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What did the world believe about Flight 752?

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A retrospective on 9 January 2020, when Western officials and a verified video pointed to a missile while Tehran spoke of mechanical failure.

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What did 8 January 2020 mean for Kyiv?

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A Ukrainian airliner crash near Tehran and a pipeline inauguration marked the same day, 8 January 2020, in the region.

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What happened to Flight 752 on 8 January 2020?

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A retrospective on the day a Kyiv-bound Ukrainian airliner went down near Tehran, and on the gas pipeline inaugurated the same day.

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What the last days of 2019 revealed

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A prisoner exchange, a court ruling in Kyiv and a Russian weapons announcement marked the final days before 1 January 2020.

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What did the final days of 2019 reveal?

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A look back at three developments reported between 27 and 29 December 2019, spanning the Donbas war, Kyiv's courts and Russian arms.

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What Russia's Avangard announcement signalled in December 2019

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A look back at the Russian defence ministry's hypersonic announcement and the other Russia-related developments of the final week of 2019.

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What did late December 2019 mean for Kyiv?

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A look back at the Russia-related reports that surrounded 26 December 2019, from gas transit to the Kerch Strait rail link.

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What the Kerch rail link meant for Crimea

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A look back at the railway bridge opened across the Kerch Strait to occupied Crimea, and at a separate strike in Idlib reported the next day.

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What did Russia's Crimea rail link mean in 2019?

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A retrospective on 25 December 2019 and the reports of the preceding days, from the Kerch Strait to northwestern Syria.

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Gas deal and sanctions: a two-sided weekend

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A retrospective on the gas-related news reported around 22 December 2019, when a transit agreement and a pipeline setback landed within days of each other.

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What did 19 December 2019 follow in Ukraine?

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A look back at the developments that preceded 19 December 2019: a UN resolution on Crimea, a court ruling on an anti-corruption chief and a UNESCO listing.

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Paris talks and Sheremet arrests: 12 December 2019

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A look back at the day Ukraine named suspects in a high-profile journalist killing, three days after a Normandy Format summit in Paris.

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What did the Paris summit really deliver?

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A look back at the Normandy Format meeting in Paris, where Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in the Donbass by the end of 2019.

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What did the Paris summit change in Donbas?

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A retrospective on the Normandy Format meeting held in Paris, where Kyiv and Moscow agreed to a ceasefire target.

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What the Paris summit promised Ukraine and Russia

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A look back at the Normandy Format meeting held in Paris, where a ceasefire pledge was the headline outcome.

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What did 6 December 2019 follow in the region?

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A look back at two reports from the days before 6 December 2019: a deadly fire in Odesa and a new Russia–China gas pipeline.

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What did the Odesa fire leave behind?

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A retrospective on the fire in Odesa reported on 4 December 2019, and a gas pipeline opened two days earlier.

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What did 4 December 2019 mean for Odesa?

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A retrospective on a deadly fire in Odesa and a gas pipeline opening reported in the same days.

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What the return of three Ukrainian vessels meant

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A look back at the handover of seized Ukrainian Navy ships by Russia, reported days before 22 November 2019.

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What the returned Ukrainian vessels meant in November 2019

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A look back at 21 November 2019, days after Russia handed back seized navy ships and after a deadly ammunition depot blast in Kharkiv region.

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