Ukraine at war
All of our coverage of the war in one place
Latest analysis
The perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
Finland’s cold-war past offers urgent lessons for Ukraine’s future
Ukraine can, at last, use its Western missiles inside Russia
Joe Biden wants to send North Korea a message
Ukraine’s secret army in France
A new force is being marshalled to take on the Kremlin’s men
Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory
Disillusion with Joe Biden has reached deep levels
Hell, horror and heroism in Ukraine’s battlefield hospitals
The gruesome lessons its doctors are learning reveal the nature of war in the 21st century
The military campaigns
Why Russia is trying to seize a vital Ukrainian coal mine
Without it, the country’s remaining steel industry will be crippled
Russia continues to advance in eastern Ukraine
But it is encountering growing problems
Danger in Donbas as Ukraine’s front line falters
Russian fighters are trying to encircle the defenders
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
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
Life for Ukrainians
The search for Ukraine’s missing soldiers and sailors
The families of missing loved ones are trying to find them, alive or dead
Ukraine’s Roma have suffered worse than most in the war
Half of them may have fled
Ukraine is on the defensive, militarily, economically and diplomatically
Russian advances, fatigue among its allies and political divisions at home leave it in a bind
Amid the bombs, Ukrainians rediscover the beach
Odessa gives itself permission to tan again
Half Ukraine’s power is knocked out; winter is coming
Ingenuity can get you only so far
A Russian missile hits a children’s hospital in central Kyiv
The Kremlin tries to deny responsibility
Geopolitics
Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos
Russia is enacting a revolutionary plan of sabotage, arson and assassination
The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles
Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Could it repel a potential Chinese invasion?
Clearing Ukraine’s mines is crucial for global food security, say Howard Buffett and Tony Blair
With the right sort of technology and financing, it needn’t take a century
American restrictions on hitting Russia are hurting Ukraine
The Biden administration’s justifications keep changing
Domestic Russia
How Wagner survived Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death
Its mercenary model is still effective in Africa’s most fragile places
How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade
He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?
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
Global economic fallout
The West still needs Russian gas that comes through Ukraine
Austria, Hungary and Slovakia are particularly dependent on it
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
Explaining the war
The battle between drones and helicopters in Ukraine
Small cheap drones could pose a new threat to expensive Russian craft
Has Ukraine’s shock raid successfully diverted Russian forces?
Insights from our war tracker
Why Russian troops are attacking on motorbikes
New conditions give rise to new tactics
How many Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine?
Four charts illustrate a grim new milestone
Ukraine has a navy that needs no sailors
It does a surprisingly good job of destroying Russian vessels
Russia is ramping up sabotage across Europe
The Kremlin believes it is in a shadow war with NATO
Latest coverage
Briefing
How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?
And how will Ukraine, Russia and Europe respond?
Europe
Ukraine’s warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
Vladimir Putin’s war machine is pushing harder and crushing Ukrainian morale
Europe
Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
The attack on Ukraine is part of a new era of missile warfare
Europe in 2025
A fiscal squeeze in 2025 will harm Europe’s growth
It will affect politics and the war in Ukraine, too
Europe
Ukraine can, at last, use its Western missiles inside Russia
Joe Biden wants to send North Korea a message
International
The perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
Finland’s cold-war past offers urgent lessons for Ukraine’s future
By Invitation
War in Ukraine may only intensify under Trump, says Dmytro Kuleba
The country’s former foreign minister explains the powderkeg that is three leaders in a cannot-lose standoff
Europe
Volodymyr Zelensky faces a power struggle in 2025
As morale ebbs in Ukraine there is talk of a change at the top
Europe
Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
International
What the world thinks of Trump, Ukraine and Chinese supremacy
A new poll of 30,000 people worldwide has some surprising results
Europe
Hell, horror and heroism in Ukraine’s battlefield hospitals
The gruesome lessons its doctors are learning reveal the nature of war in the 21st century
Europe
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
Europe
Germany’s populist superstar demands peace with Russia
In an interview Sahra Wagenknecht trashes the consensus on Ukraine—and much more