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Arcs in and about Soviet Union from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the front line and the long-range strikes

36 of 499 stories this September · 2 about Soviet Union

Russia now bombards Kyiv during the day as well as at night · 10 articles, Sep 1Ukraine: Zelenskyy warns airlines to avoid Russian airspace · 24 articles, Sep 1Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian capital kill 2 people, ending pause in attacks · 18 articles, Sep 2Ukraine’s drone attacks caused turmoil for Russians throughout summer · 7 articles, Sep 3Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt · 11 articles, Sep 3A pregnant soldier mourns her 21-year-old husband at his funeral in Ukraine · 5 articles, Sep 3Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries after Kushner, Witkoff visit Moscow and Kyiv · 3 articles, Sep 4General Staff: Russia has lost 1,506,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 · 18 articles, Sep 6Russian drones fly toward Kyiv amid temporary attack pause on capitals · 2 articles, Sep 75 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine as Putin warns Europe against sending troops · 23 articles, Sep 9Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia as Moscow hits main port hub in Black Sea · 10 articles, Sep 9Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine’s border with Poland, just misses ‘diplomatic train’ · 63 articles, Sep 9How Ukraine’s deepest attack in Russia, on Arctic gas, signals new reach · 10 articles, Sep 9Zelensky's plane 'almost hit' by drone en route to Oslo, Norway PM says · 31 articles, Sep 9Russia targets Kyiv petrol stations for first time with jet-powered drones · 11 articles, Sep 10Russia's recruitment of foreign nationals amounts to human trafficking, Amnesty International says · 5 articles, Sep 10Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, citing a global shortage · 60 articles, Sep 10Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Pause Strikes on Russia if Kremlin Spares Critical Infrastructure · 34 articles, Sep 14Russians are still fleeing abroad, citing fears of a new mobilization and a loss of freedom · 7 articles, Sep 14Russian drone strike kills 5 and injures at least 7 on passenger bus in Ukraine · 11 articles, Sep 16Russian missile and drone attacks injure at least 19, including children, in Ukraine · 15 articles, Sep 16Russian attack on Sumy kills 2, injures 7 as guided aerial bombs hit apartment building · 2 articles, Sep 18Russian attacks kill 6, injure 45 across Ukraine as Kyiv faces second day of nonstop strikes · 16 articles, Sep 19Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia, including 'largest ever' attack on Moscow · 39 articles, Sep 20General Staff: Russia has lost 1,528,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 · 7 articles, Sep 20Russian drones slam a southern Ukraine city after Kyiv's 1,000-drone weekend barrage · 7 articles, Sep 21Ukraine Launches 'World First' Airborne Robot Assault Behind Russian Lines · 3 articles, Sep 21Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes ahead of Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump · 29 articles, Sep 21Ukraine war latest: Russia's oil refining capacity falls as damage from Moscow strikes sets in · 2 articles, Sep 21Rubio says Ukraine unintentionally hit 'American-linked' oil infrastructure · 5 articles, Sep 22Russia slams Kyiv with ballistic missiles as Ukrainians brace for harsh winter · 3 articles, Sep 23Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent 2 North Korean Prisoners of War to South Korea · 7 articles, Sep 24Russian strikes on Ukraine leave at least 7 dead, 80 hurt · 35 articles, Sep 25Russian drones pound civilian areas as Ukraine claims battlefield breakthroughs · 3 articles, Sep 28Russian drones hammer apartments, offices and a cultural landmark in Ukraine, killing 7 · 7 articles, Sep 28Ukraine war latest: Russia strikes downtown Kyiv, kills one, injures 24, damages National Academy of Sciences · 4 articles, Sep 28

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else18 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Soviet Union that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Aug 11– 17'Brink of War' star Jeff Daniels says film explores Reagan's push for religious freedom in the USSR8 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 3 right
  2. Jan 7CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold U.S. secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 8442 articles · 25 independent sources
    2 left, 8 center, 4 right

Stories that name Soviet Union

  1. Sep 23– 24Moldova's PM on confronting Russia and backing Ukraine2 articles · 2 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 0 right
  2. Sep 2– 5‘Mayday’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Are Unlikely Cold War Buddies in a Pleasing Eighties Throwback14 articles · 13 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 2 right
  3. Aug 23– 25European leaders mark Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day as Russian invasion pushes on21 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 6 center, 1 right
  4. Aug 19– 20Trump celebrates Florida loss of 'treasonous creep'13 articles · 11 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 9 right
  5. Aug 13– 14Putin's first trip to the Pacific island chain claimed by Japan draws a protest from Tokyo26 articles · 22 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 5 right
  6. Jul 21Two very different men are at the heart of Ukraine's political crisis7 articles · 4 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
  7. Jul 20– 23FBI Director Kash Patel Plans Rare Russia Visit Amid Growing Tensions Over Ukraine, Report Says10 articles · 10 independent sources
    3 left, 0 center, 6 right
  8. Jul 20– 22Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires his military chief after protests and names a replacement63 articles · 44 independent sources
    7 left, 12 center, 7 right
  9. Jul 20– 21In one of Kyiv’s most frequently bombed neighborhoods, residents choose to stay7 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  10. May 12– 13Putin hails Russia's test launch of a new ballistic missile13 articles · 12 independent sources
    3 left, 3 center, 0 right

Local coverage

  1. Jan 27World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day9 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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