‘Death come upon us’: Ukraine boxing bros join Kyiv street fight
Ukraine’s heavyweight boxing brothers “Dr Ironfist” and “Dr Steelhammer” joined the brutal street fight against Russia through the neighbourhoods of Kyiv.
Russia And Ukraine Conflict
Blitz to wipe nation off map
The speed and ferocity of the invasion has caught both Ukrainians and outside observers by surprise.
Putin’s war on the West is a bid to redraw Europe
On every level, Vladimir Putin has confected this Ukraine invasion like a chess grandmaster, carefully moving his pieces into place over many months to prepare for this terrible moment.
The West has no idea how to handle the threat of real war
Sixty years after we ‘stared into the nuclear abyss’ it is Putin who seems fearless while the West stumbles in the dark.
Echoes of WWII in Putin’s attack
Putin’s invasion forces were closing in Kyiv amid missile strikes and battles being fought on the city’s outskirts, as the Ukraine’s President warned he was ‘target number one’.
History shows there’s no shock and awe in sanctions
If Vladimir Putin was expecting the worst possible economic punishment for invading Ukraine, he didn’t get it.
War is a tried and tested tactic for this tsar in all but name
Isolated, ageing and losing support , Vladimir Putin has gambled on conflict to restore his fortunes. But in this invasion there is great potential for returning coffins.
A hard-headed guide to deterring Russia and China
We can’t look the other way at the invasion of a sovereign European nation. To deter Moscow and Beijing here are six steps the Biden administration should take – now.
Who will fight with us, Ukrainian leader asks
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has been left on its own to fight Russia, as the invasion killed more than 130 of his people on the first day.
Winners and losers as war upsets the cart
The invasion of Ukraine makes real the undercurrent of concern about economic reliance on powerful autocrats and dictators who regard the West as the enemy.
Factories shut as companies begin Ukraine exodus
Companies operating in Russia and Ukraine confront a host of challenges and sliding share prices following Moscow’s attack.
Ukraine under the invader’s boot as the world watches
A leader’s willingness to commit sons and daughters to the perils of conflict demonstrates an absolute lack of empathy.
Kaboom! Putin puts his apologists into a tricky bind
Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine is entirely Russian, torpedoing the arguments of left and right populists who blame NATO for the crisis.
Attack kicks off new superpower struggle
Russia’s audacious military assault on Ukraine is the first major clash marking a new order in international politics.
A new Cold War arrives with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The mistake the West has made for more than a decade is to think Putin can be a reasonable geopolitical partner. He doesn’t want to be part of the global order. He wants to blow it up.
How war in Ukraine hits your hip pocket
Surging petrol prices could go even higher as the Ukraine crisis intensifies, but other household costs are also in the firing line.
Putin’s move: what it means for Australia
Those who think the Ukraine crisis is a distant conflict with limited relevance to Australia should think again. We face a daunting array of consequences.
How the US and Europe lost the post-Cold War
Victory bred complacency, neglect of fellow citizens, and a failure to preserve our civilisational values. Now, the crisis over Ukraine has become a pivot in history.
Payne’s shock warning as Russia’s Ukraine ‘kill list’ revealed
Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has issued a new warning for Europe, as Russia revealed its “kill list” being tracked by the Five Eyes.
Ukraine families evacuated into Russia far from home
Thousands of Ukrainians are being evacuated to Russia but they have no idea where they are going.
Frydenberg aims G20 war salvo at Russians
Josh Frydenberg has warned Russia that an invasion of Ukraine would deliver not only a human disaster but a devastating second shock to the global economy.
How the West can confront the Xi-Putin axis
A new phase of history has begun. The liberal world order faces its greatest challenge since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Russian invasion ‘only days away’, world warned
Full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine will start ‘within days’, Joe Biden says.
Beijing weighs how far to go in backing Putin
Behind closed doors, China’s top leaders have debated how to respond to the Russia-Ukraine crisis without hurting China’s own interests.
Dutton does not want to reveal another defence error
The recent rise in tensions in Ukraine and Taiwan come as two of our three major defence equipment blunder dominoes threaten to topple.
Putin’s games of war and peace
Russia has claimed it is winding down some of its military exercises and has raised the possibility of further talks, signalling a possible easing of the crisis over Ukraine.
Not in interested in war? War is interested in you
The choice isn’t whether to start World War III or surrender to Russian demands. It’s about signalling to Putin the US and its allies will resist his ambition to extend Russia’s ambit across Europe.
West draws up ‘the mother of all sanctions’
US foreign relations committee chairman Bob Menendez has told Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine would trigger ‘the mother of all sanctions’.
Biden warns Putin in phone call of ‘swift and severe costs’
In an hour long call, Joe Biden told his Russian counterpart the response by the US and its allies to an invasion of Ukraine will be decisive.
Biden tells Americans to get out of Ukraine
US President Jo Biden has urged Americans to leave Ukraine, as Russian live-fire drills and a troop build-up deepen fears of an invasion.
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