The intertwined stories of Putin and Stalin's refugees in a literary circle near Paris

In the Paris suburb of Vanves, a small literary circle keeps alive the memory of the great Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva, in the apartment where she lived before her doomed return to Stalin's Russia. Today's Russian dissidents see in her verses a reflection of their own inner turmoil.

‘You’re not one of us, are you?’: How a Ukrainian soldier survived two weeks in a Russian dugout

When Vadym Lietunov spotted a fortified position after his own had been blown up, he didn’t realise it belonged to the enemy The bombing began the morning after Vadym Lietunov arrived on the frontline. It went on for six or seven hours each day. The Russians hit the dugout where he was sheltering with kamikaze drones and mortars. After every strike, Lietunov and another Ukrainian soldier, Sasha, repaired the damage, extinguishing fires with bottles of urine and shoving clay-filled sacks back ...

By Luke Harding in Odesa

Ukraine's drone forces begin new wave of strikes on Russian air defence systems – video

Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, has released a video showing the destruction of Russian air defence systems in temporarily occupied territories.

By Roman Petrenko

Ukraine battlefield: Advanced Ukrainian drones raise concerns among Russian forces

From Ukraine’s evolving battlefield, where drone warfare is redefining frontlines and so-called “killing zones,” to reports of “Martian drones” and their impact on both Russian and Ukrainian forces, we also look at the expanding use of unmanned systems in rescue operations, including the evacuation of a 77-year-old woman in Odesa region. France 24’s Gavin Lee is joined by Olena Krizhanivska, a Ukrainian defence analyst specialising in drones and unmanned systems, and founder of Ukraine’s Ar...

By Gavin LEE

In Kherson region, village of Inzhenerne attacked by drones for two days; casualties and damage reported

In the Kherson region, Russian troops have been launching massive drone attacks on the village of Inzhenerne in the Naddniprianske subdistrict for two days; there is damage and casualties.