Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
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Articles on Kyiv
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Failing on the battlefield, Russia is now concentrating its fire against civilians in Ukraine’s major cities.
Ambassador Myroshnychenko & Michelle Grattan
“Hop in a taxi [in Kyiv] and the taxi driver is going to ask you, 'where are you from?' And you say you're Australian. Most likely he's going to say 'Bushmaster"
Vladmir Putin has a new problem. His invasion of Ukraine is not just bogged down. It’s going backwards.
Despite having superior military forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin has found Ukrainian resistance much tougher than expected. A West Point military expert looks at the future of the war.
More sophisticated weapons systems are enabling Ukraine to take back the Kherson region.
Saint Sophia Cathedral was built under the reign of Grand Prince Yaroslav, whose father, Volodymyr, converted the region to Christianity.
Ukraine is losing this war at the moment. The west needs to massively step up its military aid to the country.
Despite vague results of what the shuttle diplomacy will contribute to the world, at least the visits resemble Indonesia’s, if not Jokowi’s, own interest.
Bringing aid to the residents of bomb-ravaged cities becomes all the more difficult and perilous when the front line is just a stone’s throw away.
In this series, The Conversation France sends out an ethnographic correspondent to document the war in Ukraine. Here, Romain Huët reflects on what the conflict means for ordinary people and prepares to cross the Ukrainian border.
A group of Ukrainian teens writes about what they will do when the war ends. ‘The first thing that I would do is play the piano. I will play as long as I can,’ writes one.
Growing reports of war crimes by the Russian army are prompting calls for more action by the west.
Evidence of atrocities in districts retaken by Ukrainian forces suggest that Russian soldiers are as complicit in war crimes as their leader Vladimir Putin.
President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.
The best of the past week’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.
It’s hard to see how negotiations can succeed at this point.
A Kyivan Jewish scholar explains the long history of Jews in Kyiv and how they thrived, despite hostilities. They were forced to flee from the city many times – but always came back.
The west Ukrainian city has long been both a symbol of Ukrainian identity and an effevescent, multicultural hub.
A historian looks back at a time when Ukrainians battled for control of the capital, but succumbed to a superior Soviet army.
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