Ukraine

Zelensky’s chief of staff has resigned amid the biggest corruption scandal Ukraine has seen. The president must act fast to restore trust - while not forgetting about the frontline

Putin’s friend and emissary has manipulated Steve Witkoff to the point where the US special ambassador is known as “Dim Philby”. And Ukraine is paying the price

The offer being pushed on Kyiv forces huge compromises and restrictions on Ukraine, but nothing on Russia. For that reason alone it is bound to fail

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

In frozen trenches and shattered towns, chaplains pray with the dying, bless the living and try to keep hope alive

The Russian president rejected Donald Trump’s peace proposals because he thinks he has the advantage in Ukraine. He’s wrong

Vladimir Putin claimed the city was Russian in 2023, but staking the claim doesn’t make it so

Donald Trump says his interventions have brought Ukraine and Russia close to peace. So why does it feel further away than last week?

Donald Trump has favoured Ukraine over Russia in recent weeks. But when he meets Putin in Alaska, all that could change

Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again

The first unmanned flying weapon was launched over a century ago – the full implications of that flight are only now being understood

Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?

Under the shadow of war, the LGBTQ community and other minorities are fighting for equality in Ukraine

As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years - with scary ramifications for Europe and the world

What it’s like to be in the centre of one of Putin’s airstrikes

The Russian president got exactly what he wanted out of the latest round of talks in Istanbul

Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight

The most egregious demands from the US-Ukraine minerals deal’s first draft have gone. But, in Kyiv, there are fears that it still offers no concrete security guarantees

After months of defending his hero, the former prime minister has finally realised the president has no interest in aiding the war-ravaged country

The case for confiscating $300bn worth of frozen Russian assets is clear

A French senator has given a powerful speech setting out how the continent must deal with the twin threats from America and Russia

Keir Starmer’s decisive action on Ukraine has seen him overtake the Reform leader in a new poll

After years supporting the US president, his Oval Office humiliation of Volodymyr Zelensky was a step too far even for Axel Springer’s MAGA-loving boss

The Ukrainian president, well versed in dealing with hecklers, was not fazed by a fringe journalist who appeared not to know his history

Donald Trump is cuddling up to Putin while telling Ukraine: “First pay me, then feed your children”

GB News is not even pretending it isn't Putin-friendly any more. Is that why Boris Johnson has yet to clock in for his first shift?

Trump has shafted Ukraine. Now he threatens the security of the west

The country’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk wants forgotten victims released and war criminals punished. But those hopes seem further away than ever

Reform's deputy leader presumably expected an easy ride being interviewed by the right wing hack - but was left looking foolish

In backing Nato membership for the war-torn country, the Reform leader is upsetting his allies and alienating supporters

This Munich moment means Starmer must borrow to rearm, then forge stronger ties with the EU

As Donald Trump begins his sell out of Ukraine, one novelist reflects how, despite Putin’s brutality, Zelensky has held Ukraine together. Is Trump’s America about to change this?