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How Ukraine is adapting the ancient practice of trophy displays for modern propaganda
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How Ukraine is adapting the ancient practice of trophy displays for modern propaganda

A Ukrainian inspects a ruined Russian tank displayed on the streets of Kyiv. Thomas O'Neill/NurPhoto via Getty Images As Ukraine prepared to celebrate its independence day even while its military forces battled a monthslong Russian invasion, government officials assembled a grandiose, yet gruesome, display on Khreshchatyk, the main street of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. Wrecked […]
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Zaporizhzhia: proposals for demilitarised zone around Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant are unprecedented – expert reveals

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed an international proposal for a demilitarised zone around Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, currently occupied by Russia. In a much-anticipated September 6 update, the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommended this safety and security zone be put around the Zaporizhzhia plant in southeastern Ukraine to avoid a nuclear disaster. […]
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Ukraine war: how Kyiv’s southern offensive will exploit Russia’s naval vulnerabilities

Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the Kherson region on August 29, the success of which would have major military, political and symbolic consequences. This move has been made possible by Ukraine’s recent maritime successes that have reduced Russia’s ability to control the southern coast of Ukraine. Six months after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, […]
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Russia's antisemitism aimed at Ukraine's Zelenskyy is just the Kremlin variant of a very old European virus
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Russia’s antisemitism aimed at Ukraine’s Zelenskyy is just the Kremlin variant of a very old European virus

Rosa Luxemburg, the Polish-born German revolutionary and co-founder of the German Communist Party, addressing a meeting in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907. She was assassinated in January 1919. Universal History Archive/Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was asked in May 2022 how Russia could claim that Ukraine was run by Nazis, since […]
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Your past is my present – how Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses history
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Your past is my present – how Volodymyr Zelenskyy uses history

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2022. Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP Since Russia’s war against his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has directly addressed the elected representatives of multiple countries in his quest for international support. These speeches have made explicit references to parallels between his country’s […]
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