Ukraine at war
All of our coverage of the war in one place
Latest analysis
Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos
Russia is enacting a revolutionary plan of sabotage, arson and assassination
How Wagner survived Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death
Its mercenary model is still effective in Africa’s most fragile places
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
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
The military campaigns
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
Ukraine’s convicts take the fight inside Russia
A hard-bitten officer commands a unit of felons—and dreams of kebabs in Moscow
Russia’s bloody summer offensive is hurting Ukraine
Kremlin troops are making gains in the Donbas region
Life for Ukrainians
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
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
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
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
Politics overshadows a conference to raise money for Ukraine
Not to mention the continued fighting
Domestic Russia
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
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
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
Europe
Why Russia is trying to seize a vital Ukrainian coal mine
Without it, the country’s remaining steel industry will be crippled
Culture
How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022
The Russian occupation underscored the risks posed by nuclear sites in wartime
Europe
The search for Ukraine’s missing soldiers and sailors
The families of missing loved ones are trying to find them, alive or dead
United States
America’s presidential election marks a fork in the road for Ukraine
If Republicans take power, Kyiv will feel a chill: the latest of our policy briefs
Leaders
The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
Briefing
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
Europe
Ukraine is a booming market for Balkan arms makers
It’s not just gangsters buying Serbian and Bosnian ammo these days
Leaders
Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles
Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
Europe
America keeps Ukraine fighting with its hands tied
Russian missiles blast its cities, but it still cannot strike back
By Invitation
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
Europe
Danger in Donbas as Ukraine’s front line falters
Russian fighters are trying to encircle the defenders
Asia
Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine
Could it repel a potential Chinese invasion?
Europe
The West still needs Russian gas that comes through Ukraine
Austria, Hungary and Slovakia are particularly dependent on it