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Moscow has executed more than 150 prisoners of war after they surrendered to Russian forces, Ukraine’s military intelligence ...

The policy of appeasement – strategic concessions to an aggressor that are designed to avoid war – is generally most closely ...

Top event of the week – a conversation between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that shocked Ukraine and Europe.