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Give Russia’s Frozen Assets to Ukraine Now

December