Ukraine at war

All of our coverage of the war in one place

Latest analysis

Russia is gearing up for a big new push along a long front line

Ukraine must prepare

Ukraine is in a race against time to fortify its front line

But it is suffering from a shortage of munitions and manpower


Vladimir Putin blames an Islamist attack on Ukraine and America

How to use a disastrous security failure to bolster dictatorship


Vladimir Putin begins Operation Blame Ukraine

The Kremlin senses an opportunity in the tragedy of Crocus City Hall

Ukraine’s European allies are either broke, small or irresolute

In search of the perfect partner to derail Russian aggression

In occupied Mariupol, Russian invaders hold a sham election



The military campaigns

A grinding, difficult war on Ukraine’s southern front

The Russians want to take Robotyne. But while the ammo lasts, Ukraine can hold them off


How many Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine?

Five charts illustrate the enormous losses


Is Ukraine losing the war against Russia?

Five maps and charts illustrate the current state of fighting

Towns in eastern Ukraine fear they will be Russia’s next target

After the fall of Avdiivka, where will be next?

Avdiivka falls at last, as Russia presses along the front line

Ukraine’s new army chief stages a tactical retreat



Video insights

Video Ukraine war

Is Putin winning the war in Ukraine?

Our experts discuss what the next year of conflict might hold

Video Ukraine war

Zelensky explains why he won’t negotiate with Putin

Ukraine’s president speaks to our Editor-in-chief


Video Economist Live event

Ukraine war: what does victory look like?

Our experts analyse how Ukraine and the West can sustain the war effort


Video Explainer

3D printing and DIY: Ukraine’s drone revolution

Desperation is the mother of invention

Video Ukraine at war

Winning the long war in Ukraine

Drones open a new front in Russia

Video Subscriber events

Ukraine at war: the conflict expands

As Ukraine’s counter-offensive grinds on, is there hope for success?



Life for Ukrainians

Geopolitics

Rogue Russia threatens the world, not just Ukraine

The West must show its enemy is Vladimir Putin, not 143m ordinary Russians

Why Germany is reluctant to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine

Olaf Scholz seems determined to defy pressure from Germany’s allies and domestic opposition


The damage done by Russia’s hack of Germany’s defence ministry

Underlining Chancellor Scholz’s refusal to send long-range missiles to Ukraine


Russian spies are back—and more dangerous than ever

The Kremlin’s intelligence agencies have learned from their mistakes in recent years

Can Europe defend itself without America?

It would need to replace military aid, a nuclear umbrella and leadership



Domestic Russia

Vladivostok is a window into wartime Russia

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is transforming the far-eastern city


How Putin is reshaping Russia to keep his war-machine running

He is creating a class of wealthy bureaucrats, who are the war’s biggest supporters


1843 magazine | It’s not the drone strikes that are hurting Moscow, it’s the traffic jams

Ukraine’s campaign has caused limited damage, but Muscovites are finding it harder to get about

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death may consolidate Putin’s power

But it undermines the notion that Russia functions like a normal state

Prigozhin’s death shows that Russia is a mafia state

A healthy country uses justice to restore order. Mr Putin uses violence instead



Global economic fallout

What do you do with 191bn frozen euros owned by Russia?

The question that now confronts Western policymakers

How to put Russia’s frozen assets to work for Ukraine

Exploit them to the full, but legally


Europe faces a painful adjustment to higher defence spending

The choices: taxes, cuts elsewhere, more borrowing


Russia outsmarts Western sanctions—and China is paying attention

How the rise of middle powers helps America’s enemies


The Ukraine war offers energy arbitrage opportunities

It also provides a glimpse at the future of European gas supplies