Retaking Snake Island in May 2022 has become symbolic of Ukraine’s defiance.
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Ukraine’s recent successes at sea and in Crimea create strategic opportunities in the Black Sea and, in the longer term, for the war on land.
Crimea: as pro-Moscow citizens celebrate nine years of Russian occupation, talk of Kyiv’s plans to retake the peninsula grows louder.
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Russia is reportedly preparing massive defences to prevent a lightning offensive to retake the occupied peninsula.
Ukrainian personnel fire a canon in the Kherson area.
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There are 3 reasons why Russia’s loss of Kherson – if Moscow’s claims are accurate – will likely prove decisive for the future of the war, and potentially Putin’s own fortunes too.
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How does Putin extract himself from this mess? The only way to do so is to win the war in Ukraine, or at least to win sufficient concessions that would permit him to spin it as a victory.
Kerch bridge: a catastrophe for Vladimir Putin.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Military target? A boy looks at a fragment of Russian rocket in a children’s playpark, Kyiv, October 2022.
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Failing on the battlefield, Russia is now concentrating its fire against civilians in Ukraine’s major cities.
The Kerch Bridge, seen here after being damaged in an explosion, was Vladimir Putin’s pet project.
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US president Joe Biden has warned of Armageddon if Russia uses nuclear weapons and says Vladimir Putin needs an ‘off ramp’ to de-escalate.