‘March for justice’: Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin poses for a picture with a supporter in the Russian city of Rostov.
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The Russian president has been severely wounded by this open show of defiance. It remains to be seen whether Ukraine can take advantage of this weakness.
Open defiance in Rostov-on-Don.
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Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on Moscow.
A man takes down a poster reading Join us at Wagner in Russian amid an insurrection by the Wagner Group, a private military contractor, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 24.
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If Vladimir Putin can shift blame for a failed war in Ukraine onto Wagner Group forces as they engage in an armed rebellion on Russian territory, it could provide him an escape hatch from Ukraine.
The remains of a rocket that carried cluster munitions found in a Ukrainian field.
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The US administration said that it had received ‘written assurances’ from Ukraine that it would use cluster bombs carefully. Nonetheless, the munition will provide an additional risk to civilians.
The Soviet Union attempted to stop food and supplies reaching the western zones of Berlin in 1948.
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The Soviets controlled the media, set up camps for dissenters and installed politicians who would do their bidding in east Berlin and east Germany.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Insurrection: Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claims his troops have occupied Russian military headquarters in Rostov.
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Russian forces in Ukraine have been deeply divided. The Kremlin is attempting to remedy that, but the signs are not good.
Fruitless talks: the African delegation failed to reach agreement with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Despite a procession of peace plans for Ukraine, irreconcilable divisions remain between Kyiv and Moscow.
Vladimir Putin is certainly first among equals when it comes to his relationship with Belarus president, Alexander Lukashenko.
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If Russia moves nuclear warheads into Belarus the political fallout could be enormous.
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, in June 2023, following the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine.
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The Kakhovka Dam was once a symbol of harmony and co-operation among Russia and various Soviet Union republics. Its destruction vividly illustrates the death of those Soviet-era ideals.
Top two: Dmitry Medvedev took over from Putin as Russian president in 2008 before handing power back in 2012. He remains closer to the centre of power.
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Russia is threatening to disrupt the world’s undersea data infrastructure. This should be taken seriously.
Facing harder questions at home.
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Putin was put on the defensive during an increasingly rare Q&A over the war’s progress. Meanwhile, disquiet among potential rivals is growing.
LGBT activists in Moscow protest against anti-gay legislation in 2020.
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Putin’s anti-queer campaign is just part of his continued manipulation of information.
Lula and Modi walking a new diplomatic path.
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Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
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The Ukraine conflict shows the importance of space technology in modern warfare.
Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion talk to the press after a cross-border raid into Russia, May 24 2023.
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Two groups of Russian fighters have reportedly carried out recent attacks on Russian soil. What is their status under international law?
View of Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from right banks of Dnipro river.
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International nuclear experts are due to visit Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in the next few days to assess threats from the nearby dam attack.
Ukrainian soldiers head toward the strategic town of Bakhmut on 20 may 2023, days before the start of the counteroffensive launched in early June.
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Ukraine’s recapture of villages in the Donetsk region in early June raises a myriad of questions.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has pledged to support Ukraine if she wins.
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Haley is a young Republican candidate running for president, who thinks the over 75s need to take a competency test.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.