Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to present medals at the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 8, 2023.
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Polls suggest many Russians remain supportive of Putin and the war in Ukraine. Economic realities and western double standards likely play a big role.
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With the prospect of a second Trump presidency halting military aid for Ukraine, it is vital for Kyiv that the EU finds a way to unlock more funding.
Technology is changing how wars are fought, but not the reasons for them.
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Advances in technology are deployed in war, changing the ways that wars are both fought and communicated.
The inside of a nuclear power plant’s control room.
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A climate of fear about international war inspired Eisenhower’s Atoms of Peace speech in 1953, his words about global peace seem relevant to global peace today.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Russian Central Bank Chief Elvira Nabiullina attends a meeting on economic issues in Moscow in February 2023. Central bank reserves are among the Russian state assets that could be seized under Canadian law.
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Who will pay to rebuild Ukraine? Canada is the first to pass a law allowing Russian state assets to be seized to rebuild Ukraine, but will it discourage Russia from ending the war?
Damage to the Tarnavsky Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities was caused by shelling by Russian troops in 2022.
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When links with the past are destroyed, there is a loss of opportunity to continue a way of life, to live in the place one’s parents and grandparents lived.
Vigil lanterns at the Bitter Memory of Childhood monument commemorating the Ukrainian famine.
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Putin’s worldview echoes Russian phrase, ‘Who is not with us, is against us.’
Ukrainians making winter camouflage nets for the military.
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With winter approaching, analysts suggest there will no be any major breakthroughs in the next few months.
Activist Sair Smedlja stands in front of the Crimean Tatar self-governing assembly (the Mejlis) which was closed down when the Russians occupied Crimea.
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A spokesman claims that Crimean Tatars who are arrested by their Russian occupiers are beaten and tortured.
Residents of Kherson queue up to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after the liberation of the city in November 2022.
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Venturing out onto the city’s streets carries danger. But there is little reason to go out anyway. Few shops and still fewer places of entertainment are open.
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Ukraine’s successes against Russia’s Black Sea fleet have increased confidence in its ability to protect shipping in and out of its ports.
The exterior of Shifa hospital in Gaza City is seen on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas near the facility.
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The Taliban and the Islamic State group are among the militant groups that have been known to use civilians as human shields in the past, in order to try to shift their opponents’ war calculations.
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Since 1947 the clock’s hand have been set at the beginning of every year.
Breaking up is hard to do.
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Hawkish foreign policy wonks have called for a breakup of Russia. But would that fall into Beijing’s hands?
Presidents Xi and Biden meet at the G20 summit.
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US president Joe Biden is facing difficult talks with China’s president, but needs a good result to give him a bump in the polls.
Preparing for battle: a Ukrainian soldier engages in a training drill before being deployed to the frontline, October 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Moscow has pulled the plug on yet another safety valve preventing conflict with the west.
People holding signs calling for an end to genocide in the Gaza Strip have been a common occurrence at pro-Palestinian protests.
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People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
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Ukraine needs some successes on the battlefield if it is to maintain international support.