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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Insurrection: Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claims his troops have occupied Russian military headquarters in Rostov.
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Russian forces in Ukraine have been deeply divided. The Kremlin is attempting to remedy that, but the signs are not good.
Fruitless talks: the African delegation failed to reach agreement with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/UPI
Despite a procession of peace plans for Ukraine, irreconcilable divisions remain between Kyiv and Moscow.
A window into a new way of doing global economic business.
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Talk of a joint BRICS currency feeds into ‘decline of the dollar’ rhetoric. But it is the economic bloc’s focus on innovation that will reshape the international system.
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, in June 2023, following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine.
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The Kakhovka Dam was once a symbol of harmony and co-operation among Russia and various Soviet Union republics. Its destruction vividly illustrates the death of those Soviet-era ideals.
Facing harder questions at home.
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Putin was put on the defensive during an increasingly rare Q&A over the war’s progress. Meanwhile, disquiet among potential rivals is growing.
Famine graves in a still from the documentary.
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While the filmmakers never received any explanation for the ban, they believe the film’s positive depiction of the west undermined the Russian media.
LGBT activists in Moscow protest against anti-gay legislation in 2020.
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Putin’s anti-queer campaign is just part of his continued manipulation of information.
Lula and Modi walking a new diplomatic path.
Takashi Aoyama/AFP via Getty Images
Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
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The Ukraine conflict shows the importance of space technology in modern warfare.
View of Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from right banks of Dnipro river.
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International nuclear experts are due to visit Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in the next few days to assess threats from the nearby dam attack.
Boxes containing classified documents are stored in a bathroom of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club.
Department of Justice
The indictment identifies categories of risk to the United States and its allies due to his alleged mishandling of classified documents. A scholar of intelligence studies examines four of them.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has pledged to support Ukraine if she wins.
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Haley is a young Republican candidate running for president, who thinks the over 75s need to take a competency test.
The destruction of the dam has caused massive flooding of nearby villages and in Kherson.
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Ground flooded by the Nova Kakhovka dam’s destruction may struggle to bear the weight of tanks and artillery.
China has been contributing peacekeepers to the UN mission in Sudan for years.
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China’s involvement in Sudan is more financial than military, and favours stability.
Car carcasses lie in the suburbs of Irpin, North West of Kyiv.
Romain Huët
A year after two stays several weeks-long in war-torn Ukraine, ethnographer Romain Huet has gone back there. From Kiev to the Donbas, he’s on a quest to understand how the war has changed Ukrainians.
Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, after the Kakhovka dam was destroyed. While the war in Ukraine is largely conventional, the use of paramilitary forces by both sides could escalate hostilities in the months to come.
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Both Russia and Ukraine are using paramilitary forces in their enduring conflict. But employing such forces poses serious risks for both countries.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant seen across the Dnieper River, which was receding after a downstream dam was destroyed.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency says the plant has enough water to last for several months. What happens afterward or if the remaining water is lost to the war could lead to a disaster.
The breach of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine could have lasting ecological and health impacts.
Ukrainian Presidential Office via AP
Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the attack on crucial civilian infrastructure. Experts explain what the incident means for future war plans, and for the safety of the affected region.
People take part in a pro-European Union rally in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, on May 21, 2023.
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Lack of control over its borders and corruption are two of the issues that could complicate Moldova’s bid to join the EU.