Shackled to a vision of a ‘glorious past’: Russian president Vladimir Putin celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23 2024.
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The Russian president still insists that Ukraine has been taken over by hostile pro-western elites over the past decade.
Satellite radar data shows the complete destruction of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
Xu et al. (2024)
Satellite photography of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut shows block after block of destroyed buildings. Satellite radar provides a different view – a systematic look at the destruction of the whole city.
A civilian hospital building in Donetsk, Ukraine, after a Russian strike in February 2024.
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Western military support for Ukraine is more important than ever.
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The erasure of Ukrainian nationhood in occupied territories and frequent denial of Ukraine’s right to exist is evidence the Russian invasion has been genocidal in nature.
Donald Trump is having influence on US foreign policy, despite not being yet elected.
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The rest of the world is already starting to react to a possible Trump presidency, but is finding it hard to plan.
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Ukraine has fought off relentless waves of Russian attacks over the past two years, but if its Western support dries up, its resistance will be very hard to sustain.
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Ukraine is just one of a daunting number of security issues facing Nato and the west.
Died in prison: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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The opposition leader was poisoned and sent to a brutal prison camp where he is reported to have died.
Small, cheap, explosives-laden drones have become ubiquitous in the war in Ukraine.
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Drones have dominated images of the war in Ukraine, but an expert on drone warfare casts doubt on many of the grand claims made for the weapons.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Putin’s argument that Russia has a historic claim to Ukraine stretching back to the Middle Ages relies on some very doubtful sources.
Burnt-out cars after a Russian attack on a residential neighbourhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb. 10, 2024.
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With the Ukraine-Russia war entering its third year, Ukraine’s supporters must provide the right aid to the country and domestic politics cannot undermine the urgent needs of the country’s military.
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There’s no guarantee that the bill will even make it onto the floor of the US House of Representatives.
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As the war against Russia moves towards its third anniversary, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is facing a growing list of problems.
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The US journalist has been an outspoken critic of the Biden administration and has repeatedly justified Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A U.S. Air Force fighter jet takes off from RAF Lakenheath in the U.K. in 2018. American nuclear weapons may soon be hosted there.
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NATO members, particularly those in eastern Europe, fear a Russian invasion of their territory. By stationing some of its nuclear weapons in the U.K. again, the U.S. could ease those fears.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky met with US senators in September 2023 to talk about backing an aid bill for Ukraine.
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A major study of 60,000 people looked at who among the US public would favour aid to Ukraine.
People wave Russian, Palestinian and Hamas flags.
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The Gaza war has complicated issues in Ukraine, with Putin looking to exploit events in the Middle East to garner support among the Global South.
America’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, has been deployed to the Red Sea to counter the Houthi threat to shipping there.
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Successful empires have always depended on maritime power. Now there are signs that this power is shifting eastwards.
Widespread damage to buildings near the Palestine Tower in Gaza City after bombing by Israeli forces.
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Viral bots are ‘tricking’ social media algorithms to get more coverage for disinformation.