026 Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty

Iran's Internet Shutdown Means A Boon For Saffron Business In Afghanistan

1 May 2026 at 18:03
Iran supplies about 90 percent of the world's saffron. But since Iranian authorities shut down Internet access at the start of the war two months ago, growers have been cut off from their usual clients in Europe and China. That has meant a windfall for Afghan saffron dealers.

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