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Analysis: 5 lessons on air defense and underground architecture from Kharkiv

On a recent voyage through Kharkiv and Kharkiv Oblast, I found myself fixating on how the region was prepping for yet another winter of Russian air attacks — one in which Russia has more aerial weapons than ever, and is already eagerly cutting off the energy supply across Ukraine. Pre-war Kharkiv was Ukraine’s second-largest city and, for a brief moment at the start of the Soviet Union, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR. It sits just 25 miles away from Russia’s border and has long maintained a R

Ukraine calendar: What will happen this week

Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' public newsletter, The Week Ahead, covering events from November 3-9. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events delivered directly to your inbox every week. The "Coalition of the Willing" will meet at a secret summit in Spain on 4 November. According to El Mundo, the main topics will be increasing international aid to Ukraine and discussing security guarantees. At last week’s Coalition sum

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