The Long Road
NEED TO KNOW The Long Road UKRAINE Just over six months after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Sébastien Roblin at NBC News was thinking that Ukraine’s current counteroffensive to...
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When Dreams Become Nightmares
NEED TO KNOW When Dreams Become Nightmares UKRAINE When Russia recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine shortly before it invaded the country in late February,...
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The Great Awakening
NEED TO KNOW The Great Awakening EUROPE When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded the former Soviet republic of Ukraine late last month, he claimed he was pushing back against aggressive...
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NEED TO KNOW When Spring Comes RUSSIA/ UKRAINE As the US and Germany send advanced armored vehicles to help Ukraine’s cause, Russia has lost almost half of its battle tanks,...
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The Boogeymen
NEED TO KNOW The Boogeymen UKRAINE Ukraine’s Azov Battalion started off eight years ago as a group of far-right activists who launched attacks against pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukrainian...
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Coming Together, Coming Apart
NEED TO KNOW Coming Together, Coming Apart UKRAINE It’s been two months since Russia invaded Ukraine to push back against alleged NATO encroachments and bring back into the fold an...
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A Changing Country
NEED TO KNOW A Changing Country UKRAINE Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, Ukraine had 40 million people. Now it is 6.7 million short. Those missing millions have crossed...
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NEED TO KNOW Mirror Image CHECHNYA The Russian republic of Chechnya is intimately intertwined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Having battled Russian forces in an unsuccessful bid for independence in...
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