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History: December 2021
18 articles
Retrospective · events of 1 December 2021
Two reports from the last days of November 2021
World
A gas blast in Nova Odesa and a speech on the Belarus–Poland border marked the days before 1 December 2021.
Retrospective · events of 1 December 2021
Zelensky alleges Russian coup plot as Turkey offers to mediate
Opinion
A look back at the tense final days of November 2021, from accusations of a coup plot to a border crisis and a Turkish mediation offer.
Retrospective · events of 1 December 2021
Kyiv's tense week before December 2021
Opinion
A look back at the late-November signals from Kyiv, Ankara and the Belarusian border as 1 December 2021 approached.
Retrospective · events of 2 December 2021
Ankara offers to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow
Security
A look back at two regional security developments reported in the days before 2 December 2021.
Retrospective · events of 3 December 2021
Week in review: Turkey's mediation offer, Nova Odesa gas blast
Opinion
A look back at 3 December 2021 and the events of the preceding week, including a Turkish offer to mediate and a deadly gas blast in Mykolaiv region.
Retrospective · events of 8 December 2021
What Biden's troop ruling-out meant for Ukraine
Opinion
A look back at 8 December 2021, when Washington set out the limits of its response to a possible Russian invasion.
Retrospective · events of 10 December 2021
Migrants at three borders: the crisis behind Belarus's countermeasures
World
A look back at the Belarusian countermeasures of early December 2021 and the border crisis behind them.
Retrospective · events of 13 December 2021
What happened on 13 December 2021 in Ukraine and Hungary
World
A retrospective on a dismissal at Ukraine's interior ministry and a fatal crash involving migrants in southern Hungary.
Retrospective · events of 13 December 2021
Biden's no-troops stance and a Kyiv dismissal frame mid-December
Politics
A dismissal at Ukraine's interior ministry and a US position on troops set the context for that mid-December date.
Retrospective · events of 14 December 2021
Two stories reported ahead of 14 December 2021
World
A look back at two reports dated 13 December 2021, one from Kyiv's interior ministry and one from southern Hungary.
Retrospective · events of 16 December 2021
Two unrelated decisions: a city renamed, a deputy minister dismissed
Politics
A look back at two decisions from the days before 16 December 2021: a city renamed by parliament and a deputy interior minister dismissed.
Retrospective · events of 16 December 2021
Kyiv's December 2021: a renamed town and a dismissal
Politics
Two decisions in mid-December 2021 touched on place names and on the leadership of the Interior Ministry.
Retrospective · events of 17 December 2021
What did Russia demand of NATO on 17 December 2021?
Security
A look back at the day Moscow set out sweeping security demands while fighting continued in Donbas.
Retrospective · events of 18 December 2021
Why did Poroshenko leave Ukraine on 18 December 2021?
Politics
A look back at the departure of the former president as investigators moved to serve him a summons.
Retrospective · events of 18 December 2021
What did Washington say about Russia's proposals?
World
A look back at 18 December 2021 and the diplomatic signals from the preceding days, alongside two other regional reports.
Retrospective · events of 21 December 2021
Why Washington approved Javelins for Lithuania
World
A retrospective on the US State Department's 21 December 2021 approval of an anti-tank missile sale to a NATO ally.
Retrospective · events of 25 December 2021
What did Lithuania's Javelin deal signal?
World
A look back at a US arms sale to a NATO ally, approved as tensions with Russia rose in December 2021.
Retrospective · events of 27 December 2021
What did Putin demand of NATO over Ukraine?
Politics
A look back at the Russian president's call for NATO guarantees, made as Russian forces stood massed around Ukraine.