Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Military target? A boy looks at a fragment of Russian rocket in a children’s playpark, Kyiv, October 2022.
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“Hop in a taxi [in Kyiv] and the taxi driver is going to ask you, 'where are you from?' And you say you're Australian. Most likely he's going to say 'Bushmaster"
Ukrainian soldiers are counterattacking in the east of the country.
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Vladmir Putin has a new problem. His invasion of Ukraine is not just bogged down. It’s going backwards.
A Ukrainian soldier inspects a residential building after it was damaged following a Russian shelling attack In Kyiv.
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Liam Collins, United States Military Academy West Point
Despite having superior military forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin has found Ukrainian resistance much tougher than expected. A West Point military expert looks at the future of the war.
Added firepower: US MLRS systems being used during a live-fire training exercise in Minnesota, July 2022.
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Despite vague results of what the shuttle diplomacy will contribute to the world, at least the visits resemble Indonesia’s, if not Jokowi’s, own interest.
Bringing aid to the residents of bomb-ravaged cities becomes all the more difficult and perilous when the front line is just a stone’s throw away.
I arrived in Lublin, Poland, on 15 April. At the airport, I discovered that my backpack had been lost by the airline. Stunned, anxious. I had planned to cross the border the same day. This is the first step of such a journey: to reach the country as soon as possible.
In this series, The Conversation France sends out an ethnographic correspondent to document the war in Ukraine. Here, Romain Huët reflects on what the conflict means for ordinary people and prepares to cross the Ukrainian border.
A residential building destroyed by Russian army shelling in Borodyanka, Kyiv province.
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A group of Ukrainian teens writes about what they will do when the war ends. ‘The first thing that I would do is play the piano. I will play as long as I can,’ writes one.
The retaking of Bucha has uncovered what appear to be signs of atrocities.
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Evidence of atrocities in districts retaken by Ukrainian forces suggest that Russian soldiers are as complicit in war crimes as their leader Vladimir Putin.
Bodies lie on the ground after a strike in Bucha, a suburb on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022.
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President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.
International diplomacy: Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the Swedish parliament on March 24.
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A Kyivan Jewish scholar explains the long history of Jews in Kyiv and how they thrived, despite hostilities. They were forced to flee from the city many times – but always came back.
The historic centre of Lviv has been listed as a Unesco world heritage site since 1998.
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Maitre de conférences en sciences de la communication, Chercheur au PREFICS (Plurilinguismes, Représentations, Expressions Francophones, Information, Communication, Sociolinguistique), Université Rennes 2