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In war, it’s not the size or sophistication of the technology, but how it’s used – especially in combinations. Elena Tita/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

February 22, 2023

Lesson from a year at war: In contrast to the Russians, Ukrainians master a mix of high- and low-end technology on the battlefield

Laura Jones, Tufts University

A year ago, the Ukrainian military was largely equipped with Soviet-era weapons. It has since seen an influx of high-tech weapons. But it’s less what than how that’s made a difference.

Recruits attend military training at a firing range in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia in October 2022, eight months into Russia’s war in Ukraine. The mobilization of recruits was a sign of Russian acknowledgement that it was engaged in full-fledged war, not a ‘special military operation.’ (AP Photo)

January 25, 2023

Why Russia’s war in Ukraine today is so different from a year ago

Alexander Hill, University of Calgary

Russia’s army in Ukraine is fighting a much more artillery-intensive and methodical war than it was almost a year ago.

Lukas Coch/AAP

July 7, 2022

Russia’s Ukraine invasion is slowly approaching an inflection point. Is the West prepared to step up?

Matthew Sussex, Australian National University

This lull before the next phase of a long attritional campaign will be a test of Ukrainian resolve, Russia’s ability to resupply, and the West’s strategic patience.

Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner with Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who were captured after the siege of the the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Image taken from footage of the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

June 9, 2022

Ukraine Recap: POWs’ death sentence – a return of the ‘show trials’?

Jonathan Este, The Conversation

A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.

Range, precision and lethality: the Himars missile system. ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

June 6, 2022

Ukraine war: the US and UK missile systems which will challenge Russia’s artillery dominance

Frank Ledwidge, University of Portsmouth

Pledges by the US and UK to supply longer-range artillery is really good news for Ukraine, but bad news for the invading Russians.

Javelin anti-tank missiles, T-72 tanks and Bayraktar TB2 drones are just some of the weapons that other nations have sent to Ukraine. Getty Images, Associated Press, Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Department of Defense

May 6, 2022

Ukraine receives weapons support from around the world

Jordan Cohen, George Mason University

An arms trade expert explains the wide variety of military aid nations around the world have sent to Ukraine.

Firefighters extinguish fires in an apartment building after being hit by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

March 22, 2022

Russia is now reliant on heavy artillery — Stalin’s ‘God of War’ — in Ukraine

Alexander Hill, University of Calgary

Seizing Kharkiv or Kyiv is going to take time and heavy use of artillery— called ‘the God of War’ by Joseph Stalin — if it happens at all.

Top contributors

Alexander Hill
Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
Matthew Sussex
Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Frank Ledwidge
Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
Jordan Cohen
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, George Mason University
Laura Jones
Doctoral Student in International Relations, The Fletcher School, Tufts University