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Is the Kursk operation still worth the cost?

21.12.2024 10

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Why there will be no Christmas truce in Ukraine

13.12.2024 5

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Why is Poland building a barrier with Ukraine?

07.12.2024 10

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Can Ukraine’s army survive its deserter crisis?

Not since the summer of the 2022 invasion have Russian troops been making more progress in Ukraine. Last month alone, they took almost 200 square...

27.11.2024 4

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Joe Biden has put Ukraine in an impossible position

This week, Joe Biden lifted one of the many restraints placed on Ukraine in its war with Russia. The outgoing US president has allowed Kyiv to use...

19.11.2024 9

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Ukrainians brace for Trump’s return

‘Donald Trump is like the light at the end of the tunnel’, an American told me last night at the only DC bar throwing a pro-Trump election party....

07.11.2024 7

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Putin's army / Is North Korea joining the war in Ukraine?

In Russia’s far east, North Korean soldiers are reportedly being trained to fight in the war against Ukraine. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian...

18.10.2024 5

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Don’t blame Ukraine for not giving up

Two years ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was hailed as a hero in America. He was the man who stood up to Putin, who saw off the pillar of Russian tanks...

03.10.2024 10

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Inside Zelensky’s not-so-fresh reshuffle

In Ukraine, there is a joke: never waste time memorising the names of ministers – they’ll be replaced soon enough. Volodymyr Zelensky’s penchant...

06.09.2024 5

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Zelensky says Kursk offensive is collateral in a victory plan

At a press conference in Kyiv today, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about his strategy to end Russia’s war. He has a plan which he says he will present...

27.08.2024 4

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What’s the real aim of Ukraine’s Russian offensive?

On Monday morning, Vladimir Putin was briefed about Ukraine’s audacious invasion of Russian territory. With his military chiefs in front of him, he...

15.08.2024 30

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Ukraine / From the front line of the battle to save Kharkiv

Kharkiv region Moonlight shines on the wings of the reconnaissance drone as it glides over the field. Within minutes, the Leleka – Ukrainian for...

18.07.2024 20

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Notes from a bomb site

Kyiv For weeks, Kyiv had felt relatively safe compared with just about everywhere else in Ukraine. People had adjusted to wartime life as the...

11.07.2024 10

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Dispatch from Ukraine / Kyiv children’s hospital bombed 

I have been in Kyiv for a few weeks. The city has felt safe thanks to its improved air defences. But that changed this morning when the capital came...

08.07.2024 4

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My return to Ukraine

I arrive at Lviv station just before 9 a.m. As the clock strikes, the conductor announces a minute’s silence: a daily commemoration for those who...

27.06.2024 20

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Biden partially lifts ban on strikes within Russia

David Cameron publicly said it was up to Ukraine to decide whether to use British weapons to strike targets on Russian territory earlier this month....

31.05.2024 10

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Georgia is on the brink of revolution

Svitlana Morenets has narrated this article for you to listen to. For weeks, the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi has looked like a battlefield. Thousands...

09.05.2024 20

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Why does the West protect Israel but not Ukraine?

Svitlana Morenets has narrated this article for you to listen to. When Israel and its allies shot down hundreds of Iranian drones and missiles, they...

18.04.2024 10

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Ukraine’s controversial new conscription law takes effect

The Ukrainian parliament has finally stopped delaying the inevitable and voted for a new law that tightens mobilisation processes, strengthens...

12.04.2024 30

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How Ukraine plans to revive its birth rate

Svitlana Morenets has narrated this article for you to listen to. In my village in Ukraine, there aren’t many families left intact. The funerals of...

28.03.2024 50

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Ukraine has brought the war back to Russian soil

Ukraine can’t stop Vladimir Putin’s re-election as Russian President on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean it can’t shatter the perfect image of...

15.03.2024 3

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Zelensky’s sacked army chief posted to London

When Ukrainian war hero Valery Zaluzhny was fired as the head of the military a month ago, all talk was on what his new role would be. The logical...

08.03.2024 6

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Zelensky: ‘31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far’

After two years of secrecy, Volodymyr Zelensky has finally revealed the number of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. ‘31,000 Ukrainian military personnel...

25.02.2024 10

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Will the Ukrainian army retreat from Avdiivka?

The battle for Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast is a bloodbath. The city, which is also called the ‘gateway to Donetsk’, is semi-surrounded. Some 50,000...

16.02.2024 9

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What Tucker Carlson should have asked Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin relished being interviewed by American journalist Tucker Carlson, who doesn’t seem to know much about Russia, Ukraine or the war. The...

09.02.2024 10

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Ukraine / Zelensky will find it hard to replace General Zaluzhny

If you have to ask Ukrainians to name the biggest hero of the past two years, most would probably say Valery Zaluzhny, who has just been fired as the...

08.02.2024 4

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Ukraine is in a bind over mass conscription

Svitlana Morenets has narrated this article for you to listen to. In the second world war, the average age of a combat soldier was 26. In the...

08.02.2024 30

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Who is persecuting Ukraine’s journalists?

Investigative journalism has often been deadly for the careers of corrupt politicians in Ukraine, with stories leading to resignations and even...

19.01.2024 20

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Weapons / What Britain’s defence deal with Ukraine means for the war

In his surprise visit to Kyiv, Rishi Sunak had two pieces of good news for Ukrainians: another £2.5 billion in military aid and an agreement to sign...

12.01.2024 9

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Ukrainians can’t trust Putin’s hollow promises

Ukraine’s parliament will soon vote on much-needed conscription regulations which would draft an extra half a million recruits into the army. The...

04.01.2024 10

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What will it take to stop Putin?

I feel sorry for Volodymyr Zelensky. It’s devastating watching him travelling all around the world, struggling to convince even his closest ally,...

15.12.2023 7

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