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Ukraine isn't the only place where children are dying because of the Russian invasion. With all attention on the war there, aid money is drying up in other regions – including in Somalia, which is experiencing a devastating drought.

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Vladimir Putin frequently uses sports stars to promote his propaganda. But Russian chess grandmaster Daniil Dubov is standing up to the Russian leader and the war in Ukraine. In an interview, the 25-year-old explains why he is willing to take that risk.

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Before the war, Ukraine was the global leader in surrogacy. Now, one of the country's largest clinics is desperately trying to protect its babies from the violence until their parents can come and pick them up.

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In an interview, former U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster calls on the West to dramatically increase weapons deliveries to Ukraine. He also lays out four aims for dealing with the "revisionist dictatorships" in Moscow and Beijing.

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Political scientist Ivan Krastev is an astute observer of Vladimir Putin. In an interview, he speaks of the Russian president's isolation, his understanding of Russian history and how he has become a prisoner of his own rhetoric.

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Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova protested Vladimir Putin's actions in Ukraine live on the primetime news of state broacaster Channel One. In an interview, she explains how that moment changed her life and her fears of what might come next.

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A young Russian woman in Siberia is protesting Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Her fiancé, meanwhile, has been called up to fight against their neighboring country. DER SPIEGEL accompanied them and is sharing their chats since the start of the war – messages that show their anger and desperation.

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Russia is currently experiencing the most invisible exodus in history – the mass flight of journalists, artists and programmers. They are part of a long tradition of intellectuals who have been forced to flee from Moscow's heavy hand.

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The West has expressed shock over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. But the Kremlin boss has been speaking openly for years about his vision of a Russian empire. This is the escalation he has been seeking for 20 years.

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As supreme allied commander from 2009 to 2013, Admiral James Stavridis held the nuclear codes for the Western alliance and implemented a no-fly zone over Libya in 2011. Today, he warns against taking a similar tack in Ukraine and insists that more arms must be provided to the country.

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In an interview, bestselling Israeli intellectual Yuval Noah Harari discusses the conflict in Ukraine and how it is the war of a single individual: Vladimir Putin. He also argues that Germany needs to rise to fill its leadership role in Europe.

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The Ukraine war is uniting the West – politically, militarily, morally. But what will the world's democracies do with this newfound unity? Can they succeed in preventing further escalation?

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Putin’s war in Ukraine may seem far away from Southern Africa, but the consequences are being felt here too. Many countries in the region depend on grain imports from Ukraine and Russia, and prices are exploding.

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Vladimir Putin has unleashed war on Ukraine, but even if he does find military success, serious financial repercussions are looming. In an interview, Russian economist Konstantin Sonin predicts horrendous inflation and years of decline for Russia.

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