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Both sides in the conflict in Ukraine are struggling with logistics as they use up ammunition faster than it can be supplied, from rifle bullets to the wide assortment of artillery and missiles deployed on the battlefield. (Leer en español)

Theories abound as to who planted the underwater explosives last September that severed the 700-mile pipeline linking Russia and Germany. Was it Russia, the U.S. or even Ukraine? (Leer en español)

The Outlaw Ocean Project traveled to West Africa for an offshore patrol where hundreds of Chinese and other fishing boats trawl for fish meal production, cratering the local food source and polluting the coastline.

Abortion is legal on the high seas. Rebecca Gomperts is a Dutch doctor and founder of Women on Waves, a group that provides access at sea to medical abortions, which entail administering pills to induce miscarriage, for women who live in countries where abortion is restricted or criminalized.

In this week's episode, The Outlaw Ocean Project examines forced labor is the South China Sea, specifically the Thai fishing fleet. Onboard a Thai fishing ship using enslaved labor, three dozen Cambodian boys and men worked barefoot all day and into the night on the deck.

The longest law-enforcement chase in nautical history, spanning 110-days and 10,000-miles, featured a bunch of vigilantes pursuing Interpol’s most wanted illegal fishing ship. Slaloming around icebergs in a deadly glacier field, cutting through a category 5 storm, this chase only ended when one of the ships sank. To discuss why illegal fishing is so rampant and unchecked, this episode takes us from the capture of the world’s most notorious scofflaw vessel in African waters to the seas off the coast of North Korea where we discover the planet’s largest illegal fishing. Listen to Episode Two of the new podcast series The Outlaw Ocean from CBC Podcasts and the L.A. Times.

A tireless investigation chronicles murder on the high seas. Listen to this dramatic first episode of the new podcast series The Outlaw Ocean from CBC Podcasts and the L.A. Times.

The West has continued to add vital new weapons to the Ukrainian arsenal as it battles ot overcome the odds in protracted war with Russia. The latest long-range HIMARS artillery could halt latest Russian advances, experts say.

Russia continues to devote enormous resources to its war effort in Ukraine. Some experts say the West needs to inflict more pain on Putin to ensure that economic sanctions take effect. (Leer en español)

When the fighting is done, vast sums of money will be needed in the future for reparations to rebuild Ukraine and to help ensure its long-term security. So who will pay for that?