Georgians attend a protest against a bill on ‘foreign agents’ near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16 2024.
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Georgians have taken to the streets to protest a Putin-style ‘foreign agents’ law.
Members of Ukraine’s ‘Siberian Battalion’ training near Kyiv, APril 2024.
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Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 1, 2023.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy defending global norms.
Devastation: firefighters at the scene of a Russian bomb attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, April 2024.
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Russia is putting wings and guidance systems on old ‘iron bombs’ and using them to pound Ukraine’s cities.
Hanadi Alashi points to Palestinian family members in a photo at her home in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2023. Alashi is one of many Canadians who have applied for family members to come to Canada under a special extended family visa program created in response to the conflict in Gaza.
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Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
A boy sets a flag at a memorial for Ukrainian soldiers in Kyiv on April 9, 2024.
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There are several reasons why supporting Ukraine helps the US too, including creating a deterrent for China, Russia and other potential adversaries.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Vladimir Putin speaking during a concert in Moscow’s Red Square to mark the 10th anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia.
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Since annexing Crimea ten years ago, Putin has set out to destroy non-Russian identities on the peninsular.
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Russian propaganda and talking points on Ukraine continue to be repeated, without being challenged, two years after the war began.
‘Are these even on?’: Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs, asks to be heard in Brussels.
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Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech before presenting the Russian Hero of Labour gold medals in June 2023.
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Russia has tied its currency to gold to evade sanctions. Shifting the ruble away from a pegged value and into the gold standard itself is aimed at making it a credible gold substitute at a fixed rate.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire rockets towards Russian positions on March 5.
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The Russia-Ukraine war highlights developments in modern warfare, which uses new weaponry alongside traditional methods of fighting.
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A centralised system of government has allowed Putin to project power, but the country’s health care, schools, infrastructure and general quality of life have sharply deteriorated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks set to extend his leadership.
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While Putin is all but guaranteed to win, war fatigue, electoral engineering and extreme risk-aversion suggest that the Kremlin is anxious to get these elections over and done with.
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Ukrainians are safeguarding their language and cultural identity in the face of Russian attempts to erase it.
A Ukrainian tank fires at Russian positions in Chasiv Yar, the site of fierce battles in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Feb. 29, 2024.
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Russia’s armed forces continue to gain territory in Ukraine, at high cost to both sides.
Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan loom over the people of Bishkek.
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Recent laws and pro-Putin sentiment by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov have sparked concern that the Central Asian country is backsliding on democracy.
Soldiers climb out of trenches in this First World War photo. The successes of the 100 Days Offensive in 1918 were influenced by the Allies’ reliance on a strategy of maximum effort, flexible campaigns and advances in tactics.
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Ukraine can borrow lessons from the First World War as the war with Russia enters its third year.
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A world where the US has fewer allies would be an even more dangerous place.