Fuel tanks burn after a shelling Russian officials said was conducted by Ukrainian forces at a fuel depot in Makiivka in Russian-controlled Donetsk region on July 5, 2023.
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Claiming the moral high ground in any war isn’t just about justifying a war effort — it’s also about how a war is fought. Both Ukraine and Russia, sadly, have plenty of civilian blood on their hands.
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fire a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flame-thrower rocket launcher, captured by a Ukrainian army battalion, towards Russian positions on the frontline near Kreminna, Luhansk region, in July 2023.
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The slow pace of the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia doesn’t suggest military success for Ukraine is impossible.
Traffic was stopped on the bridge, linking Crimea with Russia, on July 17 after a suspected drone attack.
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Crimea has historic symbolism to Russians, so attacks there are considered highly damaging.
Members of the Wagner Group on a tank in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, during the lightning march on Moscow on June 24 2023.
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Machinations over the march on Moscow are continuing.
Presidents Biden and Zelenskyy take to the stage.
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As Western leaders depart a crucial summit, a NATO scholar parses what went down.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska arrive for a dinner during the Nato summit.
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An aggressive Soviet strategy in Europe prompted the formation of Nato.
President Joe Biden and other world leaders are together at the 2023 NATO summit in Lithuania on July 11, 2023.
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The NATO summit is a chance for world leaders to hash out difficult topics, like the war in Ukraine – and for the US to show off its leadership, writes a former diplomat.
A flagging alliance? Far from it.
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Leaders of the Western military alliance meet in Lithuania with the ongoing war in Ukraine as a backdrop.
A U.S. artillery rocket system fires a missile during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in the northern Philippines in October 2022 in a region where the United States says it wants to deter China.
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Why have U.S. allies refused to grapple with American global violence, despite its horrific consequences and the fact that it clearly affects how the non-western world responds to the country?
What made Yevgeny Prigozhin turn his troops back on the road to Moscow?
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
People in Brussels attend a memorial for the Ukrainian children who have been forcibly taken to Russia.
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Russia’s systematic manipulation of children dates back long before the war in Ukraine, to when the Soviet Union first made false promises to its large population of orphans.
A Russian-registered Antonov AN-124 owned by Volga-Dneper sits on the tarmac at Pearson Airport in Toronto in March 2022. It was recently seized by Canada.
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The Canadian government has already seized privately owned Russian assets. Here’s what it could do to legally seize state-owned assets and use the money to help rebuild Ukraine after the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on June 29, less than a week after the rebellion by the mercenary Wagner Group.
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The revolt by Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops put the US in an unusual situation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg wants to retire, but may find himself asked to serve another term.
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Nato leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius next week - it won’t be plain sailing.
The world turned upside down.
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Terms like ‘Third World’ and ‘developing nations’ have long fallen out of fashion.
Ukrainian soldiers on a Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicle at their positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on June 25.
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Euphoria in the West about the short-lived revolt by the Wagner Group hasn’t yet resulted in military gains for Ukraine.
Members of the Wagner Group sit atop a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023.
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A historian explains how Russian President Vladimir Putin, weakened by a short-lived mutiny, might find a path to peace with Ukraine.
In Lviv, Ukraine, a 15-year-old girl recovers from injuries sustained in the war.
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No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most devastating traumas.
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For the past few years Alexander Lukashenko has had to depend on Moscow’s help to keep him in power. Now he appears to have returned the favour.
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The new package includes military vehicles, artillery ammunition and $10 million for a UN humanitarian agency.