Ordinary Ukrainians are committed to defending their country’s sovereignty.
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What ordinary Ukrainians think about the cost of war against Russia.
A Ukrainian inspects a ruined Russian tank displayed on the streets of Kyiv.
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Displays of captured Russian weaponry aim to show the strength of the foe Ukrainians face, but also that victory is possible.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
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While most daily newspapers presented the conflict as black and white, weeklies presented readers with a more sophisticated and nuanced take.
Monument to the victims of the mass deportations of Tartar peoples from Crimea.
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Forced relocation of civilian populations is a war crime.
‘Kherson is Ukraine’: a show of support for the counteroffensive that aims to push Russian troops out of the southern region.
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Ukrainians who have turned coat and are working for the Russians in occupied regions are being targeted for assassination.
Satellite view of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine.
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Plans to create a safe zone around the massive nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia require Russian agreement, which so far looks unlikely.
Vladimir Putin appears larger than life on screen as he addresses an audience at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea in March 2022.
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There’s no question the Russian population is subject to a Russian media largely loyal to the Kremlin. But that doesn’t mean Vladimir Putin lacks genuine supporters.
A Ukrainian soldier inspects a residential building after it was damaged following a Russian shelling attack In Kyiv.
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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.
‘Run for your lives’: Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russian troops ahead of Ukraine’s southern offensive.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Tourism resorts around the world have suffered an economic hit with a drop in Russian tourists.
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Resorts around the world are looking to attract travellers from other countries to replace Russian travellers.
Mikhail Gorbachev in 2007 with the editor of independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, holding a book about the murdered reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
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Glasnost was hailed as one of the Soviet leader’s great achievements. But it was a fragile freedom and soon overturned by Vladimir Putin.
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Gorbachev failed in his two main aims: to hold togteher a reformed Soviet Union and cement its place in a new world order.
Warm working relationship: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
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The INF treaty signed by Gorbachev and US president Ronald Reagan prohibited medium-range missiles.
Sinking ships: Russia’s Black Sea fleet has largely been neutralised.
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Ukraine has been able to challenge Russia’s dominance of the Black Sea, and this will be key to success in its counteroffensive.
Liberator, failed reformer or architect of Soviet demise?
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Mikhail Gorbachev died at 91 on Aug. 30, 2022. A historian of the Soviet era assesses his impact and the consequences of his failed attempts to reform state socialism.
The Nord Stream pipeline from the Baltic Sea to Germany is regularly being closed this year as Russia restricts gas supply.
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Russia is burning off and wasting millions of pounds of gas rather than supply it to Europe. Here’s why.
A Ukrainian solider is seen in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Aug. 15, 2022.
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While Russia and Ukraine’s war wages on, previous peace talk discussions didn’t appear to include women. Changing that can make a difference, research shows.
Preparing for the push: a Ukrainian soldier hands an automatic rifle to a comrade.
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Ukraine says it will push Russian troops out of the country. This offensive could be critical to that aim.
In July 2022, Iran provided the Russian military with training for using Iranian-produced weapons, including the Shahed-129 drone, displayed here at a 2019 military show in Tehran.
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There’s an unexpected beneficiary of Russia’s war on Ukraine.