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Maps can shape how we see conflict.
Ukrainians face hardship and loss, but hope remains.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Nuclear proliferation is gathering pace as global tensions rise.
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.
Flags for the United States and Ukraine billow outside of the Capitol building on April 23, 2024.
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President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the total $95 billion foreign aid package that covers Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
Swedish conscripts on parade.
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As some Nato member countries extend conscription, history shows that it can sometimes create more equality in society.
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.
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.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 1, 2023.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy defending global norms.
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.
Hanadi Alashi points to Palestinian family members in a photo at her home in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2023. Alashi is one of many Canadians who have applied for family members to come to Canada under a special extended family visa program created in response to the conflict in Gaza.
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Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
A boy sets a flag at a memorial for Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv on April 9, 2024.
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There are several reasons why supporting Ukraine helps the US too, including creating a deterrent for China, Russia and other potential adversaries.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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.
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Russian propaganda and talking points on Ukraine continue to be repeated, without being challenged, two years after the war began.
‘Are these even on?’: Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs, asks to be heard in Brussels.
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Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech before presenting the Russian Hero of Labour gold medals in June 2023.
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Russia has tied its currency to gold to evade sanctions. Shifting the ruble away from a pegged value and into the gold standard itself is aimed at making it a credible gold substitute at a fixed rate.
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While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire rockets towards Russian positions on March 5.
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The Russia-Ukraine war highlights developments in modern warfare, which uses new weaponry alongside traditional methods of fighting.
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A centralised system of government has allowed Putin to project power, but the country’s health care, schools, infrastructure and general quality of life have sharply deteriorated.