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Ukraine Advances in the South: Russia Unleashes Aerial Guided Bombs
Faced with the risk of losing occupied territories in Ukraine, Russia has dramatically escalated aerial bomb attacks in Kherson
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It’s Really That Bad at the Front, Say Russian POWs
A Russian soldier said that he was told that it’s better to use a grenade to kill himself and any enemies approaching rather than surrender and face “torture”
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As Lukashenka Sides with Putin, the Belarusian Opposition Presses On
Despite their leader’s support for Russia, most Belarusians oppose the war with Ukraine, argues Mark Temnycky
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Why Ukraine Won’t Negotiate with the ‘F**king Terrorist Putin’
With its history of treaty violation and oppression of occupied Ukrainians, Zelensky would be foolish to trust the Kremlin. And is winning a strategic war over Crimea
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Georgia’s Governing Party is Distancing Itself from the EU and Ukraine
By aligning itself with the Kremlin, the Georgian Dream party is at odds with the country’s population who want to move closer to NATO and the EU
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Kherson on the Verge of Ruin as Russia’s Scorched Earth Offensive Rages On
Like Sarajevo in the 1990s, the Ukrainian city of Kherson is under siege with daily bombardments – but there are only two foreign correspondents there to cover the carnage
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Beyond Ukraine’s Western Allies, Condemnation of Putin has Been Lacking. Can Ukraine Appeal to the Global South?
As Brazil assumes the presidency of the G20 and the UN offers concessions to Russia, is Ukraine losing the war of hearts and minds?
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Another Russian War Crime and the Question of Genocide
Russia’s attack on a crowded market in Kostiantynivka was the latest in a long line of mass casualty strikes that have been inflicted on Ukrainian citizens
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Putin’s Flirtation with North Korea Could Have Lasting Consequences for the West
An alliance between Kim Jong Un, Russia and Cuba? The Cold War is back, this time with vengeance in its heart
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Bulgaria’s Black Sea Stand-Off Shows the Tide is Turning Against Russia in Ukraine
Bulgaria’s new pro-European Government is taking a tougher line against Moscow as Putin steps up pro-Kremlin propaganda in the region
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Belarus is Complicit in Russia’s War Crimes and Should be Punished Accordingly
President Lukashenka has colluded with Putin in the forced transfer of children, and should face the same sanctions
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Overcoming the ‘Red Lines’: Ukraine’s Homegrown Drone Advantages
Bypassing the indecision of their Western allies, Ukrainians continue to show the world how they improvise, adapt, and overcome obstacles
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Cradles and Conflicts: Is Ukraine Facing a Demographic Death Spiral?
Ukraine’s population has not grown much since 1960 but Russia’s invasion had led to a catastrophic drop in the birth rate
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‘We Shouldn’t Be Surprised at China’s Complicity in Russia’s War in Ukraine – the Countries are Joined at the Hip’
The head of MI6 was right when he recently declared that China was ‘absolutely complicit’ in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Brian Latham
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Ukrainian Refugees Exploited: ‘In Britain, We Have No Rights – We Are Nothing At All’
Byline Times speaks to Ukrainian women taken advantage of in the UK’s cleaning and hospitality sectors
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‘It is Impossible to Live Among These People’: Meet the Russians Resisting the War from Abroad
“I saw my friends being detained by police… all protests were completely repressed.” Byline Times talks to the Russian dissidents forced to flee because of their anti war stance
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‘Cluster Bombs and the Ethics of War Show How Difficult Decisions are Made’
Russia’s use of cluster bombs is leaving Ukraine fighting sub-optimally against a weapon it doesn’t have, writes Brian Latham
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How Britain Can Help Ukraine and Secure Europe: By Extending its Joint Expeditionary Force
As there is no consensus yet to invite Ukraine into NATO, an interim security deal would be guaranteed by including it and Poland in the JEF
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‘Our Main Motto is – Survive’: The Scarred Suburbs of Saltivka
Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, has suffered from thousands of missile attacks since Russia’s invasion. How are residents dealing with the destruction?
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The Hidden Suffering of Zapporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Hub
The trauma of loss and the fears of a bigger catastrophe around the nearby nuclear power plant haunt Ukrainians living near the reactivated front line
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Blatant Lies and Subtle Untruths about Russia’s War in Ukraine
What are tankies, vatniks, and ‘useful idiots’, and why do they deride traumatised Ukrainians as warmongers and Nazis?
