Natalya Lyutykova fled her native Crimea after Russia seized the Ukrainian peninsula in 2014. Now living near Kyiv's airport, she fears her family is in Russia's crosshairs once again and is preparing for a possible attack by stocking up on canned food.
Details of 48 million COVID-19 vaccination certificates are reportedly being sold on the dark web for $100,000. Journalists identified a vulnerability with an online governmental portal containing vaccination data in 2021 and reported it to Russia's Communications Ministry.
Two Belarusians who have been sheltering at the Swedish Embassy in Minsk since September 2020 say the Swedish government has adopted "delaying tactics" to avoid helping them.
Can you distinguish between classic interiors and those favored (or allegedly favored) by some officials in the early post-Soviet era?
In an interview with Current Time television, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that city authorities are tasked to ensure that the Ukrainian capital's critical infrastructure is in good working order, and bomb shelters are ready to accommodate people in case of a possible Russian attack.
When asked about a possible Russian invasion, residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv say they are "ready," but "hope that it won't happen."
Russia has amassed an estimated 127,000 troops near the borders of Ukraine. In the event of an invasion, some Western experts believe Kyiv's forces could be quickly overwhelmed. But analysts point to some resources that make Ukraine a stronger power than it might appear.
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