While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
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A new initiative is pinpointing areas in the world’s oceans that are key habitats for sharks and their relatives, so that governments can consider protecting these areas.
Nato is showing ominous signs of becoming war weary. It must maintain its support for Ukraine.
Ukraine’s successes against Russia’s Black Sea fleet have increased confidence in its ability to protect shipping in and out of its ports.
Russia has lost control of the Black Sea, which will have major implications for the war on land.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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.
Two successful operations in and around Crimea demonstrate that, while Ukraine’s ground counteroffensive is moving slowly, Kyiv is expanding the scope of its ambition.
Breaching the Kakhovka Dam and reservoir had all the hallmarks of a scorched-earth strategy. Two expert observers of the Russia-Ukraine war explain this event’s destructive long-term effects.
Ukraine appears to be mounting an operation to retake the tiny headland.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Crimea is using unexpected guerrilla tactics.
Food prices are not the only issue to worry about as the world starts to feel the economic fallout from the Ukraine war.
Ukraine is one of the world’s breadbaskets, but exports have been blockaded by Russia. Despite grave potential consequences in famine-prone countries, international law is largely silent.
Many crew members from merchant ships have escaped, but plenty more are stuck on cold ships with supplies of everything from food to medicines fast running out.
If talks succeed in ending the violence, it would cement Turkey’s role as a key regional power broker.
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits gives Turkey control over the water route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
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