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The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, attends a meeting in Kyiv with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in July. Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA

European ‘war fatigue’ may be growing – but Ukraine’s recent momentum could buy time

Ukraine’s uptick in fortunes bodes well for the ability of European leaders to keep their citizens on board with the war effort.
Ukrainian military personnel operate a drone from an undisclosed location in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. lev radin / Shutterstock

How warfare has been ‘gamified’ in Ukraine

Ukraine’s government says its system of rewarding points to troops for successful strikes is ‘delivering results’.
A fence featuring 20,000 stuffed teddy bears, each representing a Ukrainian child abducted by Russia, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Russia is trying to force Ukrainian children to become Russian, with reeducation, forcible transfers and camps

Russia is not just moving Ukrainian children. It is taking away their identities. Will the $25 million being spent by the US to locate and rehabilitate forcibly transferred children be enough?
Smoke billows into the sky following Ukrainian drone strikes on warehouses of Russia’s online retailer Wildberries, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 24, 2026, with St. Isaac’s Cathedral seen in foreground. (UGC via AP)

Ukraine’s drone strikes are having an impact on Russia — but Russian leaders remain committed to war

Despite successful Ukrainian drone strikes, it’s unlikely either Vladimir Putin’s regime or the Russia-Ukraine war will end any time soon.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, meet on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana, Kazakhstan, in May 2026. Alexander Kazakov / Kremlin Pool / EPA

Ukraine war: Belarus’s highwire act teeters under Russian pressure

With Russia pressuring Belarus to play a more active role in the war, Ukraine is strengthening the hand of the exiled Belarusian opposition.

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