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Crisis Timelines

Crisis Timelines

A record of published developments in three crises. Read the dates and sources alongside each entry; these retained records are not a current assessment.

Last updated May 15, 2026, 7:55 PM ETReviewed chronology
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Indo-Pacific

Taiwan Strait Pressure

0 published entries

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Middle East

Red Sea Maritime Pressure

0 published entries

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Europe

Russia-Ukraine War Adaptation

1 published entry

Recorded event date: May 15, 2026, 8:53 AM ET

Prisoner swap goes ahead as Kyiv mourns 24 killed in Russian strike on flats

Among the victims in Kyiv was 12-year-old Lyubava Yakovleva, whose father was killed during the war.

Assessment at publication: High confidence · escalatory

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Source: BBC World