Russia’s War in Ukraine

For the first time in decades, NATO has a plan to fight Russia. Now it just needs the forces to do it.

NATO wants to help Ukraine for the long term. But Kyiv needs help now.

Violence and war are shaping Moscow’s brutal response.

Both the United States and France said the terrorist group was solely responsible.

From Russia to Yemen, gas and oil exports have become prime targets.

A surge in spoofing from the Middle East to northern Europe is throwing onboard navigation systems off course.

The Patriarchate of Moscow is trying to steal Orthodox believers to weaken Ukraine.

Allies must provide Kyiv with what it needs to win the war and secure the peace: arms supplies and a path to NATO membership.

Keeping all options open could serve deterrence—but does nothing to help Ukraine now.

Nonviolent tools are undercutting the Russian occupation.

“Daybreak” is a nightmarish romance about the horrors of war.

Yet the Biden administration worries that sanctions alone are not enough to curb Moscow’s military efforts.

Investing in weapons manufacturers has long been taboo. Now, ESG policies are hurting the bottom line in Ukraine.

Regional protests are the seedbed for change.

Systematic atrocities are integral to Moscow’s way of waging war—and should not be condoned.

Eight thinkers shed light on the state of the war.

On Ukraine, Western officials say things are bad but they could be a lot worse.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris declared “Russia is responsible” for the opposition leader’s demise.

“If you don’t want another Pearl Harbor, you better listen to us,” cautioned one Lithuanian politician.

Sweden’s military has taken a 500-year path to joining NATO, from the Vikings through Napoleon and neutrality. So what’s another few months?

The continent must bolster its own defense capabilities before an isolationist ringleader returns to the White House.

Ukraine and its Eastern European allies want the invite to come soon, but Washington and Berlin are wary.

European officials are scrambling to ensure the transatlantic relationship can survive the U.S. election.

Why the new conventional wisdom that the war is a stalemate favoring Russia is wrong.

Political and economic changes in 2024 could weaken Kyiv’s struggle.

Wagner’s African resources are up for grabs.

Grim possibilities in the United States and European Union have Kyiv on edge.

Washington’s new envoys face a Sisyphean task.

But Republicans continue to block an emergency spending bill over demands for immigration reform.

Moscow’s economic paradoxes offer an opportunity for Ukraine.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials sound the alarm as aid to Kyiv is held hostage by congressional battles over the U.S. southern border.

Zelensky is following the law—and the public mood.

Global war is neither a theoretical contingency nor the fever dream of hawks and militarists.

The West must get tougher on oil revenues to build a more effective regime.

House Republicans sour plans for major joint funding package on Ukraine and Israel.

The former White House Russia expert on Biden’s speech linking the two wars—and how Putin might cash in.

Kyiv scores hits with long-awaited ATACMS system.

The attacks hinder Russian warfighting, but Ukrainian leaders probably seek a more strategic impact.

Claims about the territory’s spiritual status have been revealed to be fiction.

Mustafa Nayyem fights to rebuild Ukraine.

Ukrainians differ on what would keep their nation safe from Russia.

U.S. military support for Kyiv continues, but political resistance means no long-range fire.

“If you’re on a Russian naval ship, you’re not safe anywhere in the Black Sea,” said one retired U.S. admiral.

How the Institute For the Study of War became the media’s go-to source for tracking the Russian invasion.

For money or out of conviction, some Ukrainians are helping Russia kill their compatriots.

Western companies’ assets are under threat.

The infamous Russian mercenary group finds itself without a leader, but still with a mission.

The Wagner chief’s death in a plane crash was confirmed by Russia’s aviation agency.

Rhetoric about “European civilization” clashes with anti-colonial ideals.

A trail of evidence on social networks and state media detail Minsk’s role in a potential war crime

Other states have a legal and moral duty to stop Moscow.

The answer could have wide-ranging implications for U.S. policy in Africa and beyond

The security state is targeting nationalists like Igor Girkin.

Moscow used to bang shoes to get attention. Now it blows up grain warehouses.

South Africa’s support for Russia after its invasion of Ukraine has incensed some in Washington.

When it comes to increasing its security footprint abroad, Beijing is facing a conundrum in reconciling Maoist doctrine with contemporary reality.

Former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor with the big-picture view on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The dictator of Belarus recognized the mutiny in Russia as an opportunity to empower himself.

Moscow is weaponizing resources that aren’t even its own.

Voting in the middle of the Russian invasion is legally and practically unworkable.

Severed ties between U.S. and Russian scholars are straining the field to a breaking point.

NATO’s former secretary-general on the case for arming Ukraine and what to expect at the Vilnius summit.

The decision to send the controversial weapons comes after months of knife fights within the U.S. administration.

The Kremlin is trying to take control of the Wagner Group’s Middle Eastern empire.

The Wagner Group’s short-lived mutiny seems to have weakened Putin—but that isn’t necessarily a win for Washington.

Moscow has a tight command-and-control system—but there’s always a risk.

With its good fighters out of the picture, Russia’s manpower problems get worse.

His mishandling of the revolt puts him in the spotlight—and Russians don’t like what they see.

Lawmakers from both parties want Ukraine to have the tools to root out entrenched Russian occupiers.

A 1917 attempted coup d’etat is a reminder that even an ineffective mutiny can alter the course of history.

Yes, they can put some civilians at risk—but that should be the Ukrainians’ call to make.

What Russian elites are thinking about the mercenary leader’s abortive march on Moscow.

Conventional institutions won’t be able to handle reparations.

Chinese-linked firms went on a spree of deals in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine.

Unlike last fall, Ukraine has to crack hardened Russian lines before doing any open-field running.

The breach could unleash a disastrous new humanitarian crisis as Kyiv readies its counteroffensive.

But Taipei is also getting tired of supply chain issues.

By pitching himself as a hero to the U.S. right, he’s taking a page from the 1960s North Vietnamese playbook to undermine support for Ukraine.

How the nonstop blare of Russian state media fuels the war effort—and blurs reality.

Eight takeaways about Russian evasion of Western sanctions.

From deterrence to military readiness, Ukraine aid is a major boost to Pacific security.

No matter how this war ends, Russia will need to be deterred from attacking again.

Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova on convincing the rest of the world to stand on the right side of history.

Do South Africa’s denials that it supplied weapons to Russia ring true?

More ambassadors, more embassies, and, the hope is, more countering Russia.

The recruitment of prisoners via the Wagner Group has boosted manpower but cost morale.

What bestselling books tell us about how Russians are processing the war.

The group’s Afghanistan branch is capitalizing on the Russia-Ukraine war to recruit, fundraise, and incite violence.

Ukraine has enjoyed air superiority for more than 400 days. Time may be running out.

Behind closed doors in western Ukraine, the devastating impact of the distant war becomes clear.

Every day Kyiv waits, the Russians dig deeper trenches.

The first 24 hours of the expected counteroffensive will likely be decisive.

Kyiv says more than 16,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia. This is the story of a few who made it home.

Moscow’s efforts to deflect Western intervention may be applied to Taiwan.

Both Washington and Kyiv sought to downplay the more than 50 classified documents that surfaced on an internet server in March.

The Wagner Group is strikingly reckless with its own men’s lives.

As Finland joins NATO, a few European holdouts cling to nonalignment.

China hawks in Washington rattle nerves in Europe.

Putin’s war in Ukraine is about to add 800 miles to his headaches.