Russia appears to have refocused on the land war with the aim of taking more territory.
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Ukraine’s morale remains high, despite months of bombardment and drone strikes.
While Russian public opinion polls show continued support for the war, there are questions about the polls’ reliability and indications that public approval of Putin is declining.
Russia has annexed four Ukrainian regions, saying they have always been part of the ‘motherland’. But Moscow’s territorial claim is as flimsy as the excuse it used to start the war
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
The Kremlin claims 97% of votes counted are for the four occupied regions to join the Russian Federation.
Putin simultaneously seeks to control Ukraine, to dominate Russia’s region, and to hasten the fall of the West. And is an internal struggle on the horizon?
An anthropologist explains how years of conflict have made Ukrainians reassess their priorities and relationships.
Crimea has been a very important strategic outpost for Russia, which is why Moscow is threatening “doomsday” if Ukraine attacks.
Ukraine is losing this war at the moment. The west needs to massively step up its military aid to the country.
Russia’s military machine is finding the terrain in the Donbas region extremely challenging.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Both sides are now bracing for a long and bloody war of attrition.
The sort of scenarios that might lead to the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war would require a significant deterioration in Russian fortunes — and greater western involvement in the conflict.
Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is being seen as a symbol of how well the Ukraine war is going.
As Russia prepares to take more Ukrainian territory, Moldova could be next on Putin’s target list.
Ukraine and Russia have already been facing off in Donbas for eight years. Now the stage is set for a crucial confrontation there.
In the midst of the Ukraine-Russia war, we should pay more attention to the evolution of Russia’s official rhetoric and military actions in former Soviet states.
Russia’s playbook for taking control of the Donbas and now Kherson province could be used beyond Ukraine.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Stirling
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Owen L. Coon Endowed Professor of Policy Analysis and Communication, Northwestern University
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Director, Centre of East European and International Studies (ZOiS) and Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, Program in International and Comparative Studies, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Communication (Clinical) and Co-Director of Eurasian Security and Governance Program, The Ohio State University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Finance, Queen Mary University of London
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Lecturer in International Politics, University of Stirling
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Instruction at School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
