List of ukraine-russia articles
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during a press conference with NATO’s secretary-general. After Putin’s Land Grab, Zelensky Wants to Fast-Track NATO Membership
Ukraine likely won’t join NATO anytime soon, but it’s a big symbolic move in a war that’s increasingly going against the Kremlin.
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The city of Mariupol, Ukraine Russia’s Annexed Land Is a Crime Scene
Ukraine needs help documenting Russian atrocities.
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A man carries his son as they walk past a graffiti on a wall depicting a Ukrainian soldier firing a U.S.-made Javelin portable anti-tank missile system, in Kyiv, on July 29. In Washington, Everyone Wins if Ukraine Wins
How backing Kyiv can bridge the partisan divide and make U.S. foreign policy great again.
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A worker removes McDonald's logotype from a restaurant in Moscow on June 17. Russia’s Clueless New Oligarchs
A new generation of business owners with no experience are snapping up Western companies’ assets at fire-sale prices.
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Russian and Belarusian troops take part in joint military exercises. Russia’s Stripped Its Western Borders to Feed the Fight in Ukraine
But Finland and the Baltic states are still leery of Moscow’s long-term designs.
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Tanks in the German armed forces participate in military exercises near Bergen, Germany, on Oct. 14, 2016. Baltic States Wanted German Tanks in Ukraine Yesterday
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised a new foreign policy. Critics say he has yet to deliver.
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U.S. President Joe Biden listens to remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on May 19. Russia’s Defeat Would Be America’s Problem
Victory in Ukraine could easily mean hubris in Washington.
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Peace activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and U.S. President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin on Jan. 29, 2021. The Crazy Logic of Brinksmanship Is Back
The West can only counter Putin’s nuclear threats with ruinous threats of its own.
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People gather in front of a shuttered post office in Ukraine. Postal Workers Are Keeping Ukraine’s Front-Line Villages Alive
Deliveries of packages and pension payments have helped uphold a fragile sense of normalcy for civilians under fire.
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A Ukrainian soldier walks by a burnt vehicle. Diplomacy Is Still (Just About) Possible in Ukraine
The Black Sea agreement offers a model for off-ramps to escalation.
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Russian servicemen gather at Red Square in Moscow. Russia Is Sending Its Ethnic Minorities to the Meat Grinder
Chaotic mobilization sparks renewed fears that the pain will not be shared evenly across Russia.
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Soldiers take part in a military exercise at the Adazi military base, north east of Riga, Latvia, on March 8, 2022. The Baltics Hunker Down for the Long Game Against Russia
The Kremlin is down but not out in Ukraine, and the Baltic states want to make sure they’re not next.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 27, 2018. Russia Can’t Protect Its Allies Anymore
Moscow is overstretched in Ukraine—and Armenia is suffering the consequences.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on Feb. 17, 2022. Putin Doubles Down on a Bad Hand With Mobilization
The war in Ukraine is going so bad, he’s willing to risk domestic unrest.
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A closeup of Russian President Vladimir Putin What Russia’s Elites Think of Putin Now
The president successfully preserved the status quo for two decades. Suddenly, he’s turned into a destroyer.
