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'Spy' balloon over U.S. skies triggers diplomatic storm | Inside Story
A trade war, tensions on Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – the fault lines have widened as Washington scrambles to counter Beijing’s rising economic and strategic influence. But this week’s appearance of a giant Chinese balloon over the skies of North America is threatening to further destabilise that relationship. Washington says it’s being used to spy. In response, it cancelled…
Will Russia's Kherson withdrawal change the Ukraine war? | Inside Story
Russia has pulled out of Kherson, the only major city captured in nearly nine months of war in Ukraine. After weeks of Ukrainian advances, Russia’s military withdrew 30,000 soldiers to the east of the Dnipro river. The Kremlin had only annexed the region six weeks earlier in a move condemned internationally. Ukraine’s president called the recapture a ‘historic day’. How might this change military strategies…