Volodymyr Zelensky and his friends in the west are failing to get support from the rest of the world for their demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukraine.
The national flags of some NATO countries fly during an Air Force exercise in Germany on June 11, 2024.
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A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Firefighters battle a blaze in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city which has been under Russian bombardment since the war began.
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Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in February 2024.
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Tension in the western Balkans, which has been troubled by ethnic tensions since the wars of the 1990s, is becoming an increasing concern for the EU and Nato.