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Strikes and counter-strikes on 29 September 2025

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A look back at a weekend in which long-range attacks on infrastructure on both sides of the front were joined by a helicopter loss in Donetsk Oblast.

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What did the week to 27 September 2025 reveal?

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A look back at diplomatic, security and sporting decisions in Ukraine's neighbourhood in the days before 27 September 2025.

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What 25 September 2025 said about Ukraine's neighbourhood

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A look back at how diplomacy, airspace rules and border policy shifted around Ukraine in the days leading up to 25 September 2025.

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What did the strikes of 20 September 2025 show?

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A look back at a weekend of drone and missile attacks on both sides of the front line, and the human toll they left.

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What did 17 September 2025 mean for Ukraine's partners?

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A look back at a day when a 100-year partnership with Britain reached the Verkhovna Rada, set against two security stories from neighbouring Europe.

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What the Warsaw drone incident showed on 15 September 2025

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A look back at a drone over Warsaw's Presidential Palace and the airspace alarms in Romania and eastern Poland that preceded it.

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What the 7 September strike on Kyiv showed

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A look back at the drone and missile attack that killed at least four people and set the Cabinet of Ministers building alight.

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What the Kyiv strike and Danube sinking showed

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A retrospective on two attacks reported on 28 August 2025, one on Ukraine's capital and one on a Ukrainian vessel on the Danube.

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What did 26 August 2025 change for Ukraine?

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A look back at a day of military acknowledgement, a border rule change for young men and a prisoner exchange in the days before.

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What did 20 August 2025 reveal about the war?

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A drone in Poland, a halted pipeline and new UK sanctions showed the conflict reaching well beyond Ukraine's borders.

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What did 19 August 2025 follow in Ukraine?

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A look back at a night of Russian strikes on Poltava and Chernihiv oblasts, set against a White House meeting and a halted pipeline flow.

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What was expected of the Alaska summit?

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A look back at the eve of the planned meeting between the US and Russian presidents, and what followed.

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What did Trump's Alaska summit announcement signal?

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A retrospective on the 10 August 2025 announcement of a Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska, and the positions that framed the talks.

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What did Ukraine's news cycle hold on 8 August 2025?

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A look back at two criminal-justice stories that framed the days around 8 August 2025: an arrest in Cherkasy and a corruption case over drone contracts.

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What the early August 2025 reports showed

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A look back at drone strikes on Russian refineries and a corruption arrest in Kyiv, as reported in the days before 8 August 2025.

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What did Kyiv's streets say on 23 July 2025?

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A look back at the day after protests erupted over a law that put Ukraine's anti-corruption bodies under the Prosecutor General.

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What did Ukraine's government reshuffle change by 20 July 2025?

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A look back at the political and security developments that framed the days up to 20 July 2025, from a new prime minister to a dispute with Hungary.

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What happened in Kyiv on 15 July 2025?

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A retrospective on the day Denys Shmyhal resigned as prime minister, a day after President Zelenskyy nominated Yulia Svyrydenko.

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Drones over Ukraine and a refinery in Krasnodar Krai

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An analysis of the paired drone strikes reported on 7 July 2025, and what they showed about the war's two-way air campaign.

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What the drone exchanges of 7 July 2025 showed

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A look back at a day of Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians and a Ukrainian strike on a Russian refinery.

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