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History: August 2026
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Retrospective · events of 4 August 2026
What the news of 3 August showed Russia
Opinion
A look back at reports of a beach tragedy, a shooting in Crimea, an opposition exile and a sanctioned cargo ship.
Retrospective · events of 4 August 2026
What the news of 3 August 2026 showed
Opinion
A retrospective on three reports from Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea, dated 3 August 2026, covering a beach tragedy, a shooting and an opposition exile.
Retrospective · events of 4 August 2026
Two reports from early August 2026
Politics
A retrospective on an opposition politician's flight from Russia and a reported refusal over an Iron Dome transfer to Ukraine.
Retrospective · events of 4 August 2026
What the early August reports said about Russia's strain
Opinion
A look back at four reports from 2–3 August 2026 touching Russia's home front, its occupied territory and its overseas arms shipments.
Retrospective · events of 4 August 2026
What did 3 August 2026 reveal about Russia's war?
Opinion
A retrospective on reports of a deadly beach incident, a shooting in Crimea, an opposition exile and an arms shipment to Mali.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2026
Kyiv's missile shortage exposed by 5 August strike
Security
A retrospective on a barrage that killed at least 17 people and passed through Ukraine's air defences unchallenged.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2026
Eight civilians among dead at Kyiv Oblast railway station
Politics
A look back at a Russian strike on Kyiv that killed at least 17 people, and at an opposition politician's departure from Russia two days earlier.
Retrospective · events of 5 August 2026
Kyiv's missile shortage on 5 August 2026
Security
A retrospective on the day Russian ballistic missiles and drones struck Kyiv and none of the missiles were intercepted.
Retrospective · events of 6 August 2026
What was reported around 6 August 2026
World
A look back at three reports from the days before 6 August 2026, from Crimea, Mali and the Latvian–Belarusian border.
Retrospective · events of 6 August 2026
Latvia shuts Belarus border as Russia ships arms to Mali
World
A look back at three regional and international reports published between 31 July and 3 August 2026.
Retrospective · events of 7 August 2026
Air defence gaps and exile: Ukraine's early August 2026
Politics
A look back at three reports from the first days of August 2026 that tied the war's air defence shortages to wider politics.
Retrospective · events of 10 August 2026
What Kyiv's air raid toll showed by 10 August
Politics
A look back at the Russian strikes on Kyiv in the days before 10 August 2026, and the interceptor shortage Ukraine's president described.
Retrospective · events of 10 August 2026
Kyiv under fire: strikes of early August 2026
Politics
A look back at the Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv reported in the days before 10 August 2026.
Retrospective · events of 11 August 2026
Strikes, shortages and sanctions: Ukraine on 11 August 2026
Security
A look back at the days before 11 August 2026, when strikes on cities and refineries met a sanctions bill advancing in Washington.
Retrospective · events of 12 August 2026
What the August 2026 strikes and Senate vote showed
Security
A look back at the week to 12 August 2026, when refinery attacks, strikes on Ukrainian cities and a US sanctions bill unfolded together.
Retrospective · events of 13 August 2026
Poland says it foiled Russian plot in Warsaw
Politics
A look back at the claim by Poland's prime minister that an alleged Russian-directed killing plot was stopped in the capital.
Retrospective · events of 14 August 2026
How far does the Russo-Ukrainian war's security threat now reach?
Security
A reported killing in Sevastopol and a foiled plot in Warsaw were both reported on the same day, each tied to the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Retrospective · events of 15 August 2026
Reported Sevastopol bomb death of Shagaev and foiled Warsaw plot
Security
A reported killing in Sevastopol and a foiled plot in Warsaw drew attention to Russia's reach beyond the front line.
Retrospective · events of 18 August 2026
Burnham: Britain's military support for Ukraine will continue
Politics
A look back at the British prime minister's confirmation of continued military support after Moscow threatened consequences over drone strikes.
Retrospective · events of 18 August 2026
What 18 August 2026 showed about the war's widening edges
Security
A day of strikes on civilians in Ukraine, a British pledge and spillover into neighbouring airspace in the days before.
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