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An Empire of Lies: Prigozhin’s Absence Won’t End Russian Meddling in Western Politics
Tyrannies have to act, constantly. Thinking comes later. So Russian disinformation will not end with the demise of one oligarch
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The Russians Risking It All
Despite the odds and the heavy punishments, resistance still exists in Russia. Index on Censorship’s Assistant Editor Katie Dancey-Downs talks to those who are braving it to stand up to Putin
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There Are No Shelters in the Storm
Caolan Robertson reflects on Russia’s attack on a pizza restaurant hit by missiles in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, in which at least 10 people were killed
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The Lecturers’ Union and the Betrayal of the Intellectuals
Many academics in both Ukraine and the UK are horrified by the Putin-enabling posturing of far-left factions within the UCU
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The Wagner ‘Musicians’ and Circus Tanks
Prigozhin’s mercenary force is not a private military company but a sub-division of the Russian Ministry of Defence. So what is really going on with the short lived mutiny?
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How the Kremlin’s Miscalculations over Ukraine Will Devastate Russia for Years to Come
Putin’s partial mobilisation has failed to compensate for his military failures, and will deplete Russia’s domestic workforce for generations ahead
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‘We Have No Water, No Electricity, No Gas… But We Have Hope’: Inside the Town at the Centre of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
Tom Mutch reports from Orikiv in Zaporizhzhia, an area with historic Russian ties, which has turned against Moscow after a reign of torture and terror
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‘We Rescue People and Animals, and We get Them to Safety’: Saving Lives in Kherson Under Russian fire
Thousands of people have been evacuated, but much more are abandoned on Russia-occupied territories
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The Nova Kakhovka Dam Destruction will have a Global Ecological Impact
Mark Temnycky explores the consequences on global food supplies of what appears to be yet another example of the Kremlin’s ecological terrorism
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You Can’t Keep Politics Out of Sports – Especially in Russia
Pekka Kallioniemi says Russia should be excluded from the 2024 Olympics even as neutrals, for their presence will be manipulated yet again in Russian propaganda
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‘Run, Surrender, Or Die: President Zelensky’s Greenlight for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive’
Vladimir Putin is in a catch-22: unable to win any kind of ‘victory’ that he can sell to his domestic audience, while creating folklore about this ‘special military operation’
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Sleepless in Kyiv: How Ukrainians are Coping with the Kremlin’s Reign of Terror
After nearly 20 drone and missile attacks on the country’s capital this month Anna Morgan fears the real target is Ukraine’s Western partners
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Ukraine’s Growing Intelligence Apparatus and its Effect on the War
After the surprise cross-border raid against Russia and unexplained drone attacks in Moscow, Julian McBride looks at how Ukraine is turning Putin’s playbook against him
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Dancing Against Destruction in Irpin: One Ukrainian Couple’s Story of Renovation and Renewal
Tom Mutch talks to the owners of a chain of dance studios in Donbas, whose epic journey suggests a brighter future for their war-ravaged homeland
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Fighting for Disability Rights Amid Russian War
Anna Romandash meets a disabled activist who has led the way in supporting Ukraine’s disabled population during Russia’s horrific invasion of the country
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‘The ‘Crimea Dilemma’? There is No Dilemma’
Many appear to believe it would be reasonable to offer the peninsula as some sort of final settlement of the war in Ukraine to Russia – why? asks Paul Niland
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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Kremlin Contradictions
The MP’s recent comments on Ukraine and Brexit sit oddly with his stance on Russian aggression in 2014 – and with his firm’s investments in companies close to Putin’s regime, reports Tom Scott
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Belarus: What if Lukashenko Dies?
Nikola Mikovic looks at what the dictator’s demise would mean in terms of the Belarusian opposition, the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and the struggle between Putin and the West for regional influence
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Ukraine and Georgia Should be Welcomed into NATO
On the anniversary of VE Day, Mark Temnycky argues that Europe is more united than it has been since World War Two, but still needs to secure two more nations against Russian aggression
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‘Putin’s Russia is the Antithesis of Eurovision – Let’s Keep it Off the Stage’
In the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and brutal suppression of its culture, Matt Smith says Eurovision can provide another story of international solidarity and appreciation
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Kleptocracy and War: The Kremlin Seizes Assets of ‘Unfriendly’ States
Zarina Zabrisky explains how Putin’s seizure of the company property is just a continuation of his state-sponsored looting which began 30 years ago in St Petersburg
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Wagner Isn’t the Only Proxy Company Waging the Kremlin’s Widening World War – It’s Just the Biggest
Brian Latham explores the relative success of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private military company – effectively a mining company with guns – and its clash with China in a new scramble for Africa
