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Ukraine war: Did Putin learn from Bush’s Iraq horrors?

From Wagner’s crimes to the UN’s role, the Iraq invasion offered a preview of the Ukraine war. But not all is the same.

An illustration showing former US President George W Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on board ships trapped in quagmires, represented by bodies of dead civilians.

How Holocaust historians are unearthing Ukraine’s present

Years investigating Holocaust atrocities and ISIL war crimes are helping researchers uncover Russian abuses in Ukraine.

Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest

The Ukrainian Muslims fighting against Russia

Those who have joined the war effort against Russian forces also fight past injustices and to return to Crimea.

Isa Akaev at a suburb in Kyiv

Cut from the same cloth: Mandela and Barghouti

Often called the ‘Palestinian Mandela’, Marwan Barghouti’s political trajectory is eerily similar to the late leader’s.

Serving five life sentences behind Israeli jail, Barghouti may yet succeed Mahmoud Abbas as president  [AP]