One year of war in Ukraine

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After a year of a conflict that was predicted to last just days, we examine the battle lines—seeing an <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/02/23/russias-vaunted-second-offensive-is-a-damp-squib?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence ...

After a year of a conflict that was predicted to last just days, we examine the battle lines—seeing an <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/02/23/russias-vaunted-second-offensive-is-a-damp-squib?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence ...

It’s been a year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine MP Lesia Vasylenko describes waking up in a war zone that day and she argues that Russian war crimes must not be allowed to go unpunished.

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In this roundtable discussion our editors examine how the past year has progressed, discuss how things may go over the next year and consider a few fundamentally positive truths about <a href="https://www.economist.com/ukraine-crisis?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast. ...