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Putin’s brutal intentions for Ukraine are clear. Will he succeed?

The course of this deadly conflict is far from certain, but there are lessons to be learnt from recent wars

By Paul Rogers

/ 25 Feb 2022

Putin’s brutal intentions for Ukraine are clear. Will he succeed?

Putin’s ‘history’ of Ukraine has an all-too Soviet legacy

As Ukraine fights to protect its independence, the Russian president uses familiar rhetoric to deny Ukrainians the right to exist

By Zbigniew Wojnowski

/ 25 Feb 2022

Putin’s ‘history’ of Ukraine has an all-too Soviet legacy

Russia sacrifices economic goals for military aggression

Germany’s decision to halt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may cause long-term damage to Russia – but Putin doesn’t care

By Simon Pirani

/ 25 Feb 2022

Russia sacrifices economic goals for military aggression

24 февраля. День, который навсегда изменил Украину

24 февраля 2022 года Россия и Беларусь официально ввели свои войска на территорию Украины. Многочисленным обстрелам подверглись несколько украинских городов далеко за пределами Донбасса: Киев, Гостомель, Сумы, Одесса и другие. В возможность войны, несмотря на регулярные сообщения западных СМИ о го

By Татьяна Безрук

/ 25 Feb 2022

24 февраля. День, который навсегда изменил Украину

24 hours in Kyiv: The day that changed Ukraine forever

As Russia invades, people are fleeing their homes and cash machines are empty. A Ukrainian journalist reports from the capital

By Tetiana Bezruk

/ 25 Feb 2022

24 hours in Kyiv: The day that changed Ukraine forever

How Palestine’s climate apartheid is being depoliticised

International donor-led schemes promote peacebuilding and collaboration rather than pushing Israel to end its occupation

By Muna Dajani

/ 25 Feb 2022

How Palestine’s climate apartheid is being depoliticised

Exclusive: 623 new ‘British’ companies are actually controlled from Russia

It comes amid calls to bring sanctions against oligarchs and restrict the flow of Russian money through British businesses

By Martin Williams

/ 24 Feb 2022

Exclusive: 623 new ‘British’ companies are actually controlled from Russia

Ukrainians in London tell of anguish at Downing Street protest

Hundreds gathered in Whitehall to call for tougher sanctions on Russia in the wake of Thursday’s invasion

By Adam Bychawski

/ 24 Feb 2022

Ukrainians in London tell of anguish at Downing Street protest

Where was the outpouring of empathy when my country was at war?

As an Armenian, I feel our pain was ignored. And my trauma means I’m struggling to empathise as I should with Ukraine today

By Tatev Hovhannisyan

/ 24 Feb 2022

Where was the outpouring of empathy when my country was at war?

Many Russians don’t want this war. The Left must unite to oppose it

Putin’s aggression has failed to galvanise support at home. Those around the world must reject his actions, argue two Russian writers

By Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis

/ 24 Feb 2022

Many Russians don’t want this war. The Left must unite to oppose it

Fresh Tory lobbying row over unregulated ‘Westminster Russia Forum’

Exclusive: The group, once called Conservative Friends of Russia, is set to hold a ‘multilateral relations conference’ next week – despite Russia invading Ukraine

By Seth Thévoz

/ 24 Feb 2022

Fresh Tory lobbying row over unregulated ‘Westminster Russia Forum’

Ukrainian journalist: ‘We cannot choose when we die, but we can choose how’

The only pity is that now we must spend all our energy and resources on opposing Russia instead of improving Ukraine, writes Serhiy Guz

By Serhiy Guz

/ 24 Feb 2022

Ukrainian journalist: ‘We cannot choose when we die, but we can choose how’