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Russia-Ukraine conflict

A graphic with three photos. Left to right: Wheat harvest, Tibisay Zea and a man harvesting wheat in Senegal.
Ukraine
VIDEO EXPLAINER: How the war in Ukraine is affecting wheat exports and food culture in Senegal
A Ukrainian service member loads magazines at his position on the front line in the government-held town of Avdiyivka
Conflict
Trump cozying up to Russia? Not in Ukraine.
Yulia Privedennaya (left), 42, sits next to her younger sister Alla Levchenko in the Moscow suburb of Vidnoe. Levchenko, 31, fled shelling in her hometown of Makiivka, Ukraine, last year and reunited with her sister.
Conflict
Putin promised Ukrainians sanctuary from their war; it hasn’t exactly happened.
A Polish Air Force MIG-29 fighter and Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighters participate during a NATO air policing mission patrol over the Baltics on February 10, 2015.
Conflict
The West was stunned by Putin’s military moves. Here’s why NATO says it won’t happen again
Elmaz and her husband, Timur Barotov, refugees from Crimea who now live in Lviv, Ukraine
Conflict
One year after the Russian takeover, refugees from Crimea share their stories
Egg salad for Passover in Drohobych, Ukraine. Loli Kantor remembers this method of cutting an egg in the palm of your hand from her youth. It's part of the Jewish life that she documented in Ukraine.
Belief
The conflict in Ukraine has led to a Golden Age for Jews — though some are still leaving
A convoy of self-propelled artillery guns on the move near Donetsk on February 26, 2015. Heavy weapons like these are reported to be concentrating near Mariupol.
Conflict
It’s likely a question of when, not if, Ukraine’s ceasefire will collapse again
A member of a tank crew from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Army sits on top of a tank at a checkpoint on the road from the town of Vuhlehirsk to Debaltseve on February 18, 2015.
Conflict
How judo master Putin has outmaneuvered the West over Ukraine’s ceasefire
The face of defeat: A shocked and wounded Ukrainian soldier arrives at a hospital in the town of Artemivsk on February 18, 2015 after surviving the battle to break out of the Debaltseve pocket.
Conflict
Ukrainian soldiers survive a brutal ‘orderly’ retreat from the town of Debaltseve
Baristas at Cup&Cake discuss the potential cease fire between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels.
Conflict
Life in Kiev is normal — but only at first glance
Ukrainians Yuriy and Varvara Balega at a picnic table, with some of Varvara's students in between.
Culture
Old photos bring Ukraine’s memories and identity back to life
Ceasefire: Ukraine style. An explosion amidst shelling near Debaltseve, Tuesday.
Conflict
Heavy fighting continues in Ukraine — despite ‘ceasefire’
Police int self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic
Conflict
Russia is using Ukraine to upgrade and test its weapon systems
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.
Global Politics
The perils of a desperate and cornered Vladimir Putin
A woman takes stock of the damage to an apartment block, hit by shelling in a small town near Debaltseve, Ukraine on February 2, 2015.
Conflict
Several thousand civilians are trapped on Ukraine’s latest battlefield
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, on December 22, 2014.
Conflict
Russia’s ‘incompetent’ spies get nabbed in New York, but here’s why it doesn’t matter
A woman reacts as she stands at a market that, according to locals, was recently damaged by shelling in Donetsk.
Conflict
Civilians are caught in the renewed crossfire in Donetsk
Gay rights activists march with a banner during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg. The banner reads, "Love is stronger than war!"
Global Politics
A gay Russian teen has been outed as he seeks asylum in the US
Jay Close — Cheesemaker
Global Politics
Meet Russia’s unlikely poster boy — and cheesemaker — for its embargo on Western goods
Soldiers from the Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Azov" sit at a checkpoint in the southern coastal town of Mariupol on September 8, 2014.
Conflict
Live from the frontlines of Ukraine, it’s an army officer on Twitter
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony in Mongolia at the national parliament building in Ulan Bator, September 3, 2014.
Conflict
President Putin calling for peace is like an arsonist offering to put out a fire, a reporter says
A man walks past cutting boards that have been painted with images of Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a street store in the center of St. Petersburg on August 31, 2014.
Global Politics
If Putin picks a fight with NATO, what’s the West willing to do about it?
Mihail Formuzal, governor of the autonomous Moldovan province Gagauzia, speaks on the phone during an interview at his office in Comrat, the administrative centre of Gagauzia.
Global Politics
In tiny Moldova, Russia is repeating its Ukraine playbook