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Received today — 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.

Russia's Mercenaries Fled Mali. 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.

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