Ukraine at war

All of our coverage of the war in one place

Latest analysis

The rights, wrongs and risks of Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

Ukrainian forces should be careful not to overreach

What next after Ukraine’s shock invasion of Russia?

It could dig in, pull back or grab more as a bargaining chip


Ukraine’s convicts take the fight inside Russia

A hard-bitten officer commands a unit of felons—and dreams of kebabs in Moscow


How much of a difference will Ukraine’s new F-16s make?

Too few to beat Russia’s air force, but a strong symbolic start

Russia’s bloody summer offensive is hurting Ukraine

Kremlin troops are making gains in the Donbas region

Amid the bombs, Ukrainians rediscover the beach

Odessa gives itself permission to tan again

How Ukraine’s new tech foils Russian aerial attacks



The military campaigns

In Crimea, Ukraine is beating Russia

The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces

Ukraine’s desperate struggle to defend Kharkiv

It is holding off Russia’s attack — for now


Dealers are selling war trophies to buy weapons for Ukraine

A sometimes gruesome trade helps defenders on the front lines


Who is supplying Russia’s arms industry?

New research traces the origin of crucial imports



Life for Ukrainians

When will Ukraine join NATO?

Its road to membership could be blocked if Donald Trump becomes president



Ukraine’s war has created millions of broken families

Children and wives have been apart from their fathers and husbands for more than two years

A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege

Do not underestimate the lunacy of aged dictators, a new book argues

Russia’s latest crime in Mariupol: stealing property

It is seizing homes in order to consolidate control



Geopolitics

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is part of his revolution against the West

He is leading Russia into a new phase of strategic confrontation, says Stephen Covington, a longtime NATO adviser


A peace conference over Ukraine is unlikely to silence the guns

Serious negotiations are unlikely to begin before the year’s end at the earliest


How countries rank by military spending

Our analysis shows how NATO allies match up against their rivals

Russia is ramping up sabotage across Europe

The Kremlin believes it is in a shadow war with NATO

Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine

Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains



Domestic Russia

Death and destruction in a Russian city

Russians in the border city of Belgorod have become victims too in the war Vladimir Putin launched against Ukraine

The Kremlin is rewriting Wikipedia

A new version of history is taking shape


Sergei Shoigu’s sacking points to yet more attrition in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin wants Russia’s armed forces to be better supplied


Russia is struggling to find its missing soldiers

Vladimir Putin’s war has left thousands of searching families in limbo

Vladimir Putin blames an Islamist attack on Ukraine and America

How to use a disastrous security failure to bolster dictatorship

Vladimir Putin begins Operation Blame Ukraine

The Kremlin senses an opportunity in the tragedy of Crocus City Hall



Global economic fallout

Ukraine has a month to avoid default

Lending to a borrower at war entails an additional gamble: that it will win

Russia’s gas business will never recover from the war in Ukraine

Hopes of a Chinese rescue look increasingly vain


What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?

The question that now confronts Western policymakers


How to put Russia’s frozen assets to work for Ukraine

Exploit them to the full, but legally


Explaining the war

Russia is ramping up sabotage across Europe

The Kremlin believes it is in a shadow war with NATO

What are the Russian “turtle tanks” seen in Ukraine?

Wrapping vehicles in corrugated metal might protect them from drone attacks


Who is jamming airliners’ GPS in the Baltic?

Russia seems to be the culprit, but it may be inadvertent


The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine

Drones already fill the skies. Now uncrewed vehicles are heading to the front lines

Might Russia run out of big guns?

Its armed forces may be out-shelling the Ukrainians—but they are wearing out their artillery

Why Germany is reluctant to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine

Olaf Scholz seems determined to defy pressure from Germany’s allies and domestic opposition