Cordial relations: Eritrean foreign minister Osman Saleh shakes hands with Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, Mosclw, April 2022.
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Russia and the west have failed to see eye-to-eye over Ukraine. It’s a disconnect that goes back two decades or more.
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The world’s failure to contain the nuclear threat is frighteningly evident in the potential risk of war in Ukraine spinning out of control.
To the nationalist right, Vladimir Putin embodies similar qualities to Donald Trump’s: determination, virility and attachment to traditional values.
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Former US president Donald Trump continues to wield an important influence within the Republican Party. Notwithstanding the war in Ukraine, he and his supporters continue to look up to Vladimir Putin.
A forensic worker exhumes several bodies from a grave in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 12, 2022.
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A Russian journalist and political operative reveals that Russian leadership is planning for the complete destruction of Ukraine
Russia’s indiscriminate war in Ukraine has caused a large-scale humanitarian crisis.
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Instead of drawing on the lessons of its own negotiated settlement and its rich history of peace-making in Africa, Pretoria chose to appease Russia.
The Wagner Group: highly trained mercenaries linked to a supporter of Vladimir Putin.
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A lot of the fighting in Ukraine is being done by non-state militias, some with a chequered history.
Cut off: a Ukrainian soldier takes shelter in a trench near the village of Luganske in the Donetsk region of Donbas, eastern Ukraine, 2016.
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Ukraine and Russia have already been facing off in Donbas for eight years. Now the stage is set for a crucial confrontation there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an ice hockey match between former NHL stars and officials at the Shayba Arena in Sochi, Russia, in 2015. A patriarchal notion of masculinity has been central to Putin’s rule.
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Putin has been consumed with presenting a hyper-macho image throughout his presidency. And in recent years, he’s ramped up sexist and LGBTQ-phobic rhetoric.
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The Ukrainian president says the country will set up its own system for prosecuting Russian soldiers for war crimes.
Bodies lie on the ground after a strike in Bucha, a suburb on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022.
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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.
A Ukrainian soldier observes a destroyed shopping mall in Kyiv on March 29, 2022.
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There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
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The Conversation’s weekly round-up of some of the best articles about the war in Ukraine.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomes delegates to peace talks in Istanbul, March 29 2022.
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The warring countries have a long way to go before a credible peace settlement can be signed.
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In his address to federal parliament, the Ukrainian president asked Australia to do more to support his country against the Russian invasion.
A woman walks past a ‘No War’ sign stuck on a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 29.
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What would allow Vladimir Putin to save face in Ukraine in terms of negotiating a ceasefire? Ukraine would likely have to cede its NATO aspirations as well as territory in the east.
Resistance: Ukraine’s forces are putting up a stiffer defence than had been expected.
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If this descends into a protracted guerrilla war, Ukraine has the skill and resources to hurt Russia badly.
Will mutual distrust get in the way of securing peace in Ukraine?
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What psychology has to offer when it comes to peace negotiations.
Three women displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine check their mobile phones at a refugee centre in Hungary.
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Internet infrastructure disruption, targeted cyberattacks and the manipulation of disinformation during the Russian invasion of Ukraine all show that warfare now includes cyberwar strategies.
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Ferguson on reporting from Ukraine
Michelle Grattan speaks with ABC journalist Sarah Ferguson about her experiences reporting from Ukraine, how she was able to capture this story, and her views on where the conflict is likely to go from now
International diplomacy: Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the Swedish parliament on March 24.
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The best of the past week’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.