Ukraine

Putin is the bad actor in the invasion of Ukraine, but we need to examine the role the West has played in allowing events to unfold

Three decades ago the newly independent nation was, briefly, the third most powerful nuclear country in the world. Now, civilians arm themselves against a Russian invasion. How did it get to this point?

A trip to the Ukrainian capital a decade ago left WILL SELF grappling with his ignorance

Shakhtar Donetsk dream of being the Chelsea of the east, but just playing a game at home seems as far away as ever

As the power games play out in Europe, we continue to hope that key players will use reason and self-control

In order to defend the best of Western tradition, we have to redefine it

The photographer escaped Ukraine as a child but returned to take these stunning images

Britain has seemed like a court jester on the world stage during the Ukraine crisis: prancing around and making a lot of noise to little effect. But Boris Johnson’s government has also been undermined abroad by its failure to crack down on the dirty Russian money already sloshing around in its system

Olaf Scholz is moving at last, but energy dependency and World War II guilt lie behind what could prove a fatal apathy

As Europe grapples with one of its gravest political crises since the end of the Cold War, one might expect Global Britain, free at last from the suffocating embrace of the EU, to be leading efforts to prevent war between Russia and Ukraine. If you believe Boris Johnson, it is. Others are not so sure

Never mind the menace lurking on the border, Ukrainians are staying cool, sustained by their historical love of independence.

Our columnist explains why, despite Ukraine's pleas for help, Olaf Scholz is desperately trying to ignore rising tensions at the border.

With Boris Johnson persona non grata in Europe, defence secretary Ben Wallace is minding the international store

A war between Russia and Ukraine is a prospect to be avoided at all costs. If it is not, then the human, social and economic impacts across Europe will be devastating.

The West faces an ultimatum from Russia that could result in actual war. Yet we don’t seem to have noticed. Paris Sorbonne professor of international relations and Russia specialist FRANÇOISE THOM analyses the threat.

Facing rare criticism at home, Vladimir Putin is preparing a crowd-pleasing war against what he considers a ‘fake’ country.

The country's historical and recent anguish provides a strong undercurrent to its music.

The Russian president is testing the resolve of the West, but in doing so he reveals his weakness rather than his strength.

When former Financial Times editor LIONEL BARBER was granted an audience at the Kremlin, Russia’s president proclaimed the end of the liberal idea. Was he right?

The same factors that led up to his incursion into Ukraine are in place again, including domestic protests, a struggling economy and a desire for glory. So are the likes of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania next on the Russian leader's list?

The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is descending into the biggest transatlantic diplomatic crisis since the Iraq War. CATHRIN SCHAER explains how we got here

Anti-Western philosopher Aleksandr Dugin is said to hold sway over Vladimir Putin. But it is not just the Russian president who is in thrall to him