Russia And Ukraine Conflict

An image taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 21, 2024, reportedly shows a Russian Mi-35m attack helicopter firing rockets on Ukrainian Armed Forces at the border area of Kursk region in Russia. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

How a general’s blunder let Ukraine invade Russia

A top general’s serious misstep is characteristic of a top brass often out of touch with battlefield realities as UKraine forces now occupying 250 sqkm of Russian territory.

‘illusory concept’The Times

Local volunteers walk past a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region. Two people were killed while evacuating civilians from Russia's western Kursk region, where Ukraine is staging a major cross-border offensive, a pro-Kremlin organisation said August 16. Russia has evacuated more than 120,000 from towns and villages near the border with Ukraine since Kyiv launched its surprise border incursion last week. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)

Kursk incursion proves Putin’s red lines are a bluff: Zelensky

Ukraine’s President says its invasion into Russian territory is proof threats of a nuclear apocalypse were never a reality.

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The bombing of bridges in the Kursk region restricts the supply routes to the Russian army fighting there. picture: Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukraine destroys third bridge in major blow to Russia

Ukraine has now destroyed all three permanent bridges over the Seym River in Kursk, in a sign Kyiv intends to hold the territory long-term.

SURPRISE INCURSIONThe Times

Russian prisoners of war held by Ukraine. Picture: Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)

Putin’s cowards: top reds fled the war

Raw recruits under attack in Russia’s western region tried to contact battalion commanders, only to discover their military leaders had abandoned them.

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TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on 16 August, 2024, during a media tour organised by Ukraine, shows a destroyed border crossing point near the Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Kyiv said August 16, 2024, its incursion into Russian territory had advanced, claiming it aimed to force Russia to negotiate on "fair" terms, as Moscow's troops announced new gains in eastern Ukraine. Two and a half years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv's troops on August 6, 2024, launched a major counter-offensive into Russia's Kursk region, sending more than 120,000 people fleeing. (Photo by Yan DOBRONOSOV / AFP)

Ukraine’s Operation Russia marches on

Ukrainian forces claim to have strengthened their positions over the Russian border, sending 120,000 people fleeing.

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(FILES) This file handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on November 3, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny (2nd L) visiting a training center to mark the "Missile Forces and Artillery and the Engineering Troops" Day at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion. The sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 was approved by senior officials in Kyiv, a report said on August 15, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky initially giving his support. Speculation has long swirled about who was behind the operation, with both Ukraine and Russia denying any involvement. The Wall Street Journal reported that Ukraine's top military commander at the time, Valery Zaluzhny, oversaw the plan to blow up the pipelines used by Russia to deliver gas to Europe. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) / XGTY / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Zelensky says Ukraine ‘strengthening’ positions in Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his forces were “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive.

DispatchThe Times

Ukrainian servicemen operate an armoured military vehicle in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk on August 6, 2024, capturing over two dozen towns and villages in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian soil since World War II. Ukraine's military chief Oleksandr Syrsky told President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video posted on August 12, 2024 that his troops now control about 1,000 square kilometres of Russian territory and are continuing "offensive operations". (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Our orders were simple: invade Russia today. They didn’t fire back

Ukrainians in the first wave of the invasion of the Kursk region say they met little initial resistance from Putin’s forces.

inside storyThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) This handout picture released on September 27, 2022 by the Danish Defence Command shows the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as it is seen from the Danish Defence's F-16 rejection response off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, south of Dueodde. A Swedish prosecutor probing the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany said on February 7, 2024 he was closing the investigation because Sweden does not have jurisdiction. (Photo by Handout / DANISH DEFENCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / DANISH DEFENCE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - LARGER VERSION

A drunken evening, a rented yacht: the real story of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage

Private businessmen funded the shoestring operation, which was overseen by a top general; President Zelensky approved the plan, then tried unsuccessfully to call it off.

