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Steve Cannane
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Steve Cannane is the ABC's Europe bureau chief in London. Previously he was a reporter with the ABC's Investigations Unit and had been a Europe correspondent from 2016-2018. Prior to that posting, Steve was the host of The Drum and a reporter at Lateline. He is the author of Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia. Follow Steve on Twitter: @SteveCannane.
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People once laughed at Vladimir Putin, then buildings in Moscow started getting bombed
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in London
It was 1999, and Vladimir Putin was the last man standing of three candidates put forward to be the country's next president. People laughed at him, but when buildings in Moscow started getting blown up, everything changed.
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Russia took this part of Ukraine — it's now facing a new enemy inside the occupied territory
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and Shaun Kingma in south-eastern Ukraine
Partisans in Crimea claim they provided critical intelligence to Ukraine's armed forces about Russia's Black Sea navy headquarters before it was destroyed by a missile attack in September.
The men who know a different side to Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Kyiv
Before he became Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was never far from the front lines — these men were there with him, and know a different side to the president.
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Torturers fled the Ukrainian city of Izium a year ago — they left clues about their identity online
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane
When Russian forces stormed Izium last year, the Ukrainian city was a hub for torture. One year later, the painstaking work to identify those responsible continues, with a little help from social media.
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Why Ukraine could be just 15km from forcing Putin to make an impossible choice
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and Riley Stuart in London
Progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive has been slower than expected, but its forces are building momentum in the country's south, and could be just 15 kilometres away from a major prize.
Ukraine doesn't release its number of war casualties — at this cemetery, the real toll is on show
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Dnipro
At the Krasnopilske military cemetery in eastern Ukraine, one of the first things you hear is weeping — the women here all know each other, but they're bound together for devastating reasons.
As the fire advanced, Kyriakos fled to a Greek beach. There, he was met with apocalyptic scenes
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and Middle East correspondent Tom Joyner on Rhodes
Every European summer, millions of tourists descend on Greece to island-hop. But this year, a raging fire sent thousands running for their lives.
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Aiden thought his Russian captors could stoop no lower as they tortured him. Then they got a camera out
Aiden Aslin survived five months of torture in Russian captivity. Now free, he wants to share the story of one Ukrainian man who didn't make it out alive. WARNING: Some readers may find the details of this story distressing.
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'Best in the world': Australia donates 30 more Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in Vilnius
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces the commitment following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Vilnius.
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Australia joins the Climate Club alliance, pushing for net zero emissions by 2050
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in Berlin
The Climate Club was formed last year and is an initiative of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and includes the United States, UK and France.
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Putin may have dealt with the Wagner threat, but another group of militants are threatening to bring him down
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in Ukraine
Wagner's mutiny may be over, but from secret locations inside Russia and Ukraine, guerilla groups are dodging Moscow's crackdown on dissidents to sabotage Putin's plans and help Ukraine win the war.
Analysis
analysis:Putin has never looked so vulnerable, and it's due to his own creations
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane
Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch a full-scale war against Ukraine has backfired catastrophically, so much so that it may end up leading to his downfall, writes Steve Cannane.
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'If the Australians were around, I would hug them': Ukraine's soldiers thrilled with Bushmaster performance on battlefield
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in eastern Ukraine.
As Ukrainian forces continue their push in and around Bakhmut, soldiers returned from the frontline say the Australian-built armoured personnel carrier is helping keep them alive.
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Dodging shelling in a rubber dinghy: Russia attacks while volunteers mount floodwater rescues
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Kherson
Waking to a flooded house in the middle of the night, Viktoria was in despair at the prospect of getting her elderly parents to safety without the help of the Russians occupying her town. Then a friend came to the rescue.
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Former Soviet colonel Dmytro was out and about getting some exercise. Then he woke up in a pool of blood
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Dnipro
As Russia continues its campaign in Ukraine, estimates place the number of civilian casualties in the thousands. But beyond the facts and figures are real lives changed forever by the war.
'The volume of water is colossal': The moment a Ukrainian dam was destroyed and the war changed forever
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Mykolaiv
On the morning the Nova Kakhokva dam was blown up in southern Ukraine, resident Hanna Zarudnia woke to both shelling and flooding. Then she was "surrounded by water from all sides".
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The Kharkiv class of 2023 may be few in number, but it holds big hopes for the future
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Kharkiv
Despite their school being struck by a missile, those who remain of the class of 2023 in Kharkiv aren't letting a war rob them of their graduation celebrations.
When Russians arrived in this village, they nailed all the phones to a tree. Then locals say the torture began
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv oblast
In a basement in a Ukrainian village on the Russian border, the remnants of a torture chamber tell a horrifying tale. Those investigating what happened here say the depraved orders came from the top. WARNING: Readers might find the details in this story distressing.
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Olha fought in Bakhmut and witnessed the full cruelty of Wagner commanders who forced their own troops into minefields at gunpoint
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and West Matteeussen in eastern Ukraine
In Ukraine, they call her Witch, but the origins of Olha Bihar's call sign remain almost as secretive as the start date of Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive.
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Ukrainian generals have one last offer for Russian soldiers in their country: Surrender now
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in Kharkiv
Ukraine has long been warning of a spring counteroffensive and despite next week marking a new season, Kyiv has a deadly warning for those Russian soldiers inside its border.
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US 'very aware' of Australian government's stance on Julian Assange's extradition, Albanese says
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane
Giving his strongest comments on the case to date, Anthony Albanese tells the ABC he is "frustrated" the US government is continuing its prosecution of Julian Assange despite being "very aware" the prime minister opposes his ongoing incarceration.
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Albanese says 'it's not up to me' to refuse pledge of allegiance to King Charles
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane and Jacqueline Howard in London
The prime minister is putting aside his republican views to pledge allegiance to King Charles III to honour "the system of government we have", but believes the day will come when Australia stands on its own two feet.
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King Charles III's immense wealth questioned as coronation sparks protests
At this stage, the UK government won't say how much it's spending on the coronation, but some estimates put it at between $90-180 million — while a recent poll found 51 per cent of Brits believed the coronation shouldn't be taxpayer-funded.
Kremlin critic's wife says 25-year sentence is an 'A+' grade for speaking out against Putin
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in London
A prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin is sentenced to 25 years in jail after being found guilty of treason and other offences which he has denied.
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This man is on Russia's most-wanted list, but he says it may not be long before Putin becomes the hunted
By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane in Vilnius
Don't believe what you read about sanctions against Russia being ineffective, says Vladimir Milov. He believes they are weakening Putin's grip on power.
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