More than a decade of conflict, which intensified after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has taken a massive toll on the mental health of Ukrainians.
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Ukraine needs to disrupt Russia’s economy. The US has a different set of objectives.
Red carpet for a rival: US president Donald Trump greets China’s president, Xi Jinping, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, September 23.
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The UN general assembly meeting brought together many leaders whose countries are locked in conflict.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, meet in Calgary, Alta., on Sept. 10, 2026.
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Ukraine is desperate for European help to bolster its air defences.
A Ukrainian drone attack targeted a Wildberries warehouse at Novosaratovka, south of St Petersburg, July 24 2026.
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Ukraine is unable to prevent Russia’s long-range missiles from hitting its cities and civilian population.
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, talks to Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at Lindsey Graham’s funeral.
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Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu met with the US president on the sidelines of Lindsey Graham’s funeral.
US politicians and world leaders, including Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu, gathered in Washington on July 28 for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham.
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Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu took the opportunity of Graham’s funeral to meet with Donald Trump.
Smoke billows into the sky following Ukrainian drone strikes on warehouses of Russia’s online retailer Wildberries, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 24, 2026, with St. Isaac’s Cathedral seen in foreground.
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To lose a defence minister in time of war is a blow. To also lose a commander-in-chief is a crisis.
Close working relationship: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky presenting General Oleksander Syrskyi with his credentials as commander-in-chief in 2024.
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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has just dismissed both his defence minister and commander-in-chief.
Demonstrators hold a portrait of the Ukrainian army’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, demanding his resignation during a rally to denounce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after six months in the post, in Kyiv on July 18, 2026. Zelenskyy obliged.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov and Gen. Syrskyi amid military tensions. What does it mean for the country’s war effort?
Protestors denounce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at a rally in Kyiv on July 17, 2026,
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The defense minister’s firing was the catalyst, but polling suggests Ukrainians are rallying around a broader fight for freedoms and against corruption.
Ukrainians protest against the dismissal of the country’s defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, in Kyiv on July 16.
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Mykhailo Fedorov’s removal is a distraction from a defence effort that had finally seemed to put Ukraine on the front foot.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, meet on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana, Kazakhstan, in May 2026.
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