"When you win, bring it back to Malibu," Penn said to the Ukrainian president. "Because I'll feel much better knowing there's a piece of me here."
Ukrainian forces are using Soviet-era T-64B tanks to defend the area around the key city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. Russian troops have been making slow but steady progress in the area. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir followed a tank crew from Ukraine's 30th Mechanized Brigade as it targeted Russian logistical supplies like fuel and ammunition.
Soldiers with Ukraine's 30th Mechanized Brigade say they have been hit from all sides around the key Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Russian forces have been making slow but steady progress in the area. RFE/RL's Maryan Kushnir was with the Ukrainian troops and has this report from one of the hottest zones in the war.
RFE/RL Ukrainian Service correspondent Maryan Kushnir spent a week on the front line near Bakhmut, an important transport hub in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces have slowly advanced toward the city. His report, filmed on October 7-13, contains disturbing scenes.
Russian Lieutenant Serhiy Steiner was tried for robbing civilians and destroying civilian properties in a village near the capital city of Ukraine in March. On September 26, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. He was the first accused of crimes in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be tried in absentia.