Ukraine’s airforce is outgunned at present, but a supply of F-16 fighters could change that.
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A supply of US F-16 fighter aircraft could transform the air war and give Ukraine an edge on the ground.
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Ukrainian women have signed up for service on the frontlines, breaking down stereotypes of who can serve.
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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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How should the war in Ukraine end? That’s the question dividing two schools of geopolitical thought, but one side seems to be winning the argument.
Ukraine has a mixed human rights record over the past several decades, new data shows.
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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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The US tanks could give Ukraine an advantage in pushing back Russia from its territory – but no amount of money alone is enough to win a war.
Recruits attend military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in October 2022, eight months into Russia’s war in Ukraine. The mobilization of recruits was a sign of Russian acknowledgement that it was engaged in full-fledged war, not a ‘special military operation.’
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Russia’s army in Ukraine is fighting a much more artillery-intensive and methodical war than it was almost a year ago.
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Germany’s dithering over whether to send tanks to Ukraine reflects deepening divisions in NATO over how involved it wants to get in the war. The West needs a clearer strategy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to his education minister during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 9, 2023.
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It’s not in Canada’s interest, nor even in Ukraine’s, to risk nuclear Armageddon by pushing for Russian regime change.
Lest he forget: Vladimir Putin lays flowers at a memorial to the dead of the siege of Leningrad on the anniversary of its end in January 1942.
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The Kremlin’s weapons of mass distraction are designed to keep Kyiv and allies guessing.
Highly effective: Britain’s Challenger 2 tank.
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New supplies of advanced weaponry and training will further integrate Ukraine into Nato’s defensive system.
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda.
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Poland’s robust arguments for more weapons for Ukraine is partly sparked by its own vulnerable position.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to the White House during a surprise visit to the U.S. in December 2022.
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The US is giving record-high amounts of money to Ukraine, signaling it is invested in this war for the long run – a political science scholar explains 3 important things to know.
Residents watch a burning infrastructure project hit during a massive Russian drone night strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, in December 2022.
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With electricity in Ukraine constantly disrupted by Russian attacks, the Ukrainian population faces a difficult choice — to remain in the country under such conditions, or flee abroad.
Dilemma: some on the left blame Nato for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The left was split over whether Nato expansion had prompted the Ukraine invasion or whether it was an act of imperial aggression that must be opposed.
Fierce fighting has devastated the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia appears to have refocused on the land war with the aim of taking more territory.
Killer robots don’t look like this, for now.
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AI enabled weapons (LAWs) are still in their adolescence, which means we still have a chance to influence their development. But we need to act now.
In the remains of her classroom, 16-year-old Khrystyna Ignatova visits her desk in the Chernihiv School #21, in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
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The war in Ukraine affects everyone – including teachers and students, who are meeting the challenges with their people’s famed determination.
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There are a range of new flashpoints and ongoing deadly conflicts the world has largely ignored due to the focus on Ukraine.
Every little hurts.
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In the weeks after the war, there was talk of famine. Why hasn’t it happened?