Whatever the reason for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the west and Russia have been spoiling for a fight for decades. The war must end before it leads to a global conflagration.
Take that! Ukrainian stamps celebrating the defiance of the defenders of Snake Island in the Black Sea.
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The war in Ukraine has traumatised many people, military and civilian. But the country’s health service was already ill-equipped to deal with mental health issues.
Vladimir Putin is playing a long game by not formally declaring war. It may be to avoid international escalation.
In war, it’s not the size or sophistication of the technology, but how it’s used – especially in combinations.
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A year ago, the Ukrainian military was largely equipped with Soviet-era weapons. It has since seen an influx of high-tech weapons. But it’s less what than how that’s made a difference.
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The US and dozens of other nations have punished Russia with round after round of sanctions – yet the Russian economy is expected to grow in 2023.
Russian President Putin thought he would overrun Ukraine in a few days. These military volunteers and fellow Ukrainians ‘had other ideas,’ writes the author.
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For a scholar who studies how different generations reacted to the end of the Soviet empire, the war in Ukraine is a collision of the professional and the personal.
Give us fighter aircraft: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, presents the speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, with a fighter pilot’s helmet.
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Ukrainian families taking refuge in the UK face barriers and misunderstanding as well as kindness.
Surprise visit: Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, welcomes the US president, Joe Biden, to the presidential palace in Kyiv.
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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.
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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.
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