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More than a decade of conflict, which intensified after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, has taken a massive toll on the mental health of Ukrainians. Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto SRL

Evidence of the very real trauma of war in Ukraine

A recent study estimates that one in three civilans in Ukraine meet the criteria for PTSD or CPTSD.
Red carpet for a rival: US president Donald Trump greets China’s president, Xi Jinping, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, September 23. BJ Warnick/Newscom

Trump‑XI summit aims to head off an AI arms race

Can the two leaders achieve the sort of rapport that helped Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev face the threat of nuclear proliferation in the 1980s.
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, talks to Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, at Lindsey Graham’s funeral. Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/Alamy Live News

Diplomacy after death at Senator Lindsey Graham’s funeral

Volodymyr Zelensky and Benjamin Netanyahu met with the US president on the sidelines of Lindsey Graham’s funeral.
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.
Demonstrators hold a portrait of the Ukrainian army’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, demanding his resignation during a rally to denounce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after six months in the post, in Kyiv on July 18, 2026. Zelenskyy obliged. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s removal of two top defence officials highlights the role of morale in long wars

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov and Gen. Syrskyi amid military tensions. What does it mean for the country’s war effort?
Protestors denounce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at a rally in Kyiv on July 17, 2026, AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices and values heard at home

The defense minister’s firing was the catalyst, but polling suggests Ukrainians are rallying around a broader fight for freedoms and against corruption.
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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