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What did 25 February 2023 reveal after the anniversary?
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A look back at the day after the first anniversary of the invasion, when diplomacy, arms deliveries and energy supplies all moved at once.
Three signals from Moscow and Kyiv, February 2023
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A look back at how Biden's Kyiv trip, the New START suspension and a revoked decree on Transnistria fitted together.
Why Putin suspended New START after Biden's Kyiv trip
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A look back at the 21 February 2023 decision to suspend Russia's participation in the last nuclear arms control pact with the United States.
What did Biden's unannounced Kyiv visit signal?
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A look back at the US president's surprise trip to the Ukrainian capital, where he met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Why Bakhmut and Moldova mattered together
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A look back at how front-line fighting and spillover pressure on Moldova converged in mid-February 2023.
Would Berlin block Poland's Leopard tanks for Kyiv?
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A look back at 22 January 2023, when Germany's foreign minister signalled Berlin would not stand in Poland's way on Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine.
Soledar claim and a command shake-up
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A look back at the Russian claim on Soledar and the change at the top of Russia's war command, as reported around 13 January 2023.
Who was commanding Russia's war on 11 January 2023?
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A look back at the command reshuffle in Moscow and the news around it, from Soledar to Yerevan to Kyiv's treason case.
Russia's command shake-up and a contested Soledar
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A look back at 11 January 2023, when Moscow reorganised the leadership of its war effort after a day of rival claims over Soledar.
What did 10 January 2023 reveal about the war?
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A retrospective on a day that combined a citizenship decree in Kyiv, a contested claim at Soledar and a postponement in Yerevan.
Three signals on 10 January 2023
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A look back at a day that combined a citizenship decision in Kyiv, a contested claim at Soledar and a postponed exercise in Armenia.
What did 10 January 2023 reveal about the war?
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A retrospective on a day of contested claims at Soledar, a citizenship decree in Kyiv and a postponed exercise in Armenia.
What did a Christmas ceasefire look like on the ground?
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A look back at 7 January 2023, the second day of a unilateral Russian truce that Ukraine had declined to match.
Was the Orthodox Christmas ceasefire ever real?
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A look back at 6 January 2023, when a declared Russian truce coincided with shelling in Kramatorsk and a deadly missile strike in Kherson.
Why did Moscow blame soldiers' phones for Makiivka?
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A retrospective on the Russian defence ministry's raised death toll and its explanation for the New Year strike in Donetsk Oblast.
Makiivka strike and the fight over casualty figures
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An analysis of the Makiivka barracks strike and why the competing death tolls mattered.
Makiivka strike and the war's final day of 2022
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A look back at the attack on a Donetsk Oblast barracks on 31 December 2022 and the competing casualty claims that followed.
What Putin's oil decree signalled on 28 December 2022
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A look back at how Moscow's export ban answered the price cap while fighting continued in Luhansk Oblast.
What the 16 December 2022 missile barrage showed
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A look back at a day of mass Russian strikes on Ukrainian power infrastructure, and at the regional tension that surrounded it.
Kherson in darkness, Armenia's coalition angry at Moscow
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Two reports from mid-December 2022 showed pressure on civilians in Ukraine and strain in Russia's ties with Armenia.
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