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What the July 2019 Rada vote delivered

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A look back at the outcome of Ukraine's snap parliamentary election and what it meant for the president's party.

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What did Ukraine's voters decide on 21 July?

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A look back at the snap parliamentary election that gave President Zelensky's party a comfortable majority in the Verkhovna Rada.

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What did Ukraine's snap vote deliver on 21 July 2019?

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A look back at the parliamentary election that gave President Volodymyr Zelensky's party a comfortable majority in the Verkhovna Rada.

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Why Washington expelled Turkey from the F-35 programme

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A look back at the 17 July 2019 decision that followed Ankara's receipt of Russian air-defence missiles.

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What did NATO certification mean for Ukraine in June 2019?

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A look back at two NATO-related reports from the days around 27 June 2019, one about a Ukrainian special forces unit and one about US criticism of Germany.

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What did NATO's June 2019 signals mean for Kyiv?

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A look back at two reports from 24 and 26 June 2019 that framed Ukraine's NATO ties and the alliance's internal arguments.

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What 24 June 2019 said about Ukraine's security

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A look back at a NATO certification milestone and the legal track on the downing of Flight MH17, two developments in Ukraine's security story.

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What did the MH17 murder charges mean?

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A retrospective on the announcement that four men would face murder charges over the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

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What the MH17 murder charges meant for accountability

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A retrospective on the charging of four suspects over the 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine.

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What did 6 June 2019 change for Ukraine's institutions?

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A retrospective on a day when parliament set an impeachment procedure and the Constitutional Court struck down anti-corruption provisions.

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What did Ukraine's week of 27 May 2019 signal?

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A look back at the reports surrounding 27 May 2019: an early election call, a new spelling code, a captured-soldiers report and a record vessel.

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What did Ukraine's news cycle hold on 24 May 2019?

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A look back at three developments from the days around 24 May 2019, spanning shipbuilding, the front line in Donbas and the rules of the Ukrainian language.

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What Ukraine's news looked like on 24 May 2019

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A retrospective on three reports from the days around 24 May 2019, spanning shipbuilding, orthography and the war in Donbas.

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What was happening in Ukraine on 23 May 2019?

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A look back at a day when a record-sized vessel was launched in Mykolaiv, set against a political and military backdrop of the preceding days.

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What did 23 May 2019 show about Ukraine?

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A launch in Mykolaiv, a new spelling code and a dissolved parliament marked the days around 23 May 2019.

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What did Zelensky's first day in office set in motion?

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An analysis of the inauguration of Ukraine's sixth president, the call for a snap election and the resignation announced in response.

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What the first round meant for Ukraine's runoff

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A look back at the position of the two candidates as the campaign entered its final stretch, as of 7 April 2019.

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Two Russian stories that framed late March 2019

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A look back at a prison sentence for a Ukrainian and a Russian military airlift to Venezuela in the days before 28 March 2019.

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Why did Ukraine's court scrap illicit enrichment liability?

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A retrospective on the Constitutional Court ruling of 26 February 2019 and the other news recorded that day.

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Did Russian mercenaries reach Venezuela? The Kremlin's denial

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A look back at the Kremlin's denial of reports that Russian contractors were guarding Nicolás Maduro.

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