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What did 11 June 2024 add to Ukraine's support?

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A look back at a day of new air defence, European money and shifting restrictions on US weapons.

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What 6 June 2024 showed about Europe's pressures

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A retrospective on a day of fighter-jet pledges and a deadly incident on the Belarus border.

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What did Lavrov's warning on French instructors signal?

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A look back at Russian statements of 2 and 4 June 2024 on Western military support for Ukraine.

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Did Moscow's warning mark a new phase?

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A look back at Russia's reaction to Western-weapons permissions and the strikes that preceded it.

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Did 31 May 2024 mark a shift in the war?

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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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Who let Ukraine hit targets inside Russia?

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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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What did 28 May 2024 show about Europe's eastern edge?

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

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

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

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

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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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Ceasefire talk and border signals, 24 May 2024

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A look back at a day when reports of a possible freeze along the frontlines sat beside strikes, aid pledges and tension on Russia's western edge.

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Ceasefire talk and strikes on 24 May 2024

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A look back at a day when talk of a freeze along the frontlines sat beside missile strikes, aid pledges and Baltic border alarms.

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What did 24 May 2024 reveal about the war?

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A look back at reports of a possible ceasefire, strikes on both sides of the front line and unease along Russia's western borders.

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What 22 May 2024 showed about the war's reach

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A look back at a day of aid pledges, a children's return brokered by Qatar and alarm over a Baltic border proposal.

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What the days before 18 May 2024 showed

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A look back at the reports of 16–17 May 2024 on drone strikes in Russia, US military aid and sanctions.

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What did 26 April 2024 reveal about Kyiv's pressures?

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A court arrest order for the agriculture minister arrived as US aid and Russian nuclear warnings framed the week.

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What the 24 April 2024 US aid announcement meant

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A look back at how the US package, following a British pledge two days earlier, shaped Ukraine's military outlook.

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What 18 April 2024 revealed about the war

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A look back at a day when arrests in Germany sat beside the aftermath of a deadly strike on Chernihiv and a new draft law.

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Sabotage arrests and grief: 18 April 2024

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A retrospective on a day when arrests in Germany sat alongside the aftermath of the Chernihiv strike and a new draft law in Ukraine.

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What the strikes of early April 2024 showed

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A look back at a day of drone attacks on Kharkiv and reports of casualties on both sides of the front line.

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Two strikes that showed war's widening reach

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A look back at 2 April 2024, when missiles hit Dnipro and Ukrainian airstrikes reached deep into Russian territory.

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