Units of the Ukrainian army crossed the border into Russia for the first time on August 6, marking the launch of a surprise…
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Mapping Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region | Interactive News
During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering…
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Ukrainian special operations abroad are part of its broader war effort against Russia
Mali recently severed relations with Ukraine as Ukrainian-backed Tuareg rebels killed at least 84 Russian soldiers in a well-executed ambush.
It’s unclear whether Ukrainian Special Operations Forces were directly involved in the assault,…
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Cossacks at War — Ukrainian, Russian, or Both?
The seeming paradox of Cossack involvement has been little noticed by Western analysts, perhaps because Cossack history is mired in misunderstanding and myth — see the 1962 movie Taras Bulba, a Hollywood interpretation of the Gogol…
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Empowerment of displaced health-care personnel from Ukraine in the host country
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Health-care workforces are facing critical shortages, both globally and in the WHO European Region, and many countries rely significantly on the international recruitment of health personnel. Since the start of the war in…
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Russian gas keeps flowing to EU via Ukraine despite fighting
Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near a pipeline Russia uses to supply European countries with gas has not disrupted supplies, network operators and gas companies said on Tuesday (13 August).
The European Union drastically…
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Ukraine claims more advances into Russia’s Kursk region with prisoners taken
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming that they took more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and…
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Ukraine’s forces attack 2nd western Russia border region : NPR
A Ukrainian military vehicle filled with captured Russian troops travels on the Ukrainian side of the border with Russia on…
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Putin pulls units out of Ukraine to defend Russia, Kyiv says – POLITICO
The Kremlin initially attacked the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of southern Ukraine in the first days of Putin’s full-scale invasion in early 2022. POLITICO was unable to independently confirm how many Russian troops have been redeployed…
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Should kids play Wordle? — Harvard Gazette
A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts.
Millions of people play Wordle, the popular online game in which players must guess a five-letter word in six tries. We asked researcher Nadine Gaab, associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate…
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