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February 27, 2007	Articles for deletion	Kept

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Wiki Education assignment: Cold War Science

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Russia invaded Ukraine

Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, the year Russia annexed Crimea. Wikipedia, this article has the year listed as 2022, which is false. 2001:569:75A6:E600:8F4D:5723:472D:56E (talk) 19:09, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

there were two invasions. and yes, Russia did invade in 2022. IEditPolitics (talk) 17:18, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: English 1302 131

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— Assignment last updated by Mariag066696 (talk) 12:33, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What about? United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

Wasn't it another „close call”? Why isn't it mentioned here? Bociek O-le (talk) 11:15, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The whole url is not needed when linking.

If you have sources that discuss this event as being a potential start of WWIII, please offer them. 331dot (talk) 11:19, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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remove this claim as peace talks go nowhere: “Currently the two forces, Russia and Ukraine, are considering a 30-day ceasefire.” 2601:586:4600:97D0:E02B:A5AF:EBB4:C5B0 (talk) 20:12, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 14:58, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]