Ukraine and its neighbours, explained

Advertisement

Home › Authors › Ledger staff

Articles by: Ledger staff

3369 articles

Ledger staff

Newsroom

Reporting by the Ledger newsroom.

Who is a target once weapons cross the border?

Posted: | Security

On 26 April 2022, statements from London, Moscow and Berlin turned the question of Western arms into a dispute over legitimate targets.

Read more »

Lavrov, Guterres and Moldova: 26 April 2022 explained

Posted: | Politics

A look back at a day when warnings over weapons deliveries, a UN visit to Moscow and a Moldovan security meeting converged.

Read more »

Who is a target? Arms, red lines and Moscow talks

Posted: | Security

On 26 April 2022, Western weapons deliveries, a British statement on strikes inside Russia and a Russian warning of proxy war converged with a UN visit to Moscow.

Read more »

Two months in, strikes reach Kremenchuk refinery and Vinnytsia towns

Posted: | Security

A look back at a day of strikes on Ukrainian towns and an oil refinery, a fire in Bryansk, a diplomatic expulsion and the aftermath of a high-level American visit to Kyiv.

Read more »

Evacuations stall and Russia's southern aims emerge

Posted: | Security

A look back at 22 April 2022, when shelling disrupted civilian evacuations and a Russian general described a land corridor to Transnistria.

Read more »

Ukrainian mayor charged with treason as Russia widens stated goals

Posted: | Security

A retrospective on a day of stated southern ambitions, blocked evacuations and a treason charge against a Ukrainian mayor.

Read more »

Russia's isolation tested at G20 and in Riga

Posted: | World

A walkout in Washington, a German energy pledge and Chinese support for Moscow showed how differently states were treating Russia in April 2022.

Read more »

When finance ministers walked out on Russia

Posted: | World

A look back at the G20 walkout in Washington and Germany's pledge to end Russian energy imports, as the war's new offensive in the east unfolded.

Read more »

Walkout at G20 and Berlin's energy pledge

Posted: | Politics

A look back at 20 April 2022, when finance ministers left a G20 session during a Russian address and Germany set out a timetable to end Russian energy imports.

Read more »

China's deputy foreign minister pledges closer strategic ties with Moscow

Posted: | Politics

A look back at two diplomatic signals sent on 19 April 2022, one from Russia's foreign minister and one from China.

Read more »

Ukraine says Russia has launched its Donbas offensive

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at the day Ukraine said the Donbas offensive had begun, as diplomatic and sanctions pressure on Russia widened.

Read more »

Lavrov rules out nuclear weapons use

Posted: | Politics

A look back at 19 April 2022, when Moscow's foreign minister answered US allegations and Beijing signalled closer ties with Russia.

Read more »

What Moscow and Beijing signalled on 19 April 2022

Posted: | Politics

A look back at two diplomatic messages on nuclear weapons and Chinese backing for Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.

Read more »

Nuclear denials and Chinese backing on 19 April 2022

Posted: | Politics

A look back at a day when Moscow ruled out nuclear use and Beijing affirmed its support for Russia's president.

Read more »

Day of signals: nuclear reassurance from Russia, solidarity from China

Posted: | Politics

A retrospective on 19 April 2022, when Russia's foreign minister dismissed nuclear fears and Beijing reaffirmed its ties with Moscow.

Read more »

What 19 April 2022 showed about the Donbas offensive

Posted: | Opinion

A look back at a day of new fighting in eastern Ukraine, diplomatic expulsions and sanctions enforcement.

Read more »

Kreminna falls to Russian troops as eastern offensive begins

Posted: | Security

Strikes on Lviv, the fall of Kreminna and a new Kherson appointment marked a day when the war's front lines and its rear areas were both under pressure.

Read more »

What did 18 April 2022 reveal about Russia's aims?

Posted: | Security

A look back at a day of strikes on Lviv, a fall in the east and a new appointment in occupied Kherson.

Read more »

What was diplomacy doing around 17 April 2022?

Posted: | Politics

A look back at the political developments in the days leading up to 17 April 2022, from Kyiv visits to Washington plans and warnings from Moscow.

Read more »

Did Azovstal's ultimatum signal a new phase?

Posted: | Security

A look back at 17 April 2022, when Russia demanded surrender at Mariupol's steelworks as missile strikes reached Lviv and Kyiv.

Read more »

« Previous | Page 101 of 169 | Next »