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Were the returned Ukrainian ships a turning point?

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A retrospective on the days around 21 November 2019, when Russia had just handed back three seized Ukrainian Navy vessels and a deadly ammunition depot blast near Balakliia was fresh.

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What did Russia's return of seized vessels mean?

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A look back at the handover of three Ukrainian Navy vessels on 18 November 2019, a year after the Kerch Strait incident.

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What did Kyiv gain in early November 2019?

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A look back at two developments that placed Ukraine at the centre of legal and political attention in the days before 11 November 2019.

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What did Kyiv gain before 11 November 2019?

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A look back at two developments, one in The Hague and one in Washington, that shaped how Ukraine was discussed in early November 2019.

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What the impeachment testimony meant for Kyiv

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A look back at the revelations of early November 2019 and how they placed Ukraine at the centre of a US political inquiry.

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Sondland's reversal on Ukraine aid reshaped inquiry

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A retrospective on the revised testimony by the US ambassador to the EU, and the transcripts released a day earlier.

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What did the Yovanovitch transcripts reveal about Kyiv?

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A look back at the release of the first two impeachment inquiry transcripts, and two other Ukraine-related reports from the preceding days.

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What did Ukraine settle in late October 2019?

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A look back at a renamed town and the closing of an air accident inquiry, as reported in the days before 2 November 2019.

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What Ukraine's parliament and investigators settled in October 2019

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A look back at a renamed town and a closed air-accident inquiry from the final days of October 2019.

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What's in a name? Peryaslav and a crash report

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A look back at two Ukrainian decisions recorded in the final days of October 2019, one on a city's name and one on an air accident.

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What the South Airlines Flight 8971 findings said

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Ukraine's air accident investigators concluded their inquiry into the 2013 Donetsk crash, pointing to pilot decisions in poor weather.

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What the Parnas and Fruman pleas meant for Kyiv

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A retrospective on the not-guilty pleas entered in New York two days before 25 October 2019, and on how a US campaign-finance case touched Ukraine.

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What 23 October 2019 meant for Kyiv

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A retrospective on a day when court filings in New York and testimony in Washington kept Ukraine at the centre of a U.S. political scandal.

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What did Ukraine's news cycle hold on 15 October 2019?

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A look back at a period when sport, church politics, an economic ranking and a US scandal all drew attention to Ukraine.

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Why Volker's resignation mattered to Kyiv

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A retrospective on the departure of the US special envoy to Ukraine, days after Washington opened an impeachment inquiry.

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What the 25 September 2019 moment meant for Kyiv

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A look back at two developments in the days before 25 September 2019, one in Washington and one in international sport, and what each involved.

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What did the Pelosi announcement mean for Kyiv?

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A look back at 25 September 2019, the day after a US impeachment inquiry was announced in a matter involving Ukraine.

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What the 7 September 2019 prisoner swap involved

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A look back at the 35-for-35 exchange between Russia and Ukraine and the questions raised by one name on the list.

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What did 5 September 2019 show about Kyiv?

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A court release, a new anticorruption court and a prisoner-swap announcement landed within hours of each other, after days of political moves in Kyiv.

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What did Kyiv's dismissal decision mean in September 2019?

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A look back at two decisions in Ukrainian politics taken on 3 and 4 September 2019.

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