Russia

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Europe

European countries are banding together on missile defence

The Ukraine war shows how dangerously few interceptors they have

Science and technology

How Ukraine’s new tech foils Russian aerial attacks 

It is pioneering acoustic detection, with surprising success

Europe

Vadym Sukharevsky, the man in charge of Ukraine’s drones

Ukraine hopes its new drone command will help it regain the upper hand

Finance and economics

How Vladimir Putin created a housing bubble

Prices have risen by 172% in Russia’s biggest cities over the past three years

The Americas

Cuba is out of supplies and out of ideas

Penury is pushing the island towards Russia and China

Europe

Russia sentences Evan Gershkovich to 16 years on bogus spying charges

The Kremlin wants to barter the American reporter for its spies

Europe

Russia’s vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out

It may have to scale back its offensive in Ukraine

Europe

A Russian missile hits a children’s hospital in central Kyiv

The Kremlin tries to deny responsibility

Europe

The Kremlin is rewriting Wikipedia

A new version of history is taking shape

Graphic detail

How many Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine?

Four charts illustrate a grim new milestone

By Invitation

NATO must tackle instability in the Balkans, says an ex-head

Russia and China are up to old tricks in the region, argue George Robertson and Andi Hoxhaj

Science and technology

The race to prevent satellite Armageddon

Fears of a Russian nuclear weapon in orbit are inspiring new protective tech

Culture

A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege

Do not underestimate the lunacy of aged dictators, a new book argues

Europe

Death and destruction in a Russian city

Russians in the border city of Belgorod have become victims too in the war Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine

Leaders

Nigel Farage’s claim that NATO provoked Russia is naive and dangerous

It is also a wilful misreading of history

By Invitation

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is part of his revolution against the West

He is leading Russia into a new phase of strategic confrontation, says Stephen Covington, a longtime NATO adviser

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