Russian soldiers have sometimes had to provide their own medical kits.
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Russian soldiers are often barely trained and are not the highly trained operatives that some experts expected.
Washington has pledged to supply Ukraine with its sophisticated Patriot surface-to-air missile systems.
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Because of the west’s fear that the war might escalate, it is effectively forcing Ukraine to fight with one hand tied behind its back.
A Ukrainian serviceman of the artillery unit of the 80th Air Assault Brigade walks near Bakhmut on February 7, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Political scientists weigh in the factors that could see a Ukrainian or Russian win. The war could also become protracted.
Coup worries: Moldovan president Maia Sandu.
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Reports of a planned coup in Moldova have revived fears about the Kremlin’s intentions for Ukraine’s pro-European neighbour.
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The Wagner Group has become a tool to further Russian objectives in Africa without attracting the scrutiny that regular military units would.
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The key problem is access to information: Russia has refused to accept responsibility and prevented the investigators from gathering evidence from Russian nationals.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past week.
A German Leopard 2 heavy battle tank of the type destined for Ukraine.
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How should the war in Ukraine end? That’s the question dividing two schools of geopolitical thought, but one side seems to be winning the argument.
Recruits attend military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in October 2022, eight months into Russia’s war in Ukraine. The mobilization of recruits was a sign of Russian acknowledgement that it was engaged in full-fledged war, not a ‘special military operation.’
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Russia’s army in Ukraine is fighting a much more artillery-intensive and methodical war than it was almost a year ago.
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to his education minister during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 9, 2023.
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It’s not in Canada’s interest, nor even in Ukraine’s, to risk nuclear Armageddon by pushing for Russian regime change.
Lest he forget: Vladimir Putin lays flowers at a memorial to the dead of the siege of Leningrad on the anniversary of its end in January 1942.
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The Kremlin’s weapons of mass distraction are designed to keep Kyiv and allies guessing.
Highly effective: Britain’s Challenger 2 tank.
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New supplies of advanced weaponry and training will further integrate Ukraine into Nato’s defensive system.
Poland’s president Andrzej Duda.
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Poland’s robust arguments for more weapons for Ukraine is partly sparked by its own vulnerable position.
Dilemma: some on the left blame Nato for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The left was split over whether Nato expansion had prompted the Ukraine invasion or whether it was an act of imperial aggression that must be opposed.
Fierce fighting has devastated the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia appears to have refocused on the land war with the aim of taking more territory.
October 16, 2014: Russian President seen through the soldiers during the military parade March of the victorious in Belgrade.
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Are Russian elites playing a bigger role in the war than we give them credit for?
Most wonderful time of the year, even while there’s a war on.
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Alex Titov took a trip home to St Petersburg in December. Here’s what he found.
Yuletide in Kyiv.
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Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Bakhmut: months of fierce fighting has led to a bloody stalemate in this key city in the Donbas region.
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Ukraine’s morale remains high, despite months of bombardment and drone strikes.
National identity: despite Moscow’s best efforts, Ukrainians are increasingly looking to the west for their future.
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Moscow’s fears that Ukraine was turning towards the west prompted the invasion. This has backfired dramatically.