Society | 2025-12-19
Wounded, rebuilt, returning: Why Ukraine's soldiers go back to war
After losing limbs and surviving months of rehabilitation, Ukrainian veterans are returning to duty driven by experience, responsibility and the fear of what happens if they don't.
Society | 2025-12-19
Growing up to the sound of war
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Germany activates Arrow 3 shield as defense shift accelerates
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Russia's war is running out of men -- and turning to boys
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Presidential rhetoric becomes scholarly evidence in Russia
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Ukraine's labor crisis deepens under the weight of war
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Kremlin issues playbook for state media to spin unpopular tax hikes
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Documents show China supplying Belarus's sanctioned arms industry
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Russia's water pipes crumble while defense spending climbs Neglected infrastructure and sweeping oversight cuts are leaving millions in Russia without safe water.
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Russia's secret stash of 'Russophobic' books A secret Moscow archive is swelling with seized Ukrainian books, an emerging vault of 'forbidden' texts revealing the Kremlin's tightening grip on history.
Society | 2025-12-10
The rituals that hold Ukraine together
Society | 2025-12-10
Russia's Roblox ban fuels unrest among kids
The Roblox ban is exposing tensions inside Russia's online-policing apparatus and stirring unexpected public fallout from young users.
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Women at the heart of Ukraine's war
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Vigilantes hunt Russia's deserters as military cracks deepen
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War-weariness defines Russian public opinion
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The human cost buried in Russia's classified casualty lists
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At Kyiv's Lokomotyv stadium, the game goes on despite the ruins
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Russia's digital iron curtain meets a generation that won't log on
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Ukraine's housing crisis: 10% destroyed, millions displaced
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Human Rights Watch vows more Russia investigations, despite ban
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Siberia or bust: the Kremlin's plan to relocate Ukrainians
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Russian teachers strained as Kremlin turns classrooms into ideology hubs
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Finland and the US build a new level of NATO readiness in the High North
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In Crimea, even a Ukrainian song can trigger the state
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Human Rights | 2025-12-02
Under occupation, Mariupol's only growth is in its cemeteries
Moscow's plans promised growth and new housing. On the ground, Mariupol is poorer, older and quietly emptying of its original residents.
Society | 2025-11-26