EPA-EFE/Dumitru Doru
Russia has long harboured territorial ambitions in this former Soviet republic.
Stand by me: Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky will need to work hard to retain the support of his countries allies.
EPA-EFE/Cornelius Poppe
A round up of our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past fortnight.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen at a joint press conference in Kyiv.
EPA/Sergey Dolzhenko
Unless the EU itself reforms, Ukraine’s membership would make it one of the biggest beneficiary of the bloc’s budget.
EPA/Julien Warnand
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s 2023 state of the union speech saw her press for expansion for the union’s own good.
People take part in a pro-European Union rally in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, on May 21, 2023.
Elena Covalenco/AFP via Getty Images
Lack of control over its borders and corruption are two of the issues that could complicate Moldova’s bid to join the EU.
A Reaper drone like the one downed over the Black Sea costs about US$56 million, according to the Pentagon.
EPA-EFE/Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado
A selection of our coverage of the conflict over the past fortnight.
Marina Tauber, vice-president of Moldova’s Russia-friendly Shor Party, leads a demonstration in the capital, Chisinau, against the pro-western government and low living standards.
AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
There are fears that Russia might try to compensate for its poor performance in Ukraine by upping its meddling in neighbouring countries.
A view of Tiraspol, the self-declared capital of Transnistria in April 2022.
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Moldova’s government has said that Russia is trying to overthrow its Western-leaning government and set up its own leaders there.
EPA-EFE/Sergey Dolzhenko
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past week.
Coup worries: Moldovan president Maia Sandu.
EPA-EFE/Dumitru Doru
Reports of a planned coup in Moldova have revived fears about the Kremlin’s intentions for Ukraine’s pro-European neighbour.
Lest he forget: Vladimir Putin lays flowers at a memorial to the dead of the siege of Leningrad on the anniversary of its end in January 1942.
EPA-EFE/Mikhael Klimentyev/Sputnik/Kremlin pool
The Kremlin’s weapons of mass distraction are designed to keep Kyiv and allies guessing.
Environmental activists protest against Energy Charter Treaty while its reform is negotiated.
OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA
The Energy Charter Treaty allows fossil fuel investors to sue governments over climate action – prompting EU countries to withdraw.
The aftermath of a drone attack on Kyiv, October 17 2022.
EPA-EFE/Oleg Petrasyuk
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
Cult of personality: Vladimir Putin has vowed to restore Russia’s imperial greatness.
EPA-EFE/Maksim Blinov/Sputnik/Kremlin pool
Russia now presents a serious threat to the international order.
Ukrainian soldiers are counterattacking in the east of the country.
Leo Correa/AP/AAP
Vladmir Putin has a new problem. His invasion of Ukraine is not just bogged down. It’s going backwards.
A view of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.
Ludovic Marin/AFP
The war in Ukraine has added new momentum to the argument of expanding the EU eastward. However, institutional and political obstacles to making this dream reality abound.
EPA-EFE/Roman Pilipey
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
A pro-EU protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2022.
Evaldas Mikoliunas/Alamy
Russia’s neighbours are increasingly worried about the threat of invasion.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, with Vladimir Putin, accused the West of supporting Nazi ideas in May 2022.
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What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
A demonstrator holds a pro-Ukraine sign during a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Almaty, Kazakhstan — a former Soviet republic that has largely stayed neutral during the conflict — in March 2022.
(AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
The war in Ukraine is a seismic event. A weakened Russia will try to take advantage of a poorer, more divided and less secure post-Soviet region.