invasion
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The Sept. 11, 2001, attacks kicked off a series of once-a-century crises: wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the global financial crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Hunting down the shadow fleet offers Ukraine a number of strategic advantages in its fight against the Russian invasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Around 2,000 residents -- compared with 24,000 before Russia's 2022 invasion -- were still in Oleshky ahead of the humanitarian operation, according to Kyiv's estimates.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
Around 63,000 people still live in Kherson, compared with more than 280,000 before the Russian invasion, according to Oleksandr Tolokonnikov, deputy head of communications for the regional administration.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
"Then how would we fuel our fleet for the coming invasion?" demands the fearless leader.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
When Alexander, not yet 30 years old, crossed the Hindu Kush, his conquest tipped from plunder, expansion and avenging Persian invasions into an epic and increasingly confused fantasy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In both of these misguided invasions, Americans convinced themselves that Canadians did not exist, at least not as a people or a nation with a shared collective identity.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Castro is remembered by supporters as having guided Cuba through multiple crises -- US-backed invasions, embargoes, assassination plots and the intense hardship caused by the collapse of Cuba's main ally and benefactor, the Soviet Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Kagan insists that the Fourth Amendment cannot be defeated by slicing invasions of privacy into pieces small enough to appear constitutionally insignificant.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
It is essential to understand the complex interrelationships Indigenous peoples had before European invasions.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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