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TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian military vehicle driving past a destroyed border crossing point with Russia, in the Sumy region, on August 14, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine launched a surprise offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk on August 6, 2024, capturing over two dozen towns and villages in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian territory since World War II. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Troops pushing deeper into Russia: Zelensky

Ukraine’s army is continuing to advance into Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky said as he urged Kyiv’s allies to allow it to use missiles for long-range strikes.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 27, 2022 this handout picture released by the Danish Defence Command shows the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as it is seen from the Danish Defence's F-16 rejection response off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, south of Dueodde. - US officials have seen new intelligence that indicates a "pro-Ukrainian group" was responsible for the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the New York Times reported March 7, 2022. (Photo by Handout / DANISH DEFENCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / DANISH DEFENCE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - LARGER VERSION

Arrest warrant issued for Ukrainian Nord Stream blast suspect

Poland has confirmed it’s received a German arrest warrant for a Ukrainian diver, named as Volodymyr Zhuravlov, suspected over the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022.

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Silentium LMA press event for Air Battle management system

Air battle management system starts to take shape

ADF’s AIR 6500 project is a protective system to be able shoot down enemy missiles. But Australia has several unique challenges, including the sheer scale of the area that needs to be protected.

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Biden’s move is start of real US presidential campaign

American voters should now be able to scrutinise a serious contest.

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINEThe Times

Russia's presidential commissioner for children's rights Maria Lvova-Belova sits with Ukrainian children before their departure to Ukraine from Russia under a deal brokered by Qatar, at the Qatari embassy in Moscow on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Children the witnesses to evils of war

Thousands of Ukrainian children were abducted and indoctrinated to be ‘mini soldiers’. But a summer camp is helping those that were rescued.

insiders’ viewThe Times

Donald Trump was given a rapturous reception on the final day of the Republican convention in Milwaukee, less than a week after being shot. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The second coming: What Trump would do

The former president’s brush with death has made him a messiah in the eyes of some. Now he’s setting out far-reaching plans on migrants, Ukraine and cementing the GOP in his image.

Inquirer

Trump’s no saint but he deserves objective reporting

It’s misinformation for the ABC to run such erroneous sludge and present it as objective reporting.

War in UkraineThe Times

The Ukrainian military said that its positions in Krynky had been “completely destroyed” by Russian forces GIAN MARCO BENEDETTO/ANADOLU/GETTY IMAGES

Kyiv loses 1000 men in battle for one village

At least 262 soldiers died and 778 are still missing in action after nine months of fighting for Krynky in the Kherson region.

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Larry Kestelman owner of the Tasmania JackJumpers and owner and executive chairman of the Australian National Basketball League. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Larry Kestelman: what it means to be an Australian

The businessman and National Basketball League owner wants to start a conversation about Australia’s values and identity, inspired by the 60th anniversary of The Australian.

Brain drainThe Times

-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022 -- Police officers detain a man following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by Russian President, in Moscow, on September 21, 2022. - More than 1,300 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022

Ukraine war sparked exodus of Russians

Those who have left range from Russians who feared arrest under draconian new censorship laws to entire families who no longer wished to be associated with the regime.

The first mistakeThe Times

(FILES) This photograph shows flowers, left by parents of an Australian victim of the crash on a piece of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the village of Hrabove (Grabove), in the Donetsk region on July 26, 2014. The families of the victims of the downing of flight MH17 in war-torn eastern Ukraine are this week commemorating ten years since the tragedy, with dwindling hopes of seeing those responsible behind bars. (Photo by Bulent KILIC / AFP)

MH17: A warning shot from Putin that the West ignored

A decade after a Malaysia Airlines flight was downed over Ukraine, military figures rue missed chances to stem Russian aggression and victims’ families still wait for justice.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 17 JULY, 2024: Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong at a ceremony marking 10 years since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), in the Great Hall at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Wong’s new warning to Russia over MH17

Penny Wong has made a fresh commitment on the 10-year anniversary of the downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight in Ukraine that killed 298 people.

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