Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP
Russian leaders have routinely engaged in nuclear sabre-rattling since the Ukraine war began, aimed at curtailing Western support for Kyiv.
German protesters with placards supporting a closer relationship with Russia and calling for no more tanks for Ukraine.
icholas Muller/S/Alamy
East Germans are not the only former members of the Soviet bloc who are moving closer to Putin’s position on the Ukraine war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past Mongolia’s prime minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene.
Sergei Bobylev/TASS News Agency
Mongolia has worked hard to craft friendly relations across the globe. But geography means that Russia and China still retain a strong influence.
Workers at the site of a drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Xinhua/Alamy
The latest round-up of news from Ukraine.
Ukrainian woman Anna Shevchenko next to her bombed home in Irpin, near Kyiv, May 2022.
Emilio Morenatti/AAP
Dennis Glover asks where the world might be heading and warns that maybe the endgame has already begun.
EPA-EFE/Ukranian presidential press service handoutOUT
The Indian prime minister’s visit to Kyiv highlights complex behind-the-scenes manoeuvring with important geopolitical implications.
Russia president Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on the Kursk incursion on Aug. 8, 2024.
Avril Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images
From terrorist attacks to submarine disasters, Russia’s longtime leader has shown to be vulnerable in the face of crises.
The breakdown of global order in the 1930s resulted in totalitarian leaders pulling the strings.
Philippe Clément/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Over the past 15 years, the world has seen a financial crisis, the rise of populist politics and a fracturing of the world economic order. Sounds all a bit pre-WWII, right?
A warrant is out for a diver – but Vladimir Putin can breathe easy, it isn’t for him.
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Since saboteurs blew up the Russia-Germany gas pipelines in September 2022, theories have swirled about who was responsible. German prosecutors recently issued a warrant for a Ukrainian.
Russian troops after a being shelled by advancing Ukrainian units, August 11 2024.
Anatoliy Zhdanov/Kommersant/Sipa USA/Alamy Live News
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Ukrainian troops relax in an armoured personnel in the Sumy border region of Ukraine, having returned from Kursk in Russia.
AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka
Ukraine’s incursion on to Russian soil puts Vladimir Putin under pressure and presents an opportunity for Kyiv’s western allies to call his bluff.
A Ukrainian tank near the border with Russia, on Aug. 12, 2024.
Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
The Kremlin has pushed a dual narrative: that the conflict represents an existential battle with the West, but that life goes on as normal for most Russians.
EPA-EFE/Russian Defence Ministry
Ukraine has captured hundreds of square kilometres of Russia in a well-planned surprise attack.
DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/Alamy
Tensions are rising between Russia and Nato and the key battleground is Europe.
Donald Trump believes his relationship with Vladimir Putin will help resolve the war in Ukraine.
Kremlin Pool/Alamy
An intelligence specialist explains four key military and security consequences of a Trump victory – and how to prepare for them.
A protest against the assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur.
Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images
The release of a Russian hit man and the assassination of Israel’s enemies in Lebanon and Iran have shone a spotlight on killings carried out on state orders.
Reporter Evan Gershkovich is greeted on the tarmac by his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris look on at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Aug. 2, 2024.
Associated Press
The law doesn’t govern political prisoner exchanges. These are political processes done in secret, as governments can agree to whatever deals they want to make − and reject those they don’t.
Pool Photo/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/Alamy Live News
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Volodymyr Zelensky: resolute despite Ukrainian setbacks on the battlefield.
EPA-EFE/Presidential Press Service handout
All pathways to peace will need to go through Washington and Beijing.
A memorial to 29 people killed in a Russian airstrike in Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.
Ukrinform/Alamy Live News
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.