Tag: USSR (Former Soviet Union)

Russia Planned a Major Military Overhaul. Ukraine Shows the Result.

Army vehicles were so decrepit that repair crews were stationed roughly every…

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Russia’s Grave Miscalculation: Ukrainians Would Collaborate

KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine — The solicitation to commit treason came to Oleksandr…

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The Making of Vladimir Putin

His intent, in hindsight, was clear enough, many months before the invasion.…

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For a Ukrainian Poet, Putin’s War Is All Too Familiar

LVIV, Ukraine — At 83, no longer a young poet, Ihor Kalynets…

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Russia’s Brutality in Ukraine Has Roots in Earlier Conflicts

“All those remaining in Grozny will be considered terrorists and will be…

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Russia’s War in Ukraine: This Is How World War III Begins

The usual date given for the start of World War II is…

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Biden Targets Russia With Strategy of Containment, Updated for a New Era

Mr. Biden emerged from the meeting offering some professional respect for Mr.…

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Russians Now See a New Side to Putin: Dragging Them Into War

MOSCOW — Russians thought they knew their president.They were wrong.And by Thursday,…

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In Ukraine Crisis, the Looming Threat of a New Cold War

MOSCOW — Vladimir Pozner was an English-language Soviet propaganda editor in Moscow…

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