Devastating defeats and food shortages in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow of the ROMANOV Dynasty in 1917. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
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Russia's warnings to the West against arming Ukraine have gone unheeded, with Western assurances of support"for as long as it takes" and pledges that Nato will never be divided.
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Follow the latest news about the Russia Ukraine war. Find reports from the ground, verified videos, maps and expert analysis by BBC correspondents across the world.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said peace with Ukraine will only take place"when we achieve our objectives". He...
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Russia - BBC News. 7 hrs ago. UK halts all Iran flights as allies step up sanctions. The sanctions come as Western officials say Iran has supplied missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine. World....
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Russia has accused Nato and the US of"provoking a new level of tension" after the US and Germany became the latest allies to let Ukraine's military use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets...
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What we're covering. Russian attacks in Ukraine’s Donetsk region killed four people and wounded 11 others, officials said Sunday, while missiles in Kharkiv left four injured. Ukraine’s defense ...
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the deadliest war on European soil in more than 70 years. Follow this page for reports from the ground, the political wrangling on both sides of the front...
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Text by Alan Yuhas Laura Boushnak and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn. Laura Boushnak spent three weeks following couples in different parts of Ukraine. Sept. 19, 2024. They met at work, or online, or on ...
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