Ukraine at war
All of our coverage of the war in one place
Since Vladimir Putin ordered his tanks across the Ukrainian frontier in February 2022, little has gone to plan. The outcome of the war is still highly uncertain and Mr Putin remains under pressure. Below you will find our most recent coverage, including assessments of Ukraine’s counter-offensive and the consequences of an open revolt against the Kremlin by Wagner mercenaries, as well as an eight-part podcast about the future of Russia.
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Latest analysis
Russia tries to overwhelm Ukraine with missiles
As the land war grinds on, the aerial one is heating up
How five Ukrainian cities are coping, despite Putin’s war
From ravers to rubbish collectors, residents tells their stories
A majority of congressmen want more military aid for Ukraine
They are being prevented from voting for it in the name of phoney populism
Ukraine’s army is struggling to find good recruits
Russia is suffering immense casualties—but it has the edge in manpower
Vladimir Putin is running Russia’s economy dangerously hot
Extravagant war spending is fuelling inflation
Could China, Russia’s “no-limits” friend, help rebuild Ukraine?
How big a role might it play in post-war reconstruction?
The military campaigns
Putin seems to be winning the war in Ukraine—for now
His biggest asset is Europe’s lack of strategic vision
Russia is starting to make its superiority in electronic warfare count
There may not be much the West either can or will do to help Ukraine
The commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on how to win the war
Technology is the key as the war becomes “positional”, says Valery Zaluzhny
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia
General Valery Zaluzhny admits the war is at a stalemate
Trenches and tech on Ukraine’s southern front
Drone pilots have become valuable targets for both sides
Ukraine faces a long war. A change of course is needed
Its backers should pray for a speedy victory—but plan for a long struggle
Video insights
Profile
The fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin
The mercenary leader’s death shows there are no limits to Putin’s ruthlessness
Sinking the Moskva
What secret weapon sank Russia’s flagship?
Destroying the Moskva helped secure Ukraine’s coast from invasion
Drones and swarms
How the conflict in Ukraine is shaping the future of war
Drones and AI technology will become increasingly important
A new contender
Ukraine war: How China could end up the real winner
With the fighting grinding on, can China take advantage of a newly emerging world order?
Behind the data
Using satellite data to track Ukraine’s counter-offensive
How fires lift the fog of war
Life for Ukrainians
“Grief camps” help Ukrainian children face the loss of parents
Vladimir Putin’s war has created a generation of orphans
Russia is poised to take advantage of political splits in Ukraine
Politics has returned, but the fighting has gone nowhere
As Ukrainian men head off to fight, women take up their jobs
Mining is one big example
A year after its liberation, Kherson still knows fear—and defiance
Russia continually lobs shells at the Ukrainian city
How a 31-year-old hopes to fix Ukraine’s state-owned defence giant
It won’t be easy, but nothing in Ukraine is
Ukraine prepares for winter again as Russia targets its power grid
Things may be tougher this time
Geopolitics
Ukraine’s new enemy: war fatigue in the West
Congress holds up military aid as unsupportive populists make gains in Europe
The (sort of) isolationist case for backing Ukraine
Or: What America can learn from Sparta
Mikhail Khodorkovsky says that support for Israel should not come at the expense of Ukraine
Both are fronts in an intensifying fight against global lawlessness, argues the former political prisoner
The war in Ukraine is threatening to wash across the Black Sea
And to roil grain and oil markets again
The war in Ukraine is a powerful reason to enlarge—and improve—the EU
Nine new countries, including Ukraine, are vying to join
Western help for Ukraine is likely to diminish next year
There is a shortage of weapons and munitions—and, in some quarters, goodwill
Domestic Russia
How Putin is reshaping Russia to keep his war-machine running
He is creating a class of wealthy bureaucrats, who are the war’s biggest supporters
1843 magazine | It’s not the drone strikes that are hurting Moscow, it’s the traffic jams
Ukraine’s campaign has caused limited damage, but Muscovites are finding it harder to get about
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death may consolidate Putin’s power
But it undermines the notion that Russia functions like a normal state
Prigozhin’s death shows that Russia is a mafia state
A healthy country uses justice to restore order. Mr Putin uses violence instead
Russians have emigrated in huge numbers since the war in Ukraine
The exodus adds to Vladimir Putin’s economic woes
Why are Moscow’s air defences performing so badly?
The city is curiously unprepared for drone attacks
Global economic fallout
Why Poland is halting its supply of weapons to Ukraine
A row over duty-free grain has escalated rapidly—but Poland’s government is also posturing
Russia will struggle to cope with a sinking rouble
What does the currency’s collapse mean for Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war?
Why Russia’s bombings of Ukrainian ports have jolted wheat prices
Global supplies of grain are plentiful for now, but at greater risk
Why the EU will not seize Russian state assets to rebuild Ukraine
It fears the precedent of undermining state immunity under international law
Rebuilding Ukraine will require money, but also tough reforms
Policymakers, financiers and business types meet in London to discuss plans