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Interview: Why Ukrainian And Russian Forces Are Preparing For A Long War
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Russian forces are edging closer to seizing the last pocket of resistance in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, with battles raging in Syveryodonetsk and near its sister city, ...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Will China and Russia Stay Aligned?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on China and Russia, their emerging partnership, and whether this alignment will last. To complement these art...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine Is at Its ‘Most Dangerous Point’ of the War
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In February, Ukraine shocked the world by driving Russian forces from Kyiv, fending off Vladimir Putin’s attempt to quickly capture the country. Almost four months later, the ...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden Is Still Worried About Poking the Russian Bear
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is more than 100 days old, and despite providing enough U.S. military aid during that time to nearly double Kyiv’s defense budget, the ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Fight to Survive Russia's Onslaught in Eastern Ukraine
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Russia’s war in Ukraine is not the same conflict that it was earlier this spring. The Russian Army’s initial campaign, in February and March, was a three-front invasion with l...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia claims advances in Ukraine amid fierce fighting
Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine’s Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine’s Training Problem
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Britain today announced that it would send Ukraine its most advanced long-range artillery systems. The announcement came days after President Biden approved giving Kyiv advanc...
By Michael Kofman
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Momentum shifts in Ukraine war as Russia advances in the Donbas
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Haggard faces stare blankly from inside minivans ferrying survivors from towns and villages bludgeoned by Russian armor. Ukrainian ambulances carry the wounded and dead from t...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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How Ukraine’s new weapons reflect a very different battlefield
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The HIMARS have been at the top of Ukraine’s wish list, even more so than the fighter jets they were calling for in the beginning of the war. That’s because, as Rita Konaev, d...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Putin is increasingly angry in public but top US intel and military experts warn there's no 'credible' evidence that he's ill
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Rumors have been swirling in recent weeks that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unwell and somehow losing his grip. The strongman and former KGB operative, who is pushing 7...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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U.S. Aims to Cripple Russian Oil Industry, Officials Say
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Russian oil exports increased in April, and rising prices mean that Russia has earned 50 percent more in revenues this year compared to the same period in 2021, according to a...
By Maria Snegovaya & Edward Fishman
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Russia’s military is now a ‘wounded bear.’ Can it revive itself?
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Right now, there is a sense in the public that Russia’s conventional forces have proven to be a paper bear, defeated by Ukrainians armed with older equipment, and plagued by a...
By Jim Townsend
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Why Russia is struggling in eastern Ukraine, in maps
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In the Donbas and the Kharkiv regions, up to two-thirds of the land is used for agriculture, according to Diadin. Clusters of trees around farms in northern Donetsk provide co...
By Michael Kofman
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The new Russian offensive in Ukraine isn’t going much better than the previous one
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A May 9 US intelligence estimate concluded that the Russians had gained only a few miles in the Donbas region since the offensive began; a Pentagon official described Russia’s...
By Michael Kofman
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Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this week
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Key decision-makers in non-aligned Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO membership this week in what could be a serious blow to Russia as its militar...
By Heli Hautala
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Putin’s choices filled with peril on eve of Victory Day parade
On the brink of its May 9 Victory Day celebrations, Russia looks very far from triumph in its war in Ukraine. And all of its options going forward are fraught with danger. Aft...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Intel leaks show US success in Ukraine — but come with risks
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The Biden administration’s decision to step up aid to Ukraine is paying real-world dividends, providing not only the weapons to battle Russian forces but also the intelligence...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia-Ukraine war: What would a victory look like now to Putin?
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Russia’s Victory Day parade is an annual extravagance in Red Square. Falling on May 9, it commemorates the Nazi surrender of World War II with a lavish spectacle meant to proj...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Russia’s offensive in the Donbas can’t make up for its failure in Kyiv
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This week, the new phase of Russia’s war in Ukraine has taken form. It is a war over control of the Donbas, the eastern Ukrainian region where Russia has been supporting a sep...
By Michael Kofman
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Once A Hope Of Russian Liberals And The West, Medvedev Beats A Bellicose Drum To Stay Safe, Relevant
Former President Dmitry Medvedev's opinion article in the daily Kommersant in October 2021, ahead of Russia's massive military buildup along the Ukrainian border, was as surre...
By Maria Snegovaya
