Ukraine

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

In the age of drone warfare, people in Ukraine are living a higher-tech version of the terror that struck suburban London

Thrown into a conflict like the one Ukraine, the British army would be combat ineffective within weeks. The UK needs a new kind of military – and fast

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

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

He is a life-long property developer. So how the hell did he end up as America’s top international negotiator, on everything from Ukraine to the Iran nuclear deal?

Half a century ago, a humiliated America scrambled out of a losing war. But parallels with Ukraine show little has changed

Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause

The foundations of the Kremlin strongman’s ascent to power were forged in the ruins of Grozny a quarter of a century ago

The president comes out with a ludicrous stream of nonsense. But some of what he says has its origins in some unexpected places

The UK needs to be part of the European project as a fully active member. Only then can Europe truly stand united against both Trump and Putin

If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance

Thanks to Putin’s aggression and Trump’s greed, the UK has regained its international status

We’d all like more money for public services - but in a world where the US has abandoned Europe, more money for the military is the only way

The disastrous Oval Office meeting with Zelensky showed that Trump is slavishly devoted to Putin. Why?

The Trump Zelensky disaster was unbearable to watch and revealed the inescapable fact about Trump – and the US

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

Experts say the military alliance may become ‘dormant’ - and a European army remains just a pipe dream

The normally talkative party have little to say on America’s abandonment of Zelensky and the western alliance. Why?

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

Not even his shocked closest allies know what drove Donald Trump’s Ukraine sell-out

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

The Ukraine invasion and Musk’s Twitter buyout of Twitter show how weak accountability is in authoritarian regimes and among ultra-rich tech titans

A Kyiv gallery has defied Russian missile attacks to stage a visceral but tender art competition for artists under 35