A military vehicle destroyed on Feb. 18, 2022, by an explosion in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian separatists.
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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
Regular Americans could find themselves targets of Russian cyberwarfare.
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Russia’s cyberattack capabilities can be applied to US targets, including regular Americans’ homes and businesses.
Smoke rising near the town of Hostomel and the Antonov Airport, in northwest Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 24.
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The Conversation asked three scholars to briefly explain what this attack means for the people of Ukraine and the world.
High-level diplomacy: representatives of the US and UK on the UN Security Council talk with Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya.
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The question centres on whether Russia legally inherited the permanent seat formerly occupied by the Soviet Union.
Smoke and flame rise near a military building after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2022.
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A western ‘do as I say, not as I do’ approach has helped provoke Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lorries queue to cross from Ukraine to Poland.
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Everything from food to metals are facing major upheaval.
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Economic warfare only works if it really hurts.
Aggressor: Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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What Nato and its allies do next will be vital to the future security of Europe and the rest of the world.
Winter wheat being harvested in the fields of the Tersky Konny Zavod collective farm in the North Caucuses.
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Every agricultural role-player is keeping an eye on the developments in the Black Sea region.
A woman in Ukraine appears to pray as she waits for a train out of Kyiv.
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Russia’s invasion will likely accelerate the fastest inflation in 40 years, increasing the risks for the overall US economy.
Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at a Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022.
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As war begins between Ukraine and Russia, a range of stories provides context to help readers understand the conflict.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant in Brandenburg where green hydrogen is produced from wind power and fed into the gas grid.
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Germany’s reliance on natural gas has undermined western unity in dealing with Russia, creating an opening for Vladimir Putin.
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Further cyber exploitation of Ukraine could cause citizens immense distress at this critical moment.
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Putin resembles more a Russian ultranationalist with a shaky grasp of history than a pragmatic master strategist. The West must assume his ambitions are loftier than ever before.
Petrol prices Wednesday morning.
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Australia may not import crude oil or petrol from Russia. But the world oil market behaves as one great pool.
‘Special Military Operation’ or invasion?
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The Russian leader’s assertion that Ukraine is an ‘artificial construct’ is not borne out by the historical record.
Residents of Donetsk have been evacuated in recent days.
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Vladimir Putin has sent troops into the eastern Ukraine regions known as the Donbas. Here’s what life has been like for people living in the separatist territories.
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The Council of Europe aims to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but it hasn’t moved to suspend Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
A protest outside the Russian Embassy on Feb. 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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The crisis between Russia and Ukraine began with Russian objections to potential Ukrainian membership in NATO. Now it’s clear that Vladimir Putin really wants something else.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity is on the rise again, but conflict with Ukraine may eventually change that.
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Approximately 69% of Russians approve of President Vladimir Putin. But a costly war is likely to chip away at his popularity, history and data tell us.