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What did Ukraine's late August 2018 look like?

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A look back at the national holidays and the sanctions news that framed the days before 27 August 2018.

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What did Ukraine's Flag Day show in 2018?

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A look back at how the state flag was marked on 23 August 2018, and at the sanctions announced two days earlier.

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Washington's August 2018 sanctions on Russia, explained

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Two US sanctions moves within a week targeted Russia over a nerve agent attack in the UK and over a bank's dealings with a North Korean.

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What did new US sanctions on Russia signal?

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A look back at the Skripal-related measures announced by Washington on 8 August 2018, days after a separate sanctions step against a Russian bank.

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Sanctions pressure on Russia, 3 August 2018

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A look back at how Western sanctions reached Russian firms and a bank in the final days of July and early August 2018.

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What the EU's Crimean bridge sanctions signalled

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A look back at the sanctions the EU imposed on six Russian companies building the Crimean bridge, reported in the days around 1 August 2018.

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What the EU's Crimea bridge sanctions signalled

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A look back at the sanctions and court rulings reported in the days around 1 August 2018, across Russia, Ukraine and Georgia.

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Who won Odesa's film festival in 2018?

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A look back at the top prize at the Odesa International Film Festival, and at military drills in Central Asia days earlier.

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Should Russia have returned to the G7?

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A look back at the debate over readmitting Russia to the group, which surfaced at the 44th G7 summit in June 2018.

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What did Kyiv's parliament decide on 7 June 2018?

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A look back at the day Ukraine's legislature passed a law creating a High Anti-Corruption Court, days after a Russian court sentenced a Ukrainian journalist.

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Why Poland sought permanent US troops in 2018

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A look back at the Polish defence minister's remarks on 28 May 2018 about stationing American forces in Poland as a deterrent against Russia.

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What did Ukraine's news look like on 25 May 2018?

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A look back at the reports that framed Ukraine's agenda in the days before 25 May 2018, from football to the CIS to Donbas.

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What did Ukraine's news cycle hold by 25 May 2018?

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A look back at four reports from the days before 25 May 2018, spanning football, tennis, diplomacy and the Donbas front.

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What Ukraine's week of news said by 25 May 2018

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A look back at match-fixing raids, a tennis record, a step away from the CIS and continuing shelling in Donbas in the days before 25 May 2018.

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What did Ukraine's news cycle show by 24 May 2018?

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Reports from 19 to 22 May 2018 pointed to a football-fixing inquiry, a step away from the CIS, a tennis record and continuing shelling in Donbas.

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Ukraine's week of match-fixing, CIS exit and Donbas fire

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A look back at the reports surrounding 23 May 2018, when a football probe, a diplomatic break and frontline shelling shared the news.

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What did Ukraine's ex-presidents ask for on 8 May?

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A retrospective on two reports from early May 2018: a joint appeal by three former presidents and a mass poisoning in Cherkasy.

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What the Second Fleet's return signalled in May 2018

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A look back at the US Navy's re-establishment of its Second Fleet and the language of a renewed Cold War that surrounded it.

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What Javelins and a new operation meant for Donbas

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A look back at the 30 April 2018 announcements that put new US weapons and a new command format on Ukraine's eastern front.

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Two Ukrainian appeals made in April 2018

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A retrospective on a mine-flooding warning and a parliamentary vote on church independence, both reported on 19 April 2018.

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