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What the weekend's strikes revealed on 1 August 2022

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A drone strike in Sevastopol, a deadly missile attack in Mykolaiv and disputed shelling in Nagorno-Karabakh marked the turn of the month.

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Olenivka and the law of war, 29 July 2022

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A retrospective on a day when a deadly strike on prisoners of war, an appeal ruling in Kyiv and a wave of missile attacks put the treatment of captives and civilians at the centre of the war.

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What 12 July 2022 showed about the war's pressure points

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A look back at a day when strikes behind the front line, a drone claim and energy disruptions framed the war's wider stakes.

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What the Chasiv Yar strike revealed about Donbas

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A retrospective on the apartment-block attack in Donetsk Oblast, reported on 10 July 2022, and on the days around it.

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What did 8 July 2022 reveal about the Donbas?

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A look back at a day when shelling in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and claims over Snake Island, framed the war's eastern front.

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Snake Island withdrawal and rival accounts of 30 June 2022

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A look back at the day Russia left a Black Sea outpost, and the competing explanations that followed.

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What did EU candidate status mean on 23 June 2022?

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A look back at the day the European Union formally awarded candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova while fighting in Luhansk Oblast intensified.

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What did 23 June 2022 mean for Ukraine?

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A look back at the day the EU awarded candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, while fighting in Luhansk Oblast intensified.

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Kaliningrad, Kharkiv and Luhansk: 21 June 2022

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A look back at a day when pressure on Russia's sanctions front, the Luhansk battlefield and Kharkiv's civilians all moved at once.

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What the Harpoon strike on Snake Island signalled

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A look back at 17 June 2022, when Ukraine reported its first use of newly pledged missile systems against Russian resupply to Snake Island.

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What did 100 days of war look like?

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A look back at 3 June 2022, the hundredth day of Russia's full-scale invasion, as humanitarian warnings, weapons pledges and fighting in the east converged.

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What did 100 days of war look like?

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A look back at 3 June 2022, when the invasion reached its hundredth day amid new weapons pledges and fighting in the east.

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Sievierodonetsk and the war's widening pressure points

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A look back at 28 May 2022, when street fighting reached Sievierodonetsk while arms deliveries and sanctions measures continued elsewhere.

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What did 20 May 2022 close in Mariupol?

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A retrospective on the day Russia said it had taken Azovstal, as fighting in Luhansk Oblast continued.

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What did 17 May 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at the fighting, the Azovstal evacuation and the corporate and diplomatic reactions that framed the days around 17 May 2022.

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What 14 May 2022 showed about war's many fronts

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Courtrooms, defence ministries, power lines and riverbanks: a look back at how the war's pressure spread in the days around 14 May 2022.

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What did 19 April 2022 reveal about the war?

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A look back at the day Ukraine said the Donbas offensive had begun, as diplomatic and sanctions pressure on Russia widened.

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What 19 April 2022 showed about the Donbas offensive

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A look back at a day of new fighting in eastern Ukraine, diplomatic expulsions and sanctions enforcement.

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What 13 April 2022 revealed about escalation

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A look back at a day when Western arms, Russian threats and a burning flagship pointed to a widening war.

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Bucha and the weight of 3 April 2022

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As Kyiv region was cleared of Russian troops, evidence from Bucha reshaped the day's diplomacy and the message Ukraine carried abroad.

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