On 22 July 2022, President Andrzej Duda chose to ratify the NATO protocol on the accession of Sweden and Finland to the Alliance on a Polish warship.
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By the end of the decade, Poland’s arms capacity could exceed that of the French, German, UK, Italian, Dutch and Belgian forces combined.
Major concern: a simulation of the explosion of a ‘dirty bomb’ in Seattle, US, in 2003.
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Western analysts believe Russia’s accusations are a ‘false flag’ operation designed to shift the blame for any use of WMDs on to Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, hands a bunch of flowers to Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill during a ceremony presenting him the Order of St. Andrew in the Kremlin in Moscow in November 2021. Both men have accused the West of trying to impose LGBTQ+ rights on Russia.
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The Russian state, in tandem with the Russian Orthodox Church, is using LGBTQ+ rights as a red-button issue to win support for its criminal war campaign in Ukraine.
Brrr: a trench in the Donetsk region of east Ukraine where fighting has been going on since 2014.
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The gruelling winter months have arrived in Ukraine and both sides are digging in for a long few months of sub-zero temperatures.
President Xi Jinping at the Communist Party Congress on October 16.
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How the crises in geopolitics and the world economy could affect us over the next two to five years.
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The Kremlin has a range of non-nuclear options for putting more pressure on Ukraine and the west.
Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, from his Metropolitan Police file c.1940.
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In today’s world, propaganda thrives and manipulation is rife, but in ways that Orwell never envisioned.
The aftermath of a drone attack on Kyiv, October 17 2022.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Cult of personality: Vladimir Putin has vowed to restore Russia’s imperial greatness.
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Russia now presents a serious threat to the international order.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, stands near a damaged residential building in Irpin, Ukraine, on Sept. 8, 2022.
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Giving Ukraine large amounts of money while not actually declaring war on Russia has various benefits for the US and other countries. Chiefly, it could protect US soldiers and civilians.
Concept image depicting a drone attack on an installation.
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‘Kamikaze’ drones allow Russia to target Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, but they are unlikely to make a big difference to the outcome of the war.
Riot police blocking the road to protesters in Minsk, Belarus, in August 2020.
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Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will put a lot at risk if he decides to get fully involved in military action in Ukraine.
Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany. OPEC countries have decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day in response to rising global interest rates.
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The impact of oil sanctions on Russia is limited compared to the severe repercussions they have on the global economy and other countries’ abilities to achieve energy security and transition.
Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Kyiv residential building destroyed by a drone that local authorities consider to be Iranian-made.
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Iran has a growing role in the Ukraine war, helping Russia augment its dwindling weapons supplies. That may help Russia, but it also serves Iran’s national interests.
A closer alliance between the US and Latin America could bring political and economic benefits for both.
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With Russia building new partnerships to gain support for its war, the US should re-engage with allies in its backyard, experts say.
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How does Putin extract himself from this mess? The only way to do so is to win the war in Ukraine, or at least to win sufficient concessions that would permit him to spin it as a victory.
Ukrainian firefighters battling flames at a power station hit by Russian missiles.
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In the face of Russian military setbacks at the hands of a dogged opposition army, Russian President Vladimir Putin is focusing on targets that will put psychological pressure on the Ukrainian nation.
United Nations General Assembly: overwhelming condemnation of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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A UN resolution condemning the war passed with an overwhelming majority. But there is little consensus about how to cease hostilities.
People in Luhansk watch Vladimir Putin tell them they have become part of the Russian Federation.
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History tells us that non-recognition works and that simply accepting illegal invasions sets a dangerous precedent.
Russian recruits gather inside a military recruitment centre on Sept. 26, 2022.
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An influx of reluctant Russian troops probably won’t drastically change the outcome of the war in Ukraine. Here’s why.