Some schools in rural Russia are in worse condition than those in occupied eastern Ukraine, an official in the republic of Tatarstan said in an interview published Wednesday.
“I wanted to cry after…
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Ukraine officially recognizes military-technological sports – Rubryka
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Photo: Ministry of Youth and Sports of UkraineThe Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine has officially recognized military-technological sports as a new non-Olympic sport. This recognition…
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Harvard student reflects on three years of war in her home country of Ukraine
Mariia Solovii was 16 when Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine. She’s now a sophomore at Harvard and the co-founder of the first undergraduate group focused solely on solidarity with Ukraine.
She joined WBUR’s All Things Considered to…
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After Donald Trump’s comments, could Russian football be brought in from the cold?
The rhetoric around the prospect of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia ramped up in recent days.
Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Ukraine was responsible for Russia’s invasion of their country. Then Trump called…
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Ukraine minerals deal: What we know so far
The memo released on Friday contains broad statements, saying the US and Ukraine “intend to establish a reconstruction investment fund as part of an economic partnership between the two peoples and governments”.
It provides no detail as to how…
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The Deep Strike Dodge: Firepower and Manpower in Ukraine’s War
Time and again since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, there has been extended political wrangling among Western governments and Ukraine over purported wonder weapons that will turn the tide of the war. After the provision of main battle…
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Ukraine, Russia, and the West’s Fatal Miscalculation — Russia in Global Affairs
It’s always easy to feel prescient in hindsight. I recall conversations from 15 or 20 years ago with Western interlocutors – who are now from unfriendly nations – on NATO expansion. The discussions always began in a relatively solemn manner. From our side, we…
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Frontline report: Russians, North Koreans trapped in Kursk’s Nikolskii as resupply attempts intercepted
24 February 2025. Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Kursk direction in Russia.
- Screenshot from Reporting From Ukraine’s video.
Here, scattered Russian and North Korean remnants remain under a grueling siege in Nikolskii, with no way for Russians to resupply them. As…
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A new book chronicles the science of life in the air
Air-Borne
Carl Zimmer
Dutton, $32On March 10, 2020, 61 choir members rehearsed in a church hall in Skagit County, Wash. As they sang, a microscopic germ wafted through the air. Before the month’s end, 58 members were infected and five fell gravely ill. Across the United…
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Mission accompli: Macron charms Trump, and pushes back against him
If there’s a way to get to US President Donald Trump’s heart, then French President Emmanuel Macron has the map to it.
His visit to Washington, D.C., as Trump’s peace push picks up pace, has proved to be illustrative of this.
Macron’s objectives were clear-cut: one, to convince…
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