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History: May 2024

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Retrospective · events of 27 May 2024

What Russia's border moves signalled on 27 May 2024

World

A look back at the Baltic and Narva border disputes and other regional developments reported in the days before 27 May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 27 May 2024

Spain's €1 billion pledge and Kharkiv's toll

Opinion

A look back at a security pact signed in the shadow of deadly strikes on a Ukrainian city.

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Retrospective · events of 27 May 2024

What Spain's security pact with Ukraine involved

Security

A look back at the bilateral agreement signed on 27 May 2024, and the Kharkiv strikes that preceded it.

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Retrospective · events of 27 May 2024

Spain's pact with Kyiv, and Kharkiv's toll

Opinion

A look back at a bilateral security agreement and a pledge of military aid, signed two days after deadly strikes on Kharkiv.

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Retrospective · events of 28 May 2024

What Spain's pact meant for Kyiv's position

Politics

A look back at a security agreement and ceasefire talk in the final days of May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 28 May 2024

Spain's €1 billion pledge and a Belarus border injury

Opinion

A Spanish aid pledge and an injured Polish soldier marked two different pressures on the region's security.

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Retrospective · events of 28 May 2024

Three border incidents on NATO and EU edges

World

A look back at how events on the Polish, Estonian and Baltic Sea frontiers converged in the last week of May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 28 May 2024

Spain's pact and the ceasefire question

Politics

A Spanish security agreement and reports of Russian interest in a freeze framed the diplomatic picture around 28 May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 28 May 2024

Spain's pledge and talk of a freeze

Politics

A Spanish security pact and reports of Russian interest in a ceasefire pointed in different directions in late May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 29 May 2024

Sánchez signs €1bn military aid pledge for Zelenskyy

Politics

A look back at the security agreement and aid pledge signed days before 29 May 2024, and the ceasefire talk that surrounded it.

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Retrospective · events of 29 May 2024

Unnamed sources, formal pledges: two contrasting signals on Ukraine

Politics

A look back at the diplomatic signals around Ukraine in the days before 29 May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 29 May 2024

Allies loosen limits on strikes inside Russia

Security

On 29 May 2024, Sweden, France, Germany and Poland made aid and targeting announcements that reshaped the terms of Western military support for Ukraine.

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Retrospective · events of 29 May 2024

Spain's pact with Kyiv and talk of a freeze

Politics

A look back at two signals from late May 2024: new Spanish military backing for Ukraine and reports of Russian interest in a ceasefire.

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Retrospective · events of 30 May 2024

Who let Ukraine hit targets inside Russia?

Opinion

Over 29 and 30 May 2024, a series of Western governments set out where Ukraine could use the weapons they had supplied.

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Retrospective · events of 30 May 2024

Denmark's F-16 decision and allied support for Kyiv

Politics

A look back at how Danish and Spanish announcements shaped the debate over Western support for Ukraine in late May 2024.

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Retrospective · events of 31 May 2024

Denmark and Spain widen support for Ukraine

Politics

A look back at two Western commitments announced in the final days of May 2024, on F-16 use and military aid.

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Retrospective · events of 31 May 2024

Did 31 May 2024 mark a shift in the war?

Opinion

A retrospective on a day of prisoner releases, strikes on Kharkiv and Krasnodar Krai, and widening permission to hit targets inside Russia.

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Retrospective · events of 31 May 2024

Kyiv's partners loosen limits on striking Russia

Security

A run of announcements from 29 to 31 May 2024 widened where Ukraine could use Western-supplied arms, as fighting around Kharkiv continued.

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