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Vladimir Putin’s preparing for a long war
The Russian president’s idea of the motherland is much larger than the country’s globally recognised borders, an atavism that’s widely shared within his nation.
- Marc Champion
This Month
Blinken visits Ukraine as Russia’s military closes in
The US secretary of state arrived in Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of America’s commitment to help the push-back against Russian advances that have gathered pace in recent months.
- Matthew Lee
Putin replaces defence minister in rare cabinet shake-up
The Kremlin said Russia’s ballooning defence budget warranted putting economist Andrei Belousov in charge.
- Paul Sonne and Anton Troianovski
Russia ‘captures key villages’ as Ukraine races reinforcements
Military bloggers say the assault in the north-east could mark the start of an attempt to carve out the “buffer zone” sought by President Vladimir Putin.
- Updated
- Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth
Russia not looking for global power clash: Putin
Vladimir Putin now casts the war as part of a holy struggle with the West, which he says has forgotten the role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany.
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge
Russia using WW1 chemical weapons in Ukraine: US
The US made the accusation as the French president stepped up calls for Europe to consider sending troops to Ukraine in the future.
- Constant Méheut and Marc Santora
Global crises making it hard for ethical investors: Gareth Evans
The former foreign minister nominated Israel’s “disproportionate” response to the Hamas attacks and Narendra Modi’s leadership of India as challenges for investors.
- Phillip Coorey
April
- Opinion
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Fight to the last Ukrainian
More aid is clearly a relief for Kyiv, but will it be enough to reverse the tide of the war?
- James Curran
Russian missiles pound Ukraine’s battered power plants
Russian missiles again targeted the nation’s strained energy grid in a broad and complex attack, as Defence Minister Richard Marles pledged $100 million in aid.
- Updated
- Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth
Failure to reopen Australia embassy in Kyiv ‘an embarrassment’
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles visited Ukraine to unveil the package, including drones and air-defence systems, but there was one glaring omission from his trip.
- Hans van Leeuwen and Ronald Mizen
‘No silver bullet’: Ukraine has weapons but still needs the troops
The $94 billion US aid package should stop Russia in its tracks, but it won’t be nearly enough to send Putin packing.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Eric Schmidt is helping build Ukraine’s war machine
Google’s ex-chief executive is a force behind a new generation of drones that may revolutionise warfare.
- David Sanger
US secretly shipped new long-range missiles to Ukraine
Ukraine for the first time has used a longer-range version of weapons known as ATACMS, striking an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine.
- Eric Schmitt
- Opinion
- Opinion
US aid should arrive just in time to avert Ukraine’s defeat
Even more concerning than the growing size of the invading Russian forces is their increased competence.
- Max Boot
Zelensky says ‘chance of victory’ in race to deploy US funding
Ukraine’s president said his soldiers are outgunned on the battlefield after months of infighting in Washington, before a $95 billion aid package was approved.
- Shane Harris, Patrick Marley and Mariana Alfaro
- Opinion
- Opinion
Cashed-up Ukraine is front line of push against ‘axis of adversaries’
The Western alliance is playing a potentially deadly mind game with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea – deploying military force to prevent a wider war.
- Gideon Rachman
Relief in Ukraine as US House approves $95b in aid
The vote marks a victory for Republican defence hawks against the more isolationist wing of the party led by Donald Trump.
- Updated
- Siobhán O'Grady
US can send fresh weapons to Ukraine ‘within days’
The Pentagon had already moved stockpiles of the most-needed arms closer to Ukraine’s borders before the passage of a crucial foreign aid bill in the US House.
- Tony Diver
- Exclusive
- Ukraine
On the front line with Ukraine’s youngest commander
Kharkiv’s improbable resistance, led by General Sergei Melnik, faces growing threats from Russia and political stalemate in the US.
- Jack Wright
Russia’s spy network takes a deadly turn
The country’s intelligence services have been put on a war footing and begun operating at a level of aggressiveness reminiscent of the Stalin era.
- Michael Schwirtz and José Bautista