Russia-Ukraine war
News and analysis on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s first major war in decades.

In Europe’s first major war in decades, Russian forces are finding stiffer resistance than they likely expected.


Putin is violating a surprisingly powerful international law, and other nations are punishing him accordingly.


Mass bombardments and cluster munitions are reminiscent of the wars in Syria and Chechnya.


A political scientist on why the fate of the global political order hangs in the balance.


Russia’s Ukraine war forced a turning point in how Berlin sees itself in the world.


Non-Ukrainian refugees are trapped between racism and Cold War geopolitics.


Ukrainians already in the US can now live and work legally in the country temporarily.


Ukraine’s appeals to Silicon Valley get mixed results.
The conflict dates to at least 2014, but to get the full context behind the invasion, we go even further back.


It’s a very tough needle to thread, but there’s a way to make the West’s Ukraine strategy work.


One woman’s weekend in a bomb shelter and her solo journey out of the embattled capital city.


The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees is straining humanitarian resources.


“All the nation is involved, not only the army.”


Where to donate if you want to assist refugees and people in Ukraine.


What economic sanctions mean for Russia and the world, explained by an expert.


Peter Pomerantsev on whether Putin’s ability to manufacture reality may have reached its limits in Ukraine.


America is still a superpower. But in the face of Russia, the US is not almighty.


Russia banked on Kyiv falling quickly. Here’s why it hasn’t.


Putin’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going as he planned. Here’s why.


The threat of nuclear weapons never went away. But Putin’s invasion of Ukraine makes it visible again.


The West can’t treat Putin like he’s Saddam Hussein.


Extended conflict in Ukraine could raise food prices around the world — and hit the already hungry hardest.


As Russia advances, Ukrainian civilians are picking up weapons and learning to make Molotov cocktails.


Social media companies are in a standoff with Russia on censorship and there’s no easy solution.


Just outside of Odesa, the family has prepared a hunting rifle and will wait.


The decline of major conflict helped support decades of prosperity, but that future is now in doubt.


Vladimir Putin says Ukraine isn’t a country. Yale historian Timothy Synder explains why he’s wrong.


Russia’s history of destructive cyberattacks in Ukraine is raising concerns about a cyberwar in the future.


Nuclear weapons are containing the Ukraine war. They also helped cause it.

The time for the US and its European allies to act is now.


The harshest penalties ever imposed on Russia will still have their limitations.


The GOP is divided, however, on how Biden has handled the invasion.

Russia’s president says he wants the “de-Nazification” of Ukraine. That actually means regime change.


The Obama administration bungled the 2014 Ukraine crisis. Now Biden gets a chance at a do-over.

