John Sullivan: “Vladimir Putin does not want an off-ramp”
The former US ambassador to Moscow on dealing with the Russian president face to face, and what the Kremlin’s next…
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Biden and Putin agree on one thing – the future of the global order is at stake in Ukraine
The US and Russian leaders delivered duelling speeches, just hours apart, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war in…
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The West’s narrative on Ukraine hasn’t convinced the rest of the world
While the public in western countries firmly supports Kyiv, views in other parts of the world are more ambiguous.
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Will China stop Russia going nuclear?
When Chinese diplomats say they want the war to end, they undoubtedly mean it – but not at any cost.
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This is how Putin loses the war
In an exclusive interview, Volodymyr Zelensky’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak lays out how a Ukrainian victory would unfold.
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Vladimir Putin still thinks the West will blink first
In his state of the nation speech the Russian leader spouted the same delusions about Ukraine as he did a…
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Ukraine Diary: A year on, Russia’s war has failed to break our spirit
We started the Kyiv Independent as the horror of war loomed – and now Biden and Zelensky walk through the…
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Biden’s trip to Kyiv reiterates Western support – but not everywhere feels the same
The Munich Security Conference also proclaimed Western support for Ukraine, but the Global South views the conflict a little differently.
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