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.
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.
Handout/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/Alamy Live News
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed Ukraine’s nuclear sites under considerable threat with a growing risk that further conflict may lead to radioactive contamination.
Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in February 2024.
EPA-EFE/Sergei Bobylev/Sputnik/Kremlin pool
Tension in the western Balkans, which has been troubled by ethnic tensions since the wars of the 1990s, is becoming an increasing concern for the EU and Nato.