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Luke Harding's 'Betrayal' charts the collapse of the rules-based order — and who is to blame
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Luke Harding's 'Betrayal' charts the collapse of the rules-based order — and who is to blame

by Kate Tsurkan

Luke Harding's “Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest" begins with a turning point in the full-scale war most people probably haven't spent enough time coming to terms with: North Korean soldiers getting ready to join the biggest land war in Europe since 1945. "Soon they would be stumbling through alien woods and fields, sent by one dictator to help out another. It was a sign of a world turned upside down. The rules-based international order — the post-1945 understanding that state

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Amid the rubble of a Ukrainian apartment building, locals have one wish for Putin’s birthday

PRYLUKY, Chernihiv Oblast – Families stand outside the ruins of a five-story apartment building, watching rescuers dig through what remains of their homes. Some sit wrapped in blankets, staring at the rescue operation, waiting to see who is pulled from the rubble next. Five so far are those of children, three of them only one year old. They were among at least 19 people killed by a Russian cruise missile that struck a five-story residential building in Pryluky as part of a mass salvo that stru

Ukraine war latest: Russian attack on Pryluky kills at least 20, including 5 children

Key developments on Oct. 7: * Russia slams Ukraine with missiles, drones on Putin's 74th birthday, at least 26 dead including 5 children * Huge blaze breaks out at Russian oil facility in Samara Oblast * EU provides Ukraine 1.2 billion euros for drones and missiles * Russia carried out sabotage against Danish defense firms, intelligence says * Erdogan raises Black Sea safety in call with Putin At least 26 people have been killed in yet another Russian overnight mass missile and drone atta

War in Ukraine spreads across 3 different dimensions

Any war is not that simple and has many angles, but Russia's war in Ukraine is becoming more difficult each day. And not only because of its constant intensity, but because of its complexity. In the next few months, we will see three concrete, distinctive tracks of Russia's war in Ukraine developing separately and very differently from each other. You will see a lot of different, mixed news that will be hard to put together into one picture, but we need to accept that the war is changing, and

Recruits undergo Basic Military Training at the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade in Ukraine on April 5, 2026.

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