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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2023
China succeeding in diplomatic push to win over Europe
A cold war between Beijing and Brussels will remain unlikely as the two do not compete ideologically or militarily like the U.S. and China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2023
The post-Cold War era is gone. A new arms race has arrived.
Governments around the world are drawing lessons from Europe’s first high-intensity war since 1945, reassessing everything from ammunition stocks to weapons systems and supply lines.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 18, 2023
China's Xi plans 'peace speech' on Ukraine invasion anniversary, Italy says
The Feb. 24 speech will apparently continue Beijing's line of urging peace while avoiding condemnation of its ally Russia.
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WORLD
Feb 18, 2023
European allies vow more support for Kyiv at security meet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opened the Munich Security Conference with an impassioned plea for allies to speed up support, arguing lives were at stake.
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WORLD
Feb 17, 2023
Ukraine prioritizes holding the line as global security leaders gather
NATO alliance officials this week discussed the need for more military hardware for Kyiv, and Britain and Poland agreed that support should be stepped up.
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WORLD
Feb 16, 2023
Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war
The Russian leader says Moscow is locked in an existential battle with an arrogant West that wants to carve up his country and its vast resources.
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WORLD
Feb 15, 2023
Washington pushes for harsher action against banks with Russia ties
The West blocked several Russian banks' access to the international SWIFT payments system soon after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February last year.
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WORLD
Feb 15, 2023
'Everything changed': Ukrainians look back on year of war
Not a single Ukrainian was left untouched by the Russian invasion. Three of them were interviewed about what they lived through, and how the war changed them.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2023
Russia's gymnastics, wrestling federations invited to Asian Games
Recent moves by the IOC to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete has prompted calls by several countries to have them excluded from the 2024 Olympics.
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WORLD
Feb 15, 2023
Elderly brothers eke out life among ruins of Ukraine war
'We are 80, we've worked all our lives, in the same garden and now we're waiting for death,' one of the brothers said. 'What else can we be waiting for?'
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2023
Great Britain, Czechs join growing boxing world championships boycott
The International Boxing Association has urged boxers to ignore the boycott and said it will fund those wanting to compete in the championships.
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WORLD
Feb 15, 2023
Zelenskyy urges speedy help from allies as Russia pounds Ukraine's east
Leader says Russia is in a hurry to achieve as much as it can before Ukraine and its allies can gather strength.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023
Putin cronies and criminals gear up to steal Russia
Owing to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and the West’s response, hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of assets are up for grabs in Russia.
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BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2023
Moscow's gas ties with Europe, crafted over decades, lie in ruins
Russia's gas trade with Europe has been based on thousands of miles of pipes beginning in Siberia and stretching to Germany and beyond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 14, 2023
Britain needs some leveling up in its military
Worries mount over the British military falling behind as Vladimir Putin’s land war rages in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
'Terrible toll': Russia's invasion of Ukraine by the numbers
The war in Ukraine has resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, ravaged cities and pummeled the country's economy.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2023
Ukrainian athletes push back on Thomas Bach's Russian stance
Current and former competitors say that Russian athletes shouldn't be allowed to compete at next year's Paris Olympics under any circumstances.
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WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
Olena Kurylo, known as face of Ukraine war, recalls Russia's invasion
'They took my picture, and I didn't care. I wasn't thinking about anything. Then I thanked God I was still alive.'

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