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History: April 2022

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Retrospective · events of 22 April 2022

Evacuations stall and Russia's southern aims emerge

Security

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

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Retrospective · events of 22 April 2022

Ukrainian mayor charged with treason as Russia widens stated goals

Security

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

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Retrospective · events of 25 April 2022

Two months in, strikes reach Kremenchuk refinery and Vinnytsia towns

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.

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Retrospective · events of 26 April 2022

Who is a target once weapons cross the border?

Security

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

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Retrospective · events of 26 April 2022

Lavrov, Guterres and Moldova: 26 April 2022 explained

Politics

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

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Retrospective · events of 26 April 2022

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

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.

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Retrospective · events of 27 April 2022

Did Britain's war aims harden on 27 April 2022?

Security

A look back at a day of sharpened rhetoric between London and Moscow, with strikes and sanctions on both sides.

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Retrospective · events of 29 April 2022

Who was still welcome at the table in April 2022?

Politics

A look back at 29 April 2022, when invitations, sanctions and trade proposals showed how Russia's war was reshaping diplomacy.

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Retrospective · events of 29 April 2022

Slovyansk rail bridge destroyed as Russia advances

Security

A retrospective on 29 April 2022, when satellite imagery showed a key crossing over the Siverskyi Donets had been hit, days after strikes elsewhere in Ukraine.

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