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History: September 2018
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Retrospective · events of 2 September 2018
What followed the Zakharchenko funeral in Donetsk?
World
A look back at the burial of the Donetsk separatist leader and the warnings about the Normandy format that surrounded it.
Retrospective · events of 2 September 2018
What Zakharchenko's funeral signalled for peace talks
Opinion
A look back at the burial of the Donetsk separatist leader and Moscow's warning about the stalled Normandy process.
Retrospective · events of 3 September 2018
Zakharchenko funeral and Normandy format: what the record shows
World
A retrospective on the mass funeral in Donbas and the warning from Moscow about the stalled Normandy format.
Retrospective · events of 4 September 2018
What did Lavrov say about the Normandy format?
Security
A retrospective on Russian reaction to the killing of Alexander Zakharchenko and the stalled peace process.
Retrospective · events of 4 September 2018
What did 4 September 2018 bring to the region?
Opinion
A look back at a day when a chemical release in Armiansk, a church announcement and a funeral in Donbas shaped the regional picture.
Retrospective · events of 4 September 2018
Normandy format, already stalled, faces Lavrov's warning after Zakharchenko death
Security
A retrospective on the funeral of Alexander Zakharchenko and Moscow's warning about the Normandy format.
Retrospective · events of 5 September 2018
Normandy format under threat after Donetsk separatist leader's murder
World
A retrospective on 5 September 2018, days after the killing of the Donetsk separatist leader, when Moscow was already warning of damage to the Normandy process.
Retrospective · events of 6 September 2018
What was on the agenda on 6 September 2018?
World
A look back at a day when a planned Transnistria–Moldova meeting sat alongside the aftermath of the Donetsk killing and an Armiansk chemical release.
Retrospective · events of 6 September 2018
Zakharchenko's death and the Normandy process
World
A look back at the diplomatic questions raised by the killing of a Donetsk separatist leader, as seen on 6 September 2018.
Retrospective · events of 7 September 2018
Tens of thousands attend Zakharchenko funeral as Normandy format stalls
World
A look back at the Donbas and Crimea reports that preceded 7 September 2018, from a funeral to a chemical release.
Retrospective · events of 8 September 2018
What did Lavrov say after Zakharchenko's funeral?
World
A look back at the diplomatic and environmental reports that framed early September 2018 in Ukraine and Crimea.
Retrospective · events of 18 September 2018
Who shot down the Russian Il-20 over Syria?
Opinion
A retrospective on 18 September 2018, when the fate of a Russian reconnaissance plane became clear and Moscow pointed the finger at Israel.
Retrospective · events of 19 September 2018
Moscow blames Israel over lost reconnaissance plane near Latakia
World
A retrospective on the loss of a Russian reconnaissance aircraft and the Russia–Turkey Idlib deal announced days earlier in the same Syrian theatre.
Retrospective · events of 19 September 2018
Il-20 lost during missile attack on Latakia as accounts diverge
World
A look back at the reports of 19 September 2018 on the loss of a Russian reconnaissance plane and the Idlib deal made the same day it vanished.
Retrospective · events of 20 September 2018
Election commission overhaul in Kiev, arms sanctions on Beijing's military
Politics
A new Central Election Commission in Ukraine and US sanctions on a Chinese military agency over Russian arms were both announced on the same day.
Retrospective · events of 20 September 2018
Sanctions and a downed Il-20 test Moscow
World
A look back at two developments that put Russia's military ties and its role in Syria under scrutiny in September 2018.
Retrospective · events of 24 September 2018
What did Russia promise Syria after the Il-20 loss?
Security
A look back at Moscow's announced response to the downing of its military aircraft over Syria.
Retrospective · events of 25 September 2018
Two Russian signals on 24–25 September 2018
World
A retrospective on the day Moscow acknowledged Kyiv's decision on the Friendship Treaty, and on its announced military steps in Syria.
Retrospective · events of 26 September 2018
Russia confirms notification of Kyiv's refusal to extend treaty
Politics
A look back at the diplomatic notification that marked the end of a 1997 agreement between Kyiv and Moscow.
Retrospective · events of 27 September 2018
What did Kyiv's treaty decision mean for Moscow?
World
A look back at 27 September 2018, when the end of a bilateral treaty and a poisoning in occupied Makiivka shared the news agenda.