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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past week.
A Ukrainian mother sobs at the funeral of her son in Irpin, near Kyiv, on Feb. 14, 2023. He was a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine and died fighting in the Bakhmut area of the country.
(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Calls for peace that suggest Ukraine should give up territory simply to end the war will condemn some Ukrainians to unspeakable horrors and provide a precarious foundation for lasting peace.
Russian soldiers have sometimes had to provide their own medical kits.
Stephen Foote /Alamy
Russian soldiers are often barely trained and are not the highly trained operatives that some experts expected.
Being seen: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has maintained a constant stream of appearances to press home his country’s narrative.
Ukraine Presidency/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/Alamy Live News
The two sides have used media very differently during the conflict: Zelensky has inspired support, Putin has stifled dissent.
A Ukrainian serviceman of the artillery unit of the 80th Air Assault Brigade walks near Bakhmut on February 7, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
The key problem is access to information: Russia has refused to accept responsibility and prevented the investigators from gathering evidence from Russian nationals.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests celebrating Sunday Mass in Lviv, in western Ukraine.
AP Photo/Bernat Armangue
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has a history going back to the 16th century, when some Orthodox bishops and their followers agreed to become Catholic.
Myanmar’s two-year resistance to the brutal military regime barely registers in the West. But Ukraine shows that Western military force can be successfully used to support a democracy under siege.
A German Leopard 2 heavy battle tank of the type destined for Ukraine.
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New data from 2000 through 2019 shows that Ukraine’s human rights record is better than Russia’s – but worse than that of its Western European neighbors.
M1 Abrams, a third-generation American main battle tanks, are seen in Poland in September 2022.
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