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Archive: May 2022

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What the $40 billion US aid law meant for Ukraine

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the US aid package signed on 21 May 2022 and the Kremlin warning over NATO that preceded it.

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What did 20 May 2022 close in Mariupol?

Posted: | Opinion

A retrospective on the day Russia said it had taken Azovstal, as fighting in Luhansk Oblast continued.

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What did Washington's $40 billion Ukraine vote signal?

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the US Senate's aid vote and Russia's warning over NATO's Nordic expansion, in the days around 20 May 2022.

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What did 17 May 2022 reveal about the war?

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at the fighting, the Azovstal evacuation and the corporate and diplomatic reactions that framed the days around 17 May 2022.

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What happened in Ukraine on 17 May 2022?

Posted: | Security

A look back at a day of strikes in Chernihiv Oblast, the Azovstal evacuation and other developments reported around the war.

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Mid-May 2022: talks, warnings and neutral athletes

Posted: | Politics

A look back at three diplomatic and political signals from the days around 17 May 2022, as the war in Ukraine shaped relations well beyond the front line.

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Russia's warnings to Finland and Sweden on NATO

Posted: | World

A look back at the Russian threats and the electricity cut-off that accompanied Nordic moves towards NATO membership in mid-May 2022.

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Putin's warning over Sweden and Finland, 16 May 2022

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the Kremlin's reaction to NATO's northern enlargement and the diplomatic contacts that preceded it.

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What did Putin say about NATO's Nordic expansion?

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the Russian president's warning on Sweden and Finland, set against a Pentagon–Moscow contact days earlier.

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Russia's warnings to Finland and Sweden, 16 May 2022

Posted: | World

A look back at the Russian threats and electricity cut-off that accompanied the Nordic debate over joining NATO.

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What happened on 16 May 2022 in Ukraine's war

Posted: | Security

A look back at a day of evacuations from Azovstal, a counter-offensive near Kharkiv and a corporate exit from Russia.

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What did the Austin–Shoigu call signal in May 2022?

Posted: | Politics

A look back at a diplomatic contact between Washington and Moscow, and a sporting decision, reported in the days before 15 May 2022.

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Finland, Russian power and the threat of retaliation

Posted: | World

A look back at the pressure Moscow applied to Helsinki as Finland weighed NATO membership, and at a separate sporting decision on Russian players.

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What did US-Russia defence talks signal in May 2022?

Posted: | Politics

A look back at a first high-level military contact and a sporting decision from the days around 14 May 2022.

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What 14 May 2022 showed about war's many fronts

Posted: | Opinion

Courtrooms, defence ministries, power lines and riverbanks: a look back at how the war's pressure spread in the days around 14 May 2022.

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Austin and Shoigu talk for first time since invasion

Posted: | Politics

A look back at diplomatic and sporting developments reported around 14 May 2022, as the war in Ukraine continued.

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Russia's electricity cut-off and Finland's NATO question

Posted: | World

A look back at how Moscow's warnings and a halt to power deliveries marked Finland's path towards NATO membership in May 2022.

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What happened in Ukraine-related politics on 12 May 2022?

Posted: | Politics

A retrospective on a day when sport rules for Russian and Belarusian players sat alongside earlier diplomatic moves over the war.

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What happened on Ukraine's fronts on 12 May 2022?

Posted: | Security

A look back at river fighting in Luhansk, missile strikes on Kremenchuk and a warning to Finland.

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Kyiv's terms for talks, as of May 2022

Posted: | Politics

A look back at what Ukraine's president set out for peace negotiations and which Western leaders had visited Kyiv in the days before 11 May 2022.

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