Russia-Ukraine war
News and analysis on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s first major war in decades.
The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Russia’s leader.
A black market has been growing for years. This escalation puts a new spotlight on it.
How the Secretary of State is trying to balance his hawkish instincts against his MAGA doctrine.
An end to the war in Ukraine may not be possible as long as Russia’s president is still in power.
What makes this plan different from all the others?
The unthinkable becomes the expected.
Trump had a lot to say at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Whether this week’s drone incursion into Poland was an accident or a provocation, the risks are still growing.
The two sides are talking now, but in all likelihood, the fighting will continue.
There’s a new “axis” in town. This time, it might be real.
The future of the country’s borders is more than just a real estate deal.
Trump met with Zelenskyy and European leaders to discuss an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Trump emerged from talks with little to show for it.
Eighty years after Hiroshima, the idea that nuclear war can be controlled is making a comeback.
NATO countries will buy weapons from the US — and deliver them to Ukraine.
How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.
Less has changed than you might think in the US-Ukraine relationship.
India-Pakistan’s almost-war revealed something alarming about our political moment.
Non-combatants bear the brunt of modern war’s toll, but we don’t know how to memorialize them.
Trump’s tariffs might actually be good for Ukraine.
What a violent week in Ukraine and Gaza tells us about Trump-style diplomacy.
What did (and didn’t) just happen with the war in Ukraine.
Does anyone still believe the US would go to war to defend Europe?
European countries are about to spend a lot more on defense. It may not be enough.
Republicans in Washington are now talking more like their voters about Ukraine.
Being friends with Russia may be harder than Trump thinks.
Why some conservatives took pride in a national disgrace.
It depends on two of the most undependable men on the planet.
He’s talking to Putin and fighting with Zelenskyy. Is Kyiv’s nightmare scenario finally unfolding?
The Logoff explains a major shift in foreign policy.
Nuclear guardrails are falling apart — and Donald Trump is about to retake the launch codes.
Are we really 89 seconds away from annihilation?
Trump wants a ceasefire. The problem is that Russia thinks it’s winning.
Thousands of people were convinced they were seeing drone swarms. Get used to it.
The stories that will endure from a wild year.
Leading Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Vox the world needs to start preparing now for Putin’s fall.
Putin’s response is renewing concerns about nuclear escalation.
Ukraine’s new pitch: Democracy out, gas and minerals in.
Thrills, cautious optimism, stony silence: How allies, partners, and adversaries reacted to Trump’s win.
The Election Day bomb threats are part of a larger and increasingly dangerous strategy.