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Recruits attend military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in October 2022, eight months into Russia’s war in Ukraine. The mobilization of recruits was a sign of Russian acknowledgement that it was engaged in full-fledged war, not a ‘special military operation.’ (AP Photo)

Why Russia’s war in Ukraine today is so different from a year ago

Russia’s army in Ukraine is fighting a much more artillery-intensive and methodical war than it was almost a year ago.
Dilemma: some on the left blame Nato for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Avpics/Alamy Stock Photo

What’s next for the anti-Nato left after Ukraine?

The left was split over whether Nato expansion had prompted the Ukraine invasion or whether it was an act of imperial aggression that must be opposed.
October 16, 2014: Russian President seen through the soldiers during the military parade March of the victorious in Belgrade. Dimitrije Ostojic / Shutterstock

The Kremlin and elites in times of war

Are Russian elites playing a bigger role in the war than we give them credit for?
National identity: despite Moscow’s best efforts, Ukrainians are increasingly looking to the west for their future. Oleksii Chumachenko/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)

Putin’s plan to stop Ukraine turning to the west has failed – our survey shows support for Nato is at an all-time high

Moscow’s fears that Ukraine was turning towards the west prompted the invasion. This has backfired dramatically.

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