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The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Aug. 2
War in Ukraine
Russian forces have evacuated their casualties, rotated personnel, and supplied their forward positions with ammunition and provisions.
Aug. 2
Russia
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris discussed “the release of other Russian political prisoners” with the widow of Putin opponent Alexei Navalny, who died in prison.
Aug. 2
US
The dispute over the election results has sparked protests in Venezuela. The country’s electoral council proclaimed Maduro the winner of the July 28 election with 51% of the vote.
Aug. 2
US
The historic prisoner swap with Russia that freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and 15 other Westerners was the fruit of painstaking secret talks and one crucial phone call from President Biden.
Aug. 2
Russia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban signed a decree earlier this month extending Hungary's fast-track visa scheme to eight countries, including Russia and Belarus.
Aug. 2
War in Ukraine
Guerrillas suggest that the arrival of F-16 fighters in Ukraine may have prompted Russia to move additional air defense systems closer to the front line.
Aug. 2
War in Ukraine
Some Republican lawmakers fret Trump is moving toward isolationism; Moscow’s “worrisome” advances near Pokrovsk seen as a “priority”; Another country to sign security agreements with Kyiv on Friday.
Aug. 2
Stay on top of Russia-Ukraine war 08-02-2024 developments on the ground with KyivPost fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated war maps.
Aug. 2
US
Gershkovich and 15 Other Westerners Swapped for 10 Russians in Turkish Coordinated Prisoner Exchange
The handover between Washington and Moscow took place at Ankara airport on the afternoon of August 1, as reported by the Turkish television channel NTV.
Aug. 1
War in Ukraine
Chuck Pfarrer explains why Crimea will be coming home to Ukraine and why Russia is not coming back to the Black Sea.
Aug. 1
Basketball player Brittney Griner and ex-Marine Trevor Reed are among those brought back to the US from Russia in recent years.
Aug. 1
Kyiv
After Kyiv's air defenses shot down a Kremlin Shahed UAV, the debris hit the suburban home of the only Duma member who voted against Moscow’s annexation of Crimea a decade ago.
Aug. 1
War in Ukraine
Disinformation and propaganda, long mainstays of war, have been digitally supercharged in the battle for Ukraine.
Aug. 1