Members of the Ukrainian community stage an event to mark three years since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Ryanair could have as many as 5 million passengers per year in Ukraine within a year or two of reopening its skies, CEO Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday, as the low-cost airline prepared for a return to the war-torn country.

Romania passed a law to shoot down drones violating airspace and other countries may follow suit as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate.

Ali Velshi travelled to Eastern Europe to cover the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While talking to Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw, Ali met then 15-year-old Nastya Shpot. She and her family were forced to flee their hometown,

More than 90 percent of churchgoers in Moldova, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, adhere to the Orthodox Church. The invasion, backed enthusiastically by Russia's Orthodox Church, has accelerated a move by parishes from Moldova's majority Moscow-linked Moldova Metropolis to the smaller Romania-linked church,

People hold a demonstration in support of Ukraine outside the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Kamysz, right, meets with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, left, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/)

Protesters rallied by Ukrainian and Polish anti-war activists of the Euromaidan-Warsaw group mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw,

Protesters rallied by Ukrainian and Polish anti-war activists of the Euromaidan-Warsaw group mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw,

The next day Romania expelled Russia’s military attaché and arrested six people for “plotting to take over state power”. Romania’s biggest parties, the centre-left Social Democrats and centre-right National Liberal Party,

Romanian police say six people have been detained for allegedly organizing a criminal group that colluded with Russia to plot a coup against the government.

Romania said on March 5 that it had expelled Russian military attache Victor Makovskiy and his deputy, Evgeny Ignatiev, for breaching diplomatic rules of conduct. "It is an exceptional measure... It is not a measure taken easily,