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What 4 February 2025 revealed about the war

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A retrospective on a day of civilian casualties in Izium, talk of direct negotiations and a claim about a downed airliner.

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Three days of strikes before 3 February 2025

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A look back at the reported Russian attacks on Sumy, Odesa and Poltava in the days leading up to 3 February 2025.

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What did the final days of January 2025 show?

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A look back at three Russian strikes on civilian targets in Sumy, Odesa and Poltava between 30 January and 1 February 2025.

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What the Odesa strike on 31 January 2025 showed

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A look back at a Russian ballistic missile attack on Odesa's centre and port, and the Sumy strike a day earlier.

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What did 30 January 2025 show about Ukraine's war?

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A Russian drone strike on a Sumy apartment block, set against a week of mobilisation reform, cross-border drone attacks and regional political friction.

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What did 24 January 2025 show about the war?

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A retrospective on a day when mobilisation reform, drone strikes, the return of fallen soldiers and protests in Slovakia pointed to pressures on Ukraine at home and abroad.

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What January 2025 strikes showed about the war

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A look back at the reports from the days before 23 January 2025, when attacks crossed the front line in both directions.

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What January 2025 strikes said about the war

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A look back at 22 January 2025 and the reports of drone raids, missile strikes and a new UK–Ukraine accord in the days before it.

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Two reports on 7 January 2025, two stories

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A retrospective on a day when a strike on a Kherson bus and US sanctions on a Hungarian minister framed Ukraine's neighbourhood.

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Kherson bus strike and a war's widening claims

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A retrospective on 6 January 2025, when a drone hit a civilian bus in Kherson while Moscow's threats over ATACMS missiles were still fresh.

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Why Kyiv ruled out elections under martial law

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A look back at 3 January 2025, when Ukraine's president rejected a vote even if Moscow made it a condition for talks.

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What did 1 January 2025 change for Ukraine's region?

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A look back at a date on which Ukraine joined the International Criminal Court and its neighbours faced shifts in gas and borders.

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What 30 December 2024 showed about Kyiv's diplomacy

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A prisoner exchange, a new opening with Damascus and a quarrel with Slovakia over oil: three threads from a single day.

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What 27 December 2024 showed about Russia's regional reach

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An analysis of a day when an airline grounded its Russian routes, a Baltic cable case unfolded and Ukraine's grid remained under fire.

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What did 26 December 2024 reveal about risk?

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A retrospective on a day when reports of a missile strike on a passenger jet, a detained vessel and battered Ukrainian power networks sat side by side.

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Strikes across the border before Christmas 2024

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A look back at the exchange of long-range attacks and the British training proposal in the days leading up to 24 December 2024.

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What did 22 December 2024 follow in the war?

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Strikes on both sides of the border in the days before 22 December 2024 shaped a grim weekend for civilians in Ukraine and Russia.

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What did strikes on 20–21 December 2024 show?

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A retrospective look at cross-border attacks reported in the days before 22 December 2024, in Ukraine and in Russia.

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Does Britain's training offer change Kyiv's equation?

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A retrospective on 19 December 2024, when London floated sending military advisers to train Ukrainian forces as Western coordination of support changed hands.

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Two shifts in the war, seen from 18 December 2024

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A look back at NATO's new coordination role and the Moscow killing of a Russian general, both reported on 17 December 2024.

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