invasion
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Anastasiia Sochka moved to Hartlepool from Ukraine with her mum, Victoria, in summer 2022 after Russia launched its full scale invasion.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The onslaught accounts for nearly a third of all attacks on vessels since Russia launched its full-scale invasion roughly four and a half years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
France on Wednesday recorded a more than 20 percent shortfall in nuclear power production capacity, a record deficit caused by environmentally related outages linked to drought, extreme heat and a jellyfish invasion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said: "Harold's policy on the papacy may ultimately have played into the hands of his enemies, giving William's opportunistic invasion the legitimacy of a just war."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
That, Bundy said, or an all-out invasion of North Vietnam, which would probably draw in the Chinese army and turn into an even bigger calamity.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022, following his covert invasions of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and eastern regions in 2014, Russian forces have captured roughly 12% of Ukraine’s territory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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
Legend has it that the lion-headed figure protected the country from invasions and was worshiped as a god of war in the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Kush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Their designs also opened a window into the colonial invasions of India between the 16th and 19th Centuries by the Dutch, Portuguese, French and the British.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
It even turned out to be crucial for the D-Day invasions.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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