Updates from various frontline sectors suggest progress for Ukraine’s counter-offensive. But it’s slow progress.
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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.
A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The destruction of this massive dam is a huge blow to Ukraine’s plans for a counter-offensive in the south.
Ukraine badly needs a major military success to boost the confidence of its western allies and ensure a continuing flow of military equipment.
Russia is reportedly preparing massive defences to prevent a lightning offensive to retake the occupied peninsula.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
What happens now could dictate the course of the rest of the war.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Some analysts think Russia’s withdrawal may be a ruse, to draw Ukrainian troops into urban warfare.
There are 3 reasons why Russia’s loss of Kherson – if Moscow’s claims are accurate – will likely prove decisive for the future of the war, and potentially Putin’s own fortunes too.
Russia has annexed four Ukrainian regions, saying they have always been part of the ‘motherland’. But Moscow’s territorial claim is as flimsy as the excuse it used to start the war
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
The Kremlin claims 97% of votes counted are for the four occupied regions to join the Russian Federation.
Russia’s military is plagued by problems all the way to its commander-in-chief Vladimir Putin.
The success of Ukraine’s recent offensives have shown Ukraine can defeat Russia militarily, as long as it has sufficient support form the west.
Vladmir Putin has a new problem. His invasion of Ukraine is not just bogged down. It’s going backwards.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Ukrainians who have turned coat and are working for the Russians in occupied regions are being targeted for assassination.
Ukraine has been able to challenge Russia’s dominance of the Black Sea, and this will be key to success in its counteroffensive.
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