invasion
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Among Japan’s concerns, the report listed China’s aggressive pursuit of its expansive maritime claims, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and North Korea’s nuclear advances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
Pyongyang calls them rehearsals for an invasion and has staged missile launches before and after them in the past.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Licence's research suggests that England's support for a rival papal faction could have helped convince Alexander to support the Norman invasion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and their invasion of Alaska, Americans wanted a victory.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
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
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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