Yuras Karmanau

In this undated image from video provided by the Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade “Borysfen” on Sept. 30, 2026, destroyed cars are seen on a highway from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region of Ukraine. (Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade “Borysfen” via AP)

Desperate civilians risk their lives along mined roads to escape from a Russian-held city

October 17, 2026 at 3:22 p.m.

Food and medical supplies have been scarce for months in Oleshky, which sits on the Dnipro River that separates Ukrainian forces from the city's Russian occupiers.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of released Belarusian prisoners, smiles surrounded by his supporters as he arrives at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025.(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and others who took on Belarus’ president are among the freed prisoners

December 13, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babaryka.

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