It was a much scaled-back Victory Day parade ihis year.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Experts expect the war in Ukraine to be a lengthy, grinding conflict similar to what is playing out in Bakhmut.
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The author was part of a delegation to Kyiv of military, intelligence and diplomatic experts. Here are his impressions.
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Interviews with Russian men found most no longer see military service as a marker of masculinity.
Security: the Kremlin has banned the use of drones in the centre of Moscow ahead of the May 9 ‘Victory Day’ celebrations.
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The drone ‘attack’ on the Kremlin remains shrouded in mystery. Here are some of the possible explanations.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping from his office in Kyiv.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Never forget: Vladimir Putin marching in the Victory Day ‘Immortals Parade’ with a picture of his father, May 2022.
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Is it security issues or fear of massive anti-war protests that has prompted the Kremlin to cancel many of the traditional May 9 celebrations this year?
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Ukraine badly needs a major military success to boost the confidence of its western allies and ensure a continuing flow of military equipment.
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France is one of a growing number of countries urging a negotiated settlement to the war mediated by China.
‘Spy ship’: Russian oceanographic research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky during a military parade off the coast of St.Petersburg in 2020.
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A new documentary has tracked a Russian vessel apparently collecting data on energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic.
Russian dIssident Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for ‘treason’ among other charges.
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Opposing the Russian president appears as dangerous in today’s Russia as back in the days of the Stalin purges and show trials.
Court hearing: an artist’s impression of Jack Teixeira being charged.
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The leaks have revealed much about shortcomings in the way the US intelligence community operates.
In for the long haul: Ukrainian troops digging in around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Endless battle? Bitter fighting has raged around the town of Bakhmut since the middle of 2022.
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The leaks suggest neither side has the capacity to force an outright victory this year.
A wounded pregnant woman is evacuated from Mariupol Maternity Hospital No.3 in March 2022.
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My research shows how international and civil wars have significantly increased infant mortality rates around the world.
Detained: Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal.
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If truth is the first casualty of war, so are the journalists who risk their lives to report it.
Popular will: a protest in Warsaw for peace in Ukraine.
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Ukraine is hinting it may be prepared to talk, with conditions. Here’s what both sides could learn from the Northern Ireland peace process.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict over the past fortnight.
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Friendly fire incidents have always been a feature of war, but the array of different countries’ equipment makes it very challenging for Ukrainian troops in the field.
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What started as a short military operation will now take years and years. Changing its tune is all in a day’s work for the Kremlin.
Crimea: as pro-Moscow citizens celebrate nine years of Russian occupation, talk of Kyiv’s plans to retake the peninsula grows louder.
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Russia is reportedly preparing massive defences to prevent a lightning offensive to retake the occupied peninsula.