Russia has secured gains in the east but Ukraine is pushing back in the south.
Added firepower: US MLRS systems being used during a live-fire training exercise in Minnesota, July 2022.
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In terms of stated war aims, some sort of Russian ‘victory’ — albeit a costly one — is closer than the sort of victory upon which Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pinned his hopes.
Youthful patriotism: Russia’s sense of its own history remains unclear.
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The head of the Russian space agency announced that the country will withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024. A space policy expert explains what this means and why it’s happening now.
Odessa’s grain silos are full as a Russian blockade has stopped ships leaving during the Ukraine war.
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A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
All smiles: Russian president Vladimir Putin, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting in Tehran, July 2022.
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European countries are bracing for the prospect of a harsh winter of energy shortages.
Ukrainian women picket in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2022, calling for the rescue of Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Donbas city of Mariupol amid Russia’s invasion.
(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
It has been decades since many countries have faced significant rises in inflation. But thanks to the invasion of Ukraine and COVID-19, we are now having to learn just what rising inflation means.
The Serb leader in Bosnia & Herzogovina, Milorad Dodik, has been an outspoken supporter of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
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U311 Cherkasy was the first Ukrainian film about the annexation of Crimea, and played an important role in shaping the national identity.
While attending the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced sanctions against Russia
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New research shows that at least half of Canadians have encountered pro-Kremlin propaganda online and that those who hold left-leaning views are less susceptible to the Kremlin’s disinformation.
Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Joe Biden is set to make his first visit as president to the Middle East, during which he will meet the Saudi crown prince the US accuses of ordering the murder of a journalist.