The Ukraine war has made predictions futile
Russia can’t win its self-evidently stupid war – and working out what will happen next is almost impossible.
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In January, I made ten predictions for 2022 – how did they turn out?
The New Statesman’s Writer-at-Large reviews what he got right and wrong about the past year.
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The West must confront its failures on Ukraine
Sanctions have not achieved their stated goal: to deny Vladimir Putin the resources to fight a prolonged war.
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Why Vladimir Putin is beholden to Stalin’s legacy
The Russian president has embraced the Soviet cult of fear and control. His invasion of Ukraine is a colossal gamble…
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Why the West underestimated Ukraine
People deny me credibility because I am female, young, east European. They have treated my country the same way.
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What would it take to make Vladimir Putin feel secure?
A security guarantee could be the only way the Kremlin would be persuaded to end its war on Ukraine.
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Why Vladimir Putin cancelled his annual year-end press conference
With his war against Ukraine foundering, the Russian president is unable or unwilling to explain himself.
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Revealed: Boris Johnson made up Ukrainian refugee number promise
The former prime minister’s pledge to take in 200,000 people fleeing war was not backed by any planning or data.
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Ukraine’s energy grid is teetering on the brink of collapse
As temperatures plunge and Russia attacks, Kyiv is fighting to keep the lights on.
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TV Rain: the turbulent history of Russia’s last independent media channel
Latvia has shut down TV Rain, accusing it of being a security threat.
Estonia supports Ukraine because we know the devastation of Russian imperialism
Moscow’s full-scale war did not come as a surprise to us, but we didn’t believe it would so closely replay…
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Dozhd could never have survived in Latvia
The independent Russian TV channel’s demise shows how even anti-Putin Russians are unable to completely align with hawkish Western states.
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Wealthy Russians are once more buying their way into the UK
Failures in corporate oversight have let Russians bypass attempts to stop them moving their wealth and their families to Britain.
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Investigations into Ukrainian mass graves highlight the devastating cost of Russia’s war
As Ukraine liberates more of its territory from Russian control, the deadly toll of Vladimir Putin’s invasion is being revealed.
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What will it take for Russia to understand it’s losing the war?
After nine months of fighting Russia has yet to achieve a single war aim through force of arms.
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Jens Stoltenberg: “We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes”
Nato’s secretary-general on why Europe faces its most dangerous moment since the Second World War.
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Letter from Kherson: The war of the villages
Ukrainian troops are becoming ever more confident as Russia endures another humiliating defeat
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Lindy Cameron: Ukraine’s cyber-defences have been exemplary
While Russia’s brutal war has sought to redraw the physical map, its consequences have been felt in cyberspace.
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Can the Ukraine war now end only with Russia’s defeat?
We should not assume that a quick conclusion based on mutual concessions is the best way to deal with an…
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Russia has forgotten history’s lessons about waging war in winter
The Russian president wants to draw this war out; the West must help Ukraine retain its current momentum.
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