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Residents of Lviv commemorate Ukrainian Independence Day in August.

Life during wartime, in a city where death arrives from above

Daily life in Lviv can sometimes seem normal. But then comes another jarring reminder of Russia’s relentless war.

  • David Crowe in Lviv

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Duqm port in Oman.

Last drinks at the Omani cantina: The shadow fleet behind Australia’s fuel supply

Like the Star Wars version, the dry dock in Oman is a desert-rimmed magnet for misfits and ne’er-do-wells.

  • Mark Corrigan
A Ukrainian soldier demonstrates a locally-made drone in the Kyiv region.

Ukraine pins hope on new era of AI drones to transform the face of war

Young companies are forming across Ukraine in a bid to defeat Russian forces with faster and more powerful drones.

  • David Crowe
Nina Synyakivych, a retired teacher, who leads the volunteers in what has become an essential task: making camouflage nets for the army.

In an open field, the soldier had nowhere to hide. Then he became invisible

Retired teacher Nina Synyakivych sits at a desk, cutting white material into long strips. She knows what she does is essential. Soldiers tell her it’s saving their lives.

  • David Crowe
Europe could seize Russia’s frozen assets in the West to help Ukraine defend itself against Vladimir Putin’s aggression.

Ukraine is running out of cash. Can Europe seize Russian money to help?

There are $270 billion of frozen Russian assets held in Europe. They could be used to give the European Union a voice in settlement of the war.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
This image made from a December 2025 video provided by the Ukrainian Defence Forces shows the heavily bombed city of Myrnohrad in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

‘Trying to erase it from the face of the earth’: Drones show carnage in Ukrainian town

Russian forces have nearly encircled a town that was once home to 46,000 people, but which is now an uninhabitable shell after a brutal year-long assault.

  • Isobel Koshiw
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Australia targets Putin’s shadow fleet in bid to starve Russian war machine

Dozens of oil tankers in Russia’s “shadow fleet” will be hit by Australian sanctions as the federal government announces its first military support package for Ukraine in over a year.

  • Matthew Knott
Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during the talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

‘Ready right now’: Putin warns of war with Europe ahead of Ukraine talks

The Russian president raised the stakes in peace talks on Ukraine with his dramatic warning to European leaders, as his talks with US negotiators in Moscow drew no closer to a peace deal.

  • David Crowe
Australian armed reconnaissance Tiger helicopters being sent from Australia to Ukraine.

‘Offer on the table’: Australian army helicopters set to aid fight against Putin

The transfer would help make amends for the much-criticised decision to dispose of the army’s fleet of Taipan helicopters instead of sending them to Ukraine.

  • Matthew Knott
The fire rages after a Russian missile hit a multi-story residential building in Vyshgorod, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, early Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The brutal reality that shows what Putin really thinks of Trump’s peace plan

Yaroslav was at home when the missile hit. So was his friend, who went to sleep that night as usual and died in the flames.

  • David Crowe

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