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1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1732+ words) Understanding the conflict three years on. To assess the state of the war, prospects for peace, and further geopolitical fallout, we asked eight of our best thinkers for their views. Read on for their responses, or click on an individual…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (513+ words) Barham Salih, Iraq's former president who was elected UNHCR high commissioner in December, made his first visit to Ukraine since taking office. After traveling to Ukraine's front-line cities, including Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and discussed…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (570+ words) Unmanned Systems Forces destroy three Russian Tor-M1 air defense systems worth $75M overnight. The Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) destroyed three Russian Tor-M1 air defense systems, worth a total of $75 million, in the early hours of Friday, Feb. 20, according to USF chief…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (290+ words) The US has reportedly urged allies to exclude Ukraine and four Indo-Pacific partners from official NATO summit meetings in Ankara, citing efforts to cut sessions and costs. The US has urged its allies not to invite Ukraine and four Indo-Pacific…...

3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (478+ words) West's Overestimation of Russia Prolongs Ukraine War" West's Overestimation of Russia Prolongs Ukraine War Books analyze economic miscalculations and strategic failures behind conflict's fourth year In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the world predicted a Russian victory. The West went…...

3+ hour, 54+ min ago  (311+ words) IOC members are required to uphold the Olympic principle of political neutrality. Trump ally Gianni Infantino previously called for an end to the ban on Russian athletes participating in events. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry said Friday she…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago  (221+ words) The assembly will start at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Pike Place Market before marching to Seattle Center's mural amphitheater. A rally at the amphitheater will then last from 1-3 p.m. "We expect about 1,000 people to show up for Ukraine," Marcia Jacobs, the communications and…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (257+ words) Hungary has blocked a "90 billion EU loan for Ukraine by refusing to vote in favour of one of the three pieces of legislation approved by the European Parliament that are required to release the funds " the regulation on amendments to…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (250+ words) Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister, has said that work on dealing with the aftermath of Russian attacks is continuing around the clock and the electricity supply situation is improving, but the threat of further Russian…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1356+ words) Major General Roman Demurchiev has served as commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, fighting in Ukraine. On October 18, 2022, roughly eight months after Russia's launched its all-out war on Ukraine, a high-ranking Russian officer texted several messages to his wife,…...