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Russia’s Strategy Against the West: Escalate Slowly and See if It Responds

Ukrainian and European officials say President Vladimir V. Putin has become emboldened by a lack of Western pushback.

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The police inspected the damage to a house caused by debris from a shot-down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland on Wednesday.
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Nuclear Sites Dotted Across Ukraine Pose Threat of Radiation Disaster

Each day of war risks a strike on sites that could scatter radioactive material. Officials say one laboratory near the front has been hit dozens of times.

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The Political Signals Russia Sends With Each Huge Barrage on Ukraine

Analysts have linked major attacks to important geopolitical events as the Kremlin tries to strengthen its hand in talks.

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Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building after Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv on Sunday.
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For Americans in Ukraine, Opportunity and the Lure of Combat

The profile of U.S. volunteers in the Ukrainian military has changed, shifting more toward people without military experience and those who saw few prospects for themselves at home.

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U.S. volunteer soldier Zachery Miller, second from left, with fellow foreign solders after a live fire exercise at a military ground in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, in July.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine Government Building in Largest Drone Assault of War

Ukrainians said it was the first time a key building in Kyiv’s government district had been damaged since the war began. Russia has kept attacking despite Trump administration efforts at peace talks.

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Smoke rising from a government building on Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A World War II Dispute Between Ukraine and Poland Is Put to Rest

The remains of people killed and left in mass graves in the waning days of the war are being given dignified burials.

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A priest conducting a mass burial ceremony of people killed during World War II in the now-abandoned, formerly ethnic Polish village of Puzhnyky, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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