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What did the world's news hold on 12 July 2020?

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A look back at reports from the days around 12 July 2020, from Luhansk wildfires to a Lithuanian broadcast ban and Syrian aid.

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What did 11 July 2020 mean for Syria aid?

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A look back at the Security Council vote that kept aid flowing to northwest Syria, alongside other regional news from early July 2020.

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What did 10 July 2020 leave unresolved in Luhansk?

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A look back at the wildfire emergency in eastern Ukraine and a Lithuanian broadcast ban that framed the days before 10 July 2020.

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What Lithuania's RT ban and Luhansk's fires showed

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A retrospective look at two regional stories from the days before 10 July 2020: a broadcast ban in Vilnius and wildfires in eastern Ukraine.

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Two stories that framed 1 July 2020

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A look back at two reports from late June 2020: a new education minister in Kyiv and a sanctions appeal from Libya.

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What did 30 June 2020 mean for Ukraine's neighbourhood?

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A look back at three stories that framed the regional agenda in the last days of June 2020: a ministerial appointment in Kyiv, Libya's sanctions appeal and Europe's border plans.

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What did 4 June 2020 reveal about policing?

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Two reports from 4 June 2020, one from Pavlohrad and one from Crimea, showed how law enforcement and courts were in the news just before 6 June 2020.

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Odesa market shooting and a quiet few days

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A look back at a shooting at Odesa's Seventh Kilometre market and two other items from Ukraine's news at the start of June 2020.

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Three Ukrainian stories from 1 June 2020

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A look back at tremors in Ivano-Frankivsk region, an online awards ceremony and a soldier's abduction near Crimea.

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What did Ukraine's last week of May 2020 reveal?

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A look back at reports from 23 to 26 May 2020, covering the death of a Verkhovna Rada member and an alleged police abuse case near Kyiv.

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What happened in Ukraine before 27 May 2020?

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A look back at a run of violent incidents reported across Ukraine in the days before 27 May 2020, alongside two foreign-policy developments.

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Ukraine's violent week before 26 May 2020

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A retrospective on a run of killings and police abuse allegations in Ukraine in the days before 26 May 2020, and on two wider regional rulings and accusations.

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What did Kyiv learn on 25 May 2020?

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A retrospective on two reports from 23 May 2020, one about a lawmaker's death and one about alleged police violence near Kyiv.

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What did the April 2020 Chernobyl fires leave behind?

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A look back at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires, declared extinguished days before 20 April 2020, and a Russian missile test reported in the same week.

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Fire and deficit: Ukraine's 13 April 2020

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A retrospective on a day when wildfires reached Pripyat and parliament rewrote the budget for the pandemic.

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Why Kyiv changed finance and health ministers

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A look back at the parliamentary vote of 30 March 2020, taken as the coronavirus epidemic and a financial crisis converged.

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What did Ukraine's emergency declaration signal?

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A look back at the measures and the arrest reported in Ukraine on 25 March 2020, as seen from 26 March 2020.

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What did Ukraine's travel curbs mean by 24 March 2020?

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A look back at the transport restrictions and the education law that took effect in the days before 24 March 2020.

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Ukraine's transport shutdown, and a new education law

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A look back at two measures reported on 18 March 2020, as Ukraine moved to curb the spread of coronavirus.

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What Novi Sanzhary and Idlib revealed in February 2020

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Two separate episodes, one in Ukraine and one on the Syria–Turkey border, showed how quickly tensions can escalate.

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