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.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
The impact of the massive US aid package approved last month has yet to be felt on the battlefield.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
President Joe Biden is expected to soon sign the total $95 billion foreign aid package that covers Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
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 outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy defending global norms.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Russia is putting wings and guidance systems on old ‘iron bombs’ and using them to pound Ukraine’s cities.
As Ukraine begs its allies for more arms to defend itself, Russia is beginning to advance at several along its front lines.
While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Waning support from Poland’s allies meant the war descended to an attritional struggle, giving Russia the advantage it needed to win.
Russia’s armed forces continue to gain territory in Ukraine, at high cost to both sides.
Helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression is not a violation of international law – but Russia might interpret it as escalation.
Russia appears to have seized the battleground initiative as the Ukraine war marks its second anniversary – but the conflict is far from over.
Ukraine has fought off relentless waves of Russian attacks over the past two years, but if its Western support dries up, its resistance will be very hard to sustain.
Ukraine is just one of a daunting number of security issues facing Nato and the west.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Teaching Fellow, School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, University of Portsmouth
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor of Military History, University of Calgary
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
