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A photo released by Ukrainian officials purporting to show a North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine.

North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia earn millions for the Kim regime

Captured soldiers have lifted the curtain ever so slightly on the secretive Kim regime’s decision to join Russia’s war against Ukraine.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Oscar Jenkins, pictured (left) playing for Toorak Prahran Cricket Club, was captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine (right).

Australia demands Russians free soldier Oscar Jenkins after confirmation he is alive

Friend says they are amazed and hopeful as Penny Wong says she has confirmation the former teacher turned soldier is alive.

  • Matthew Knott and Alex Crowe
A still from the trailer for Russians at War.

Film festival defends screening of Ukraine war documentary branded Russian propaganda

Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia wrote to the chair of the Antenna Documentary Film Festival urging him to cancel screenings of the film Russians at War.

  • Matthew Knott
Russian ATM explosion gif

Ukrainian scammers thought to be tricking Russian pensioners into blowing up ATMs

Russian President Vladimir Putin last month dismissed a suggestion that he should target what are believed to be Ukrainian scammers behind the attacks.

  • Daniel Hardaker
Kokkinakis signing

Thanasi Kokkinakis was warned against playing in Russia. He went anyway

The Australian tennis star was paid to play in the unofficial event, which was backed by a state-owned energy company blacklisted by the Australian government.

  • Chris Barrett
Russian soldiers at an artillery position in the Kursk region, in Russia, in December.

Fighting alongside Russia, North Koreans wage their own war

The difficulties have ranged from finding uniforms small enough to fit North Korean soldiers, to hiccups that have led to direct clashes with Russian forces.

  • Marc Santora and Helene Cooper
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in 2017.

Trump signals tougher approach with Putin on Ukraine

“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way,” said Trump, who previously claimed he would end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in as president.

  • Rob Harris
Elina Svitolina after her fourth round win at the 2025 Australian Open.

‘They forget that there’s still the war’: Svitolina win a reminder of home-front heartbreak

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has a perfect record against Russian players since her home country was invaded three years ago.

  • Billie Eder
Mohammed Imran holds a picture of his brother Indian national Mohammed Asfan who last called family from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don before being deployed to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

Indians lured to Russia are dying on the front lines in Ukraine

Families say most of the unwitting recruits were duped by offers of fictitious jobs in Russia.

  • Anant Gupta
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky smile as they stand in front one of the drones, built in Ukraine with funding from Britain, in Kyiv on Thursday.

UK signs 100-year agreement with Ukraine

Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Volodymyr Zelensky, “We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, for this year or the next, but for 100 years.”

  • Jill Lawless

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/ukraine-crisis-6fid