Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces is a newly established volunteer branch of the armed forces.
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Zelensky’s call for foreign volunteers to help Ukraine is the latest chapter in a long history of volunteer forces.
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The West broke an implicit contract when it denied Russia access to its foreign reserves on February 27. It’s hard to see a way back.
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As Ukraine scrambles to defend itself from Russia’s illegal invasion, men aged 18 to 60 have been banned from leaving the country.
People crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee by crossing the Irpin River in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2022.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a catastrophe and should be condemned, but that doesn’t mean the West should dismiss some of Putin’s conditions as a step to ending the war.
A woman pays homage at the memorial to victims of the 1941 Nazi massacre of Jews in Babi Yar in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Over two days in September 1941, more than 33,000 Jews were murdered by Nazi forces and their Ukrainian collaborators in Babi Yar.
The war in Ukraine will have major implications for energy and climate change, in Canada and the rest of the world, far into the future.
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New relationships between energy, geopolitical security and climate change policy flowing from the invasion of Ukraine are beginning to emerge, and the implications could be enormous.
Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, speaks at the opening ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. The IPC announced on March 3 that all athletes from Russia and Belarus would be barred from competing.
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It’s time for organizations like the IPC to stop lamenting the intersection of sport and politics, and instead accept this well-established reality going forward.
Memorial tanks at the Ukrainian Motherland Monument in Kyiv.
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Who are the Ukrainians and when were they part of the same empire as Russia? A scholar answers basic questions on war in Ukraine.
Civilians try to escape from the town Irpin, near Kyiv, which has been heavily shelled in recent days.
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In 2005 the world decided it must take action to protect civilians from being targeted in war. In Ukraine frightened civilians are still waiting.
The Volodymyr the Great monument, erected in 1853, in Kyiv. Volodymyr was a warlord who became the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity in the late 900s. A similar statue was erected in Moscow in 2016 as a counter to Ukraine’s.
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As an independent country, Ukraine has suffered from corruption, poverty and violent periods, but Vladimir Putin’s view of Ukrainian history in Ukraine is deeply, perhaps deliberately flawed.
A protest sign reads “Glory to Ukraine” in Ukrainian.
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Putin has suggested Ukrainians and Russians share one language, but there are many differences that are important to understand.
Ghana will be hit by rising fuel as well as food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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A prolonged Russian-Ukraine conflict will cause further economic troubles for Ghana.
Since 2020, Belarus and Russia have accelerated moves towards integration.
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By allowing Russian military presence in Belarus, president Aliaksandr Lukashenka has forfeited his country’s sovereignty.
Times have changed.
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The great ‘peace dividend’ looks to be heading for the buffers.
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The International Criminal Court has handed arrest warrants for only three heads of state. Could Putin be next?
Local militiaman Valery, 37, carries a child as he helps a fleeing family across a bridge destroyed by artillery, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wed., March 2, 2022.
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Ukrainian children, refugees and military personnel will be among those hardest hit with PTSD due to the Russian invasion.
People gather outside the U.N. headquarters in New York City to protest the war in Ukraine on March 2, 2022.
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Russia holds veto power on the UN Security Council, blocking any action to interfere in the Ukraine war. This is unlikely to change soon – but the UN still has other options for engagement.
Récolte du blé d'hiver dans les champs de la ferme collective Tersky Konny Zavod dans le Caucase du Nord.
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Tous les acteurs du secteur agricole suivent de près l’évolution de la situation dans la région de la mer Noire.
People in Western Ukraine walking to the Polish border.
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The intensifying conflict in the Ukraine has raised the issue of racism not only in Ukraine, but Europe. Three specific and related dimensions of racism are evident in this complex conflict.
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It’s illegal for Australians to answer Ukraine’s call to join its global cyber militia and defend against online Russian aggression. But the government could (carefully) legalise it if it wants to.