Evan Gershkovich

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Russians Mourn Ukrainians Killed in War at Statue to a Ukrainian Poet in Moscow

By: Evan Gershkovich

The site became a memorial spontaneously three days after a Russian missile slammed into a nine-story apartment block in Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine.

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Russia Pushes on Several Fronts in Ukraine

By: Evan Gershkovich, Isabel Coles

Russian forces launched multiple attacks in eastern Ukraine, pushing for a breakthrough on the battlefield ahead of the delivery of new Western weapons.

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Ukraine Says Russia Is Delaying New Mobilization Amid Stepped-Up Offensive

By: Evan Gershkovich, Matthew Luxmoore

Kyiv said Moscow had everything in place to launch a second wave of military mobilization but was waiting to gauge the success of a stepped-up offensive.

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Russia’s Wagner Group Claims Gains Near Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine

By: Ian Lovett, Evan Gershkovich

The paramilitary forces said they had captured a settlement north of the city, which Moscow has been pushing to encircle for months. Both Wagner and regular Russian troops are suffering heavy losses, however.

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Russia Turns to China’s Yuan in Effort to Ditch the Dollar

By: Victoria Simanovskaya, Evan Gershkovich, Chelsey Dulaney

Moscow has jettisoned longstanding concerns about giving China too much leverage over its economy.

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Putin’s War Rhetoric Rallies Russia’s Border Towns, but Nerves Fray

By: Evan Gershkovich, Nanna Heitmann

Growing casualties haven’t so far shaken Pskov, an impoverished region that is home to the elite Russian paratrooper division that occupied Bucha in Ukraine.

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As Russia Steps Up Shelling in Kherson, Ukraine Calls on Residents to Evacuate

By: Matthew Luxmoore, Evan Gershkovich

Ukraine urged residents of Kherson to evacuate amid an uptick in Russian attacks in the southern city, while pressure grew on Kyiv to vacate besieged the eastern city of Bakhmut.

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Georgia Rocked by Protests Over Russia-Style Foreign Agents Bill

By: Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Evan Gershkovich

Georgia Rocked by Protests Over Russia-Style Foreign Agents Bill

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Georgia Pulls Russia-Style Foreign-Agents Bill

By: Evan Gershkovich

The move came after thousands of Georgians took to the streets to demonstrate against the legislation, that would label groups receiving funding from abroad as foreign agents.

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Fight for Bakhmut Becomes Moment of Truth for Wagner Founder

By: Benoit Faucon, Evan Gershkovich, Thomas Grove

The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city comes amid rising tensions between the Kremlin elite and Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the paramilitary force.