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Bayraktar's debut and Europe's tense borders

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A look back at 30 October 2021, after a week in which Ukraine's first drone strikes in Donbas and Poland's border build-up drew attention.

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Two judicial and legal signals before 25 October 2021

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A new head of Ukraine's Supreme Court and a US raid on a sanctioned Russian businessman's home marked the days before 25 October 2021.

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Three signals from Kyiv and beyond, October 2021

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A look back at a Supreme Court appointment in Ukraine and two moves in Russia's relations with the West.

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What did Russia's NATO mission move signal?

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A look back at two reports from 18 and 19 October 2021 involving Russia, NATO and the United States.

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What did 19 October 2021 reveal about US-Russia friction?

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A retrospective on an FBI raid and Russia's move against NATO, two reports that marked strained ties with Moscow.

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Two Russia-West ruptures in two days

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A look back at how an FBI raid and a suspended NATO mission marked a tense moment in relations between Russia and the West.

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What worried Kyiv about gas in October 2021?

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A look back at the energy anxieties and parliamentary change that framed Ukraine's politics in mid-October 2021.

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Kyiv's gas worries and a new parliament speaker

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A look back at two developments in Ukrainian politics and energy in the days before 14 October 2021.

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Kyiv's parliament reshuffle and the gas question

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A look back at the week to 13 October 2021, when Ukraine changed its parliamentary speaker and the EU pledged help on gas.

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What did 12 October 2021 mean for Kyiv?

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A look back at a day when gas security, a new parliamentary speaker and tension with Moscow converged on Ukraine's agenda.

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Why did Kyiv's parliament change its speaker?

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A look back at the October 2021 removal of Dmytro Razumkov and the election of Ruslan Stefanchuk as head of the Verkhovna Rada.

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What Razumkov's removal meant for Kyiv's parliament

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A look back at the days around 11 October 2021, when the Verkhovna Rada had just swapped its speaker and NATO had cut Russia's mission.

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What Hungary's gas deal meant for Kyiv

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A look back at the 2021 Hungary–Russia gas agreement and the dispute it triggered with Ukraine.

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What did Kyiv take from its White House meeting?

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A look back at the Biden–Zelensky talks and a nuclear memorandum signed a day earlier, as reported at the time.

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Did Kyiv's Crimea Platform summit change the agenda?

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A look back at the diplomatic gathering in the Ukrainian capital on 23 August 2021, and the visits that preceded it.

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Kyiv's August 2021: a research ship, an evacuee, a death

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Three developments reported between 15 and 19 August 2021 showed Ukraine drawn into events at home and abroad.

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What did Kryvyi Rih's mayor's death leave open?

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A look back at the reports of Konstantin Pavlov's death and the first steps taken by police.

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What did early August 2021 reveal about security?

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Two reports from the first week of August 2021 showed violence at the margins of Ukrainian public life, in Kyiv and in the occupied east.

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What two August 2021 incidents showed about security

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A look back at a grenade arrest in Kyiv and a prison killing in the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic, reported in the first week of August 2021.

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Tsimanouskaya case: why Ukraine featured in it

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A retrospective on the Belarusian sprinter's refuge at the Polish embassy in Tokyo and the role of her husband's move to Ukraine.

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