Marc Champion

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Russia’s ruined game plan for Ukraine is visible in the South

Mariupol risks acquiring the totemic status of Vukovar or Sarajevo during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, sieges whose destruction and cruelty sparked indignation around ...
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How Ukraine’s rail network threw Russia’s military off track

While Ukraine’s armed forces have done a lot to foil the Kremlin’s plan for a quick victory, so too have logistics, and in particular a ...
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Ukraine faces more brutal form of war as Russia regroups

After early failures, officials from the U.S. and allied nations expect more indiscriminate tactics as Russian forces seek to suppress resistance.
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Putin races against clock as fast military advance is ‘frustrated’

Russia’s plans for Ukraine face rapidly rising costs due to delays caused by tougher-than-expected resistance from forces on the ground, even as its military retains ...
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Ukraine’s TV comedian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy finds his role as wartime leader

Zelenskyy may be among the least likely wartime leaders the world has known, yet he’s winning praise in the role just when his political fortunes ...
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A journey across Ukraine shows invasion would come at high price

The potentially ruinous cost of occupying a part of one of Europe’s poorest countries explains why many Ukrainians believe Russia won't do it.