Russian drone strikes hit a gas station and a train less than two kilometers from Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country is prepared for potential Russian attacks affecting its territory, a possibility he described as a "worst-case scenario."

Ukraine’s foreign minister is urging allies to provide more air defenses after a Russian drone strike on Pavlohrad killed at least five people and injured dozens. RFE/RL correspondent Roman Pahulych arrived as emergency crews treated the wounded and battled fires.

Emergency teams helped treat injured civilians in Kyiv after a Russian drone struck a 24-story residential building on September 9, causing a fire.

PAVLOHRAD, Ukraine -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ottawa will provide Ukraine with air defense support as he visited Canada in an attempt to shore up support from the country's allies amid deadly Russian drone and missile attacks.

Iran launched fresh missile attacks on Jordan, saying it was targeting a US military base in retaliation for strikes on Iranian oil tankers. Jordan says it intercepted 18 ballistic missiles, while the US military says it destroyed five Iranian crude carriers after Iran's failed attempted attacks on a US warship. The latest exchanges mark a sharp escalation in the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.

Iran said it attacked vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on September 9 after the United States destroyed several Iranian oil tankers overnight, in a sharp escalation in the six-month war.

Ukrainian drones struck a naval base and oil terminal in Russia's southern port city of Novorossiisk, with Kyiv saying several warships were hit, including a Kalibr missile carrier. Local officials reported 4 dead and at least 29 injured.

Emergency teams helped treat injured civilians in Kyiv after a Russian drone struck a 24-story residential building on September 9, causing a fire.

Russia hammered the Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles, killing at least two people in a major attack hours after White House envoys left Kyiv amid a renewed push for peace negotiations.

Families who lost loved ones in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and in the siege of Sarajevo say the death of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic on August 27 does little to ease decades of grief. But one man says what matters most is that Mladic was held accountable for his crimes, which included genocide and crimes against humanity. Mladic died in prison at the age of 84 while serving a life sentence for his role during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.

Thousands attended the Belgrade funeral for convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, who died while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The public honors surrounding the burial of the former Bosnian Serb commander have angered survivors and relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, who say the continued glorification of Mladic is deeply painful and dangerous. He was convicted by The Hague tribunal for war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina and died in prison on August 27 at age 84. The funeral, held with state and military honors, has also been condemned EU and US officials.

Former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic, who was convicted by The Hague tribunal for war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has been buried with state honors in Belgrade on September 7 despite international condemnation.

The city of Druzhkivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region is being battered by Russian strikes as the front line moves closer. A few thousand civilians remain in the city, many without water, electricity, or gas, while evacuations are becoming increasingly difficult. RFE/RL's Yevhenia Rusetska visited the embattled city, where some say they want to leave but have nowhere to go and no way to get out.

US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have landed in Moscow as part of the latest White House attempt to end Russia's war against its neighbor, with the two diplomats set to visit Kyiv after.

Russian officials alleged that a group of Ukrainian saboteurs crossed into western Russia and fired on civilians in villages in the Bryansk region. A group calling itself the Russian Volunteer Crops claimed responsibility. Kyiv suggested Moscow might be seeking a "false flag" pretext to stage new attacks on Ukraine.

An armed clash between Ukraine’s military intelligence and security service left three officers wounded in Kyiv. Both sides gave conflicting accounts, while President Zelenskyy called the incident “absolutely disgraceful.”

Thomas Melia, a former senior State Department official and a leader of the Free Russian Foundation NGO, told RFE/RL that US sanctions are causing real harm to the Russian economy, and that the sanctions bill currently being debated in Congress is not necessary to continue pressuring Moscow.

Thousands of mourners filled the streets of Minab in southern Iran to grieve for more than 100 students who were killed in a strike on a girls' school on February 28. The United States says it would not deliberately strike a school, but Iranian authorities are blaming the US and Israel.

On a Norwegian island high in the Arctic Circle, there is a small outpost of Russia. Barentsburg is home to about 500 people and a single, loss-making coal mine -- but Russia appears determined to keep it going.