Russia and Ukraine face off at UN with rival tributes to dead
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned council members that they “should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting”
Donbas, the bloodiest trench of the Ukrainian war
The Donetsk and Luhansk front line has barely moved in recent weeks with Russian and Ukrainian forces locked in static 20th-century-style battles
After a year of war, air raid sirens have sounded more than 15,000 times in Ukraine
Since Russia invaded Ukraine there has not been a single day without an airstrike warning. Front line regions such as Kharkiv and Donetsk have spent a total of over 1,000 hours on alert
Putin’s defiance and humiliation
There is no message of greater political forcefulness or even military significance than Biden’s visit to Ukraine
Why Russia has failed to win the cyberwar in Ukraine
One year after launching its invasion, Moscow has not been able to prevail in a field in which it was thought to be a superpower
Moscow planning offensive on three fronts to secure Donbas and Crimea military corridor
Ukrainian and Western intelligence services expect a new Russian assault in February but have ruled out another attempt to take Kyiv by attacking from Belarus
After months of bombing, Russia starts rebuilding Mariupol
The reconstruction plan, due for completion in 2035, aims to support the narrative that Moscow has saved the Russian-speaking population from Ukrainian discrimination
Carl Bildt, ex-PM of Sweden: ‘I don’t think we should underestimate the desperation of Putin. A nuclear attack is not something we can exclude’
The veteran politician offered his views on the end of the war, on America and Europe’s role in supporting Ukraine, and on the rise of the far right in his country
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