blank.
EPA-EFE/Robin Utrecht
The next Nato leader will need all his consensus-building skill and pragmatism to steer the organisation through an era of ‘polycrisis’.
EPA-EFE/Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik/Kremlin pool
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
EPA-EFE/Michael Buholzer/pool
Volodymyr Zelensky and his friends in the west are failing to get support from the rest of the world for their demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers unload supplies from a truck in Kharkiv Oblast.
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Recruiters are struggling to find enough men to counter a Russian invasion that has gained momentum in recent months.
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While there may not be any major practical outcomes, the summit is a chance for Ukraine to press its case that any settlement of the war should be based on just principles.
EPA-EFE/Christophe Petit Tesson
The 2024 D-day commemorations sent a message of European unity but missed the opportunity to acknowledge Ukraine’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism.
EPA-EFE/Alexander Ryumin/Sputnik/Kremlin pool
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Kharkiv has come under almost daily aerial attack since the full-scale war began two years ago.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Kozlov
Ferocity of Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine’s second city appears to be prompting a rethink among Ukraine’s western allies.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after placing flowers at a memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2024. Blinken told Ukrainians that billions of dollars in American military aid is on the way after months of political delays.
(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
The Russia-Ukraine war over the past several months has been described as a stalemate and Russia’s latest offensive as a ploy. If so, it’s proving to be a successful one, and here’s why the West is to blame.
EPA-EFE/Maxim Shipenkov
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Keeping faith: Volodymyr Zelensky poses for a selfie with Ukrainian troops near the frontlines in Chasiv Yar.
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The impact of the massive US aid package approved last month has yet to be felt on the battlefield.
Ukrainians face hardship and loss, but hope remains.
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Flags for the United States and Ukraine billow outside of the Capitol building on April 23, 2024.
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President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the total $95 billion foreign aid package that covers Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
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The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
Members of Ukraine’s ‘Siberian Battalion’ training near Kyiv, APril 2024.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 1, 2023.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy defending global norms.
Pleading for help: Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says his country is running out of the means with which to defend itself.
EPA-EFE/Toms Kalnins
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Devastation: firefighters at the scene of a Russian bomb attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, April 2024.
EPA-EFE/Yakiv Liashenko
Russia is putting wings and guidance systems on old ‘iron bombs’ and using them to pound Ukraine’s cities.
Farewell to arms: Ukrainians mourn their dead.
AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
As Ukraine begs its allies for more arms to defend itself, Russia is beginning to advance at several along its front lines.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.