Ukraine at war
All of our coverage of the war in one place
Latest analysis
How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin
The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians
How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?
And how will Ukraine, Russia and Europe respond?
The war in Ukraine is straining Russia’s economy and society
Despite advances on the battlefield, pressure is growing
How many Ukrainian soldiers have died?
Three charts show the country’s losses
Ukraine’s warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
Vladimir Putin’s war machine is pushing harder and crushing Ukrainian morale
Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
The attack on Ukraine is part of a new era of missile warfare
The military campaigns
Ukraine can, at last, use its Western missiles inside Russia
Joe Biden wants to send North Korea a message
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
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to help Vladimir Putin
It shows how far Russia has fallen as a strategic power
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
Life for Ukrainians
Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell
The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision
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
Geopolitics
The perils of appeasing a warlike Russia
Finland’s cold-war past offers urgent lessons for Ukraine’s future
Ukraine’s secret army in France
A new force is being marshalled to take on the Kremlin’s men
Why Volodymyr Zelensky may welcome Donald Trump’s victory
Disillusion with Joe Biden has reached deep levels
Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos
Russia is enacting a revolutionary plan of sabotage, arson and assassination
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
The war in Ukraine is straining Russia’s economy and society
Despite advances on the battlefield, pressure is growing
Leaders
How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin
The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians
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