Ukrainians face hardship and loss, but hope remains.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on the Dnipro River near Nikopol, Ukraine.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed Ukraine’s nuclear sites under considerable threat with a growing risk that further conflict may lead to radioactive contamination.
Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, in June 2023, as fighting between the SAF and the RSF continues.
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Hopes for a peaceful resolution are fading as the Sudan civil war blazes into a second year.
Georgians attend a protest against a bill on ‘foreign agents’ near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16 2024.
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Georgians have taken to the streets to protest a Putin-style ‘foreign agents’ law.
The Taliban are in talks with Russia over improved co-operation.
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The Taliban is likely to be hoping for economic and political benefits from an improved relationship with Russia.
Members of Ukraine’s ‘Siberian Battalion’ training near Kyiv, APril 2024.
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Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Devastation: firefighters at the scene of a Russian bomb attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, April 2024.
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Russia is putting wings and guidance systems on old ‘iron bombs’ and using them to pound Ukraine’s cities.
Lavrov and Yi meet in Beijing to discuss the ongoing relationship between Russia and China.
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China and Russia have jointly criticised the west, as well as pledging economic and security co-operation.
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Some people think the decision to impose higher tariffs is just an excuse used by the EU to keep protecting its own farmers.
Before the rainbow lost its colour: young people in Moscow gather for an arts festival, June 2022.
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Thirty years after homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia, new laws making ‘gay propaganda’ an offence are criminalising being gay.
Finland has compulsory military service, other nations are thinking about following suit.
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Conscription is being talked about by Nato’s European members as they grow increasingly concerned about further Russian expansion. Ukraine has just expanded its version.
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The Starfish Prime test in 1962 showed how dangerous it would be to detonate a nuclear weapon in space.
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Georgia is backsliding toward Russia’s sphere of influence.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
More than 140 people died in the Crocus City Hall assualt in Moscow on March 22, 2023.
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A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
Vladimir Putin speaking during a concert in Moscow’s Red Square to mark the 10th anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
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Since annexing Crimea ten years ago, Putin has set out to destroy non-Russian identities on the peninsular.
The praying hall in Bukhara Synagogue, in the Uzbek capital.
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A hidden history of connection and commerce between Britain, Afghanistan, and central Asia serves as a reminder of the possibility of inter-religious co-existence in even the most fraught of times.
Muhammadsobir Fayzov, a Tajik suspect in the Moscow terror attack, sits in a glass cage in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024.
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News that four of the suspects in the Moscow terror attacks are Tajik will likely result in further demonization against people already facing poverty and discrimination, despite a glorious history.
Mourners stand in a queue to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, after 137 were killed in a terrorist attack.
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The US said it shared information about a potential attack weeks before the Crocus City massacre.
The aftermath of the concert hall attack in Moscow on March 23, 2024.
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At least 137 people were killed in the Moscow attack – the latest in a a series of ISIS-K operations outside its traditional stronghold.