It is a historic shift for a country that once insisted it was safer without NATO membership and a sign of how Russia’s war has reshaped European security.
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Legal experts: Detained Bowdoin College grad faces years-long struggle for freedom
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate, was arrested in Russia and accused of spying.
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Jailed U.S. reporter’s lawyers appeal his arrest in Russia
Evan Gershkovich was put in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.
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With no peace in sight, NATO countries eye more Ukraine help
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine’s Western allies have sent the country $70 billion in military aid to help thwart Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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Russia might put nuclear weapons in Belarus, leader says
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last week that his country intended to deploy tactical, comparatively short-range and small-yield nuclear weapons in Belarus.
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Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter, a Bowdoin graduate, on spying charge
The arrest of Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate, is the first time a U.S. correspondent was put behind bars on spying accusations since the Cold War.
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Russia says sanctions won’t stop it from moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus
E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell threatened sanctions after Russia’s Vladimir Putin announced that Belarus would host Russian tactical nuclear weapons.
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Slovakia delivers first 4 Soviet-era MiG-29 jets to Ukraine
On Friday, the Slovak government approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member to heed the Ukrainian government’s pleas.
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Russia hits apartments and dorms, killing civilians, Ukraine says
Russia has denied targeting residential areas even though artillery and rocket strikes hit apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure on a daily basis.
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Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia
The two visits, about 500 miles apart, highlighted the nearly 13-month-old war’s repercussions for international diplomacy as countries line up behind Moscow or Kyiv.