Molodvans are going to the polls to vote for a new president, and to decide whether to join the EU.
- Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
Kyiv’s western allies are sending mixed messages about their commitment to a Ukrainian victory.
The Ukrainian president is trying to convince the US and other allies to double down on their support, but there are myriad other distractions.
Russian attempts to use the Arctic as a military resource for the war are starting to be diminished by more effective western pushback.
East Germans are not the only former members of the Soviet bloc who are moving closer to Putin’s position on the Ukraine war.
The Indian prime minister’s visit to Kyiv highlights complex behind-the-scenes manoeuvring with important geopolitical implications.
Ukraine’s incursion on to Russian soil puts Vladimir Putin under pressure and presents an opportunity for Kyiv’s western allies to call his bluff.
All pathways to peace will need to go through Washington and Beijing.
Abandoning Ukraine, withdrawing from Europe and pivoting to Asia will severely disrupt the principles on which Nato was founded.
The SCO has a bigger land area and population than Nato.
Kyiv has rebuffed the Hungarian leader’s suggestion for a ceasefire, saying it will not compromise on sovereignty.
Volodymyr Zelensky and his friends in the west are failing to get support from the rest of the world for their demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukraine.
Putin is busy consolidating his alliances while the west keeps dithering.
The impact of the massive US aid package approved last month has yet to be felt on the battlefield.
The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
President Xi is looking to play a wider international role, meetings with other national leaders suggest.
Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Washington and Beijing have flashpoints to negotiate, but appear to be choosing to do this through diplomacy, for now.
Russia has long harboured territorial ambitions in this former Soviet republic.
While Ukraine’s fortunes on the battlefield have been mixed, its operations in Crimea and the Black Sea have been rather more successful.
Ukraine is just one of a daunting number of security issues facing Nato and the west.
As the war against Russia moves towards its third anniversary, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is facing a growing list of problems.
As a new Russian offensive gets under way, Ukraine can ill afford to be mired in scandal and disunity.
Ukraine is short of men and military equipment. It urgently needs security guarantees from the west.
The Ukrainian president has called for another half a million troops this year and his government has introduced strict conscription laws in an attempt to deter draft-dodging.
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