Russia-Ukraine war
News and analysis on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s first major war in decades.
Top officials are ousted or resign in the biggest reshuffle since the start of the Russian invasion.
Some allies are becoming frustrated with Germany. Poland has said it will find a workaround to send its tanks.
This 36-hour unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine is really a propaganda move — and there are few indications that Russia followed through.
Why Zelenskyy made the surprising trip this week.
Governments are trying to find more housing and meet other needs, as the humanitarian situation in Ukraine may prompt more to flee this winter.
A Ukrainian Embassy reception, sponsored by America’s biggest weapons makers.
The cap went into effect Monday, along with an EU ban on seaborne Russian oil.
The president’s statements on talks with Russia aren’t that different from his previous positions.
Russian strikes have devastated Ukraine’s energy networks as winter approaches.
But the ever-present risk of escalation that is.
Russia’s announcement that it would retreat from Kherson is another setback for Putin and a political win for Ukraine.
It’s impossible to know what Putin is thinking, but there’s reason not to take it as an indication that Russia is presently planning a nuclear attack.
The controversy shows the Washington fault lines around Russia and Ukraine.
Moscow’s next target may be a massive dam in Kherson.
Would Russia launch a small nuke? Look to the US’s own troubled nuclear history.
These three questions will determine the future of the war.
Russia’s brutal missile attacks on civilians are doomed to backfire. Here’s why Putin launched them anyway.
New markets and illicit tactics are part of Russia’s strategy for making up losses.
Putin’s airstrikes showed he can punish Ukraine — but can’t easily change the course of war.
An embattled Putin suffers another loss in the annexed Ukrainian territory.
The president and the Doomsday Clock.
Pondering the unknowability of the unthinkable.
“These are all just gestures made out of weakness because he’s losing on the ground.”
The undersea explosions in two gas pipelines from Russia exposed Europe’s vulnerabilities — just as the continent faces a looming energy crisis.
What Putin’s troop surge can — and can’t — do in Ukraine.
How satellites, drones, and AI helped Ukraine’s counter-offensive.
Three stories Russians tell themselves about the war in Ukraine — and why they point to a long conflict.
Ukraine’s recent victories expose even more systemic failures.
A battle over German tanks raises bigger questions about Ukrainian support.
Ukraine’s breakthrough counterattack, explained.
Ukraine’s second-largest city and several strategic hubs were liberated in the operation.
The IAEA observed the damage at Europe’s largest power plant. Now what?
Europe’s latest symbolic debate (and solution) over how to punish Russia for its Ukraine war.
Fuel embargoes and private sector divestment are further isolating Russia.
How experts understand what’s happening on the ground in Ukraine — and what the war looks like six months in.
A Russian politics expert explains how much is still unknown about the murder of Darya Dugina.
Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant is also its most vulnerable.
A new study on “nuclear winter” estimates that as many as 5 billion people could die from starvation.
Treatment of prisoners and POWs is a growing concern in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
A Koch-funded initiative moves to a new think tank, revealing a new fault line.