Artillery shelling, stressed-out technicians and power supply disruptions increase the chances of catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest.
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Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Crimea is using unexpected guerrilla tactics.
This lull before the next phase of a long attritional campaign will be a test of Ukrainian resolve, Russia’s ability to resupply, and the West’s strategic patience.
Beyond a symbolic win, reclaiming Snake Island has strategic repercussions, from the opening of a safe corridor to the diplomatic confrontation between Moscow and the west.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Intelligence reports say Russia’s latest weaponry is not as devastating as it might look.
On paper, Russia’s military outmatches its Ukrainian rival. But better training, strategy and battlefield decisions have helped Ukrainian forces keep Russian troops at bay.
The sort of scenarios that might lead to the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war would require a significant deterioration in Russian fortunes — and greater western involvement in the conflict.
World War II has a central place in Russian nationalism. Its importance is written all over a new cathedral dedicated to the nation’s armed forces.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
Captured military equipment in Ukraine has revealed the extent to which western tech is used in Russian weapons systems.
The US president has set out Nato’s war aims and provided substantial funding to back the plan.
Military tensions and political concern are heating up in Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova that borders Ukraine. An Eastern European expert answers four key questions about this region.
Ukraine and Russia have already been facing off in Donbas for eight years. Now the stage is set for a crucial confrontation there.
Growing reports of war crimes by the Russian army are prompting calls for more action by the west.
Evidence of atrocities in districts retaken by Ukrainian forces suggest that Russian soldiers are as complicit in war crimes as their leader Vladimir Putin.
Cyberattacks can be devastating, just not on the battlefield, according to researchers who looked at 10 years of armed conflicts around the world.
Estimates of casualties from the war in Ukraine have varied widely. Some of this is due to genuine difficulty counting the dead, but there are also strategic reasons to put out misleading death tolls.
Did Russian intelligence mislead Putin about Ukraine’s capabilities or did they just tell him what he wanted to hear?
There are reports of very low morale among Russian troops in Ukraine.
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth
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Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point
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