Russia-Ukraine war
News and analysis on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s first major war in decades.
The latest in Russia-Ukraine war
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![ISIS? Russian sabotage? The biggest security threats at these Olympics.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162493996.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0051292572835493%2C0%2C99.989741485433%2C100&w=2400)
Officials say Paris will be the “safest place in the world” for the Olympics. Here’s what they’re up against.
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The trickiest country for American foreign policy right now is ... America.
![The world is running out of soldiers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2144468823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.662976085031%2C0%2C66.674047829938%2C100&w=2400)
![The world is running out of soldiers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2144468823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0055352596036755%2C100%2C99.988929480793&w=2400)
Wars are getting more common and militaries are building up. There’s just one thing missing.
![The US tests Putin’s nuclear threats in Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1494251877.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669592696629%2C0%2C66.660814606742%2C100&w=2400)
![The US tests Putin’s nuclear threats in Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-1494251877.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0043890449438209%2C0%2C99.991221910112%2C100&w=2400)
Allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russia strengthens an ally, but risks violating an unknown red line.
![The obscure federal intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/PeteGamlen_Vox_INR.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
INR is “almost always right.” How come nobody has heard of it?
![Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24693399/GettyImages_1258276074.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.668740666999%2C0%2C66.662518666003%2C100&w=2400)
![Why we need a Memorial Day for civilian victims of war](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24693399/GettyImages_1258276074.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0031110004977606%2C0%2C99.993777999004%2C100&w=2400)
Non-combatants bear the brunt of modern war’s toll, but we don’t know how to memorialize them.
![Congress’s $95 billion Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan aid package, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25412955/2147958166.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Congress’s $95 billion Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan aid package, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25412955/2147958166.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The bill provides billions in foreign aid and could force ByteDance to sell TikTok.
![Ukraine is finally getting more US aid. It won’t win the war — but it can save them from defeat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25414450/2123611372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Ukraine is finally getting more US aid. It won’t win the war — but it can save them from defeat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25414450/2123611372.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
New American weapons will buy Ukraine’s defenders some valuable time.
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![What’s behind the latest right-wing revolt against Mike Johnson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25380038/2074369639.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.00425242388161%2C0%2C99.991495152237%2C100&w=2400)
The House could soon pass Ukraine aid — along with a TikTok bill — in a new package that’s raised GOP ire.
![A very bad year for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25362211/GettyImages_2115793632.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.4479166666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A very bad year for press freedom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25362211/GettyImages_2115793632.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Russia’s year-long detention of Evan Gershkovich is one part of a very grim picture for journalism.
![There’s a shadow fleet sneaking Russian oil around the world. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25358148/1477542496.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.662452591656%2C0%2C66.675094816688%2C100&w=2400)
![There’s a shadow fleet sneaking Russian oil around the world. It’s an ecological disaster waiting to happen.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25358148/1477542496.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0063203134875494%2C100%2C99.987359373025&w=2400)
The world’s next big maritime catastrophe could involve sanctions-dodging rustbuckets.
![The battle for blame over a deadly terror attack in Moscow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25351641/GettyImages_2100336361.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![The battle for blame over a deadly terror attack in Moscow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25351641/GettyImages_2100336361.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
All signs point to ISIS in a terrorist attack that killed over 130 people near Moscow, but Vladimir Putin is connecting it to the war in Ukraine.
![Caught between Trump and Putin, are European countries ready to go nuclear?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319970/630097006.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.729323308271%2C0%2C66.541353383459%2C100&w=2400)
![Caught between Trump and Putin, are European countries ready to go nuclear?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25319970/630097006.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.093984962406012%2C0%2C99.812030075188%2C100&w=2400)
The debate over “Euronukes,” explained.
![Are Ukraine’s defenses starting to crumble?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25298239/2003732157.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.634799235182%2C0%2C66.730401529637%2C100&w=2400)
![Are Ukraine’s defenses starting to crumble?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25298239/2003732157.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.047755491881567%2C100%2C99.904489016237&w=2400)
What Ukraine’s biggest setback in months tells us about the future of the war.
![Where does the fight for a free Russia go now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25296060/2017762952.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=19.189155577664%2C0%2C61.621688844671%2C100&w=2400)
![Where does the fight for a free Russia go now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25296060/2017762952.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=3.7837333664967%2C0%2C92.432533267007%2C100&w=2400)
Yulia Navalnaya picks up her husband’s battle against Putin.
![US officials are always talking about “deterring” Iran. What does that really mean?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25288354/1601100543.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![US officials are always talking about “deterring” Iran. What does that really mean?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25288354/1601100543.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Adversaries keep chipping away at America’s military credibility. Trump isn’t helping.
![The moral and strategic case for arming Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25282145/1996774240.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.668841336117%2C0%2C66.662317327766%2C100&w=2400)
![The moral and strategic case for arming Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25282145/1996774240.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0032620041753617%2C0%2C99.993475991649%2C100&w=2400)
Congress should have approved Ukraine aid yesterday.
![Why Ukraine’s new top general is known as the “butcher”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25277749/1243219237.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Ukraine’s new top general is known as the “butcher”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25277749/1243219237.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A major military shake-up comes amid a fight in Congress over US funding for Ukraine.
![Welcome to the “neomedieval era”](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25268094/Vox_Neomedievalism_JaredBartman.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Nations like the US have more firepower than ever before — but they also appear weaker than ever. The upshot is a world that feels out of control.
![America is exporting more arms than ever. Here’s why.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25263470/1931925303.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.731682496608%2C0%2C66.536635006784%2C100&w=2400)
![America is exporting more arms than ever. Here’s why.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25263470/1931925303.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.097523744911811%2C0%2C99.804952510176%2C100&w=2400)
Record arms exports are a sign of America’s commitment to Europe — and its foreign policy failures during the war in Ukraine.
![What happens in Ukraine if US aid disappears?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25165364/GettyImages_1843522563.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.671428571429%2C0%2C66.657142857143%2C100&w=2400)
![What happens in Ukraine if US aid disappears?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25165364/GettyImages_1843522563.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0071428571428598%2C0%2C99.985714285714%2C100&w=2400)
Should Congress fail to extend aid to Ukraine, it would “change the character of the war.”
![Biden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25166481/1850407421.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25166481/1850407421.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The White House is reportedly open to making concessions to Republicans in its negotiations over aid to Ukraine and Israel that go far beyond border security.
![There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25120423/1704263478.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=10.581343943413%2C0%2C67.833775419982%2C100&w=2400)
![There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25120423/1704263478.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.86027111574556%2C100%2C98.279457768509&w=2400)
Ukraine is staring down a massive humanitarian challenge — now and into the future.
![A harrowing film exposes the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25099719/FL_20DaysinMariupol_SignatureImage1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6%2C0%2C66.8%2C100&w=2400)
![A harrowing film exposes the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25099719/FL_20DaysinMariupol_SignatureImage1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.099800399201591%2C100%2C99.800399201597&w=2400)
A conversation with a Ukrainian journalist who documented the siege of Mariupol.
![Poland’s democracy is on the brink. Can these elections save it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25000615/1721948310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.652128401954%2C0%2C66.695743196092%2C100&w=2400)
![Poland’s democracy is on the brink. Can these elections save it?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25000615/1721948310.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.021797889964255%2C100%2C99.956404220071&w=2400)
The high stakes of Poland’s elections, explained.
![The West’s united pro-Ukraine front is showing cracks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24973445/1711074833.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The West’s united pro-Ukraine front is showing cracks](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24973445/1711074833.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
In the US and across Europe, politics are complicating support for Ukraine.
![Congress avoided a shutdown. What happens now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24966228/1699000079.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66355489171%2C0%2C66.67289021658%2C100&w=2400)
![Congress avoided a shutdown. What happens now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24966228/1699000079.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0046672267338721%2C100%2C99.990665546532&w=2400)
Kevin McCarthy faced either a shutdown or a right-wing push to kick him out of his job. He chose the latter.
![40 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13160331/GettyImages_50803740.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.166666666667%2C0%2C65.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![40 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13160331/GettyImages_50803740.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.74999999999999%2C0%2C98.5%2C100&w=2400)
On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov saved the world.
![Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24941791/GettyImages_1674295570.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.722648581117%2C0%2C64.554702837765%2C100&w=2400)
![Governments once imagined a future without extreme poverty. What happened?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24941791/GettyImages_1674295570.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=1.5839728716759%2C0%2C96.832054256648%2C100&w=2400)
As the UN meets in New York, progress and energy around the Sustainable Development Goals is dwindling at the worst possible time.
![Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to go to Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24941348/1693909814.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670433996383%2C0%2C66.659132007233%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Volodymyr Zelenskyy had to go to Washington](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24941348/1693909814.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0056509945750491%2C0%2C99.98869801085%2C100&w=2400)
The Ukrainian president seeks support for the same fight, but under different circumstances.
![What a defense ministry shake-up may say about Ukraine’s corruption problem](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24934836/1676956052.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.7%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![What a defense ministry shake-up may say about Ukraine’s corruption problem](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24934836/1676956052.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
The removals come two weeks after the removal of the defense ministry and as Ukraine seeks to shore up global support.
![What Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un’s meeting might bring](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24914379/1139381562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.504288164666%2C0%2C74.991423670669%2C100&w=2400)
![What Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un’s meeting might bring](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24914379/1139381562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.550472705093%2C100%2C88.899054589814&w=2400)
Kim Jong Un left for a Russian economic summit this week, but weapons could be on the table.
![Are the US and Ukraine at odds over the counteroffensive?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24901523/1618591092.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Are the US and Ukraine at odds over the counteroffensive?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24901523/1618591092.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Reports of squabbles over the counteroffensive are a reminder that Ukraine and the US aren’t sure what comes after this operation — and if they’ll want the same thing.
![What went wrong in Ukraine’s counteroffensive](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24836650/1587734748.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What went wrong in Ukraine’s counteroffensive](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24836650/1587734748.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![What’s up with all these drones hitting Moscow?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24826272/1568499658.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.306201550388%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What’s up with all these drones hitting Moscow?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24826272/1568499658.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Ukraine is trying to bring the costs of its war home to Russia.
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Russia quit a deal made to avert a global food crisis and has now launched strikes against the key port city of Odesa.
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NATO got its unity moment, but it put off the big questions for Ukraine.
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Biden’s big Europe trip could have major implications for Ukraine.
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Why cluster bombs are different from other US weapons sent to Ukraine.
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Wagner’s businesses in Africa isolate and create dependent economies, not funding for private armies.