I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two major issues: potential Georgia sanctions ...

A Ukrainian drone strike hit a facility overnight in Russia’s industrial city of Izhevsk, more than 1,000 kilometers east of ...

A Current Time crew talked to Ukrainian artillerymen fighting outside the city of Pokrovsk as they try to prevent Russian ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi ruled out a quick resumption of talks with the United States after President Donald ...

A Soviet-era “Bukhanka” van, retrofitted with modern tech, scans for Russian drones, helping Ukrainian troops survive fierce ...

Russian officials are telegraphing a slowdown of the country’s war economy -- the first major slump since the launch of the ...

You are listening to the audio version of the Wider Europe newsletter, published on July 1, 2025, read by an AI-generated voice of RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak.

US President Donald Trump said he is not speaking to Iran, claiming the country’s nuclear facilities are “totally obliterated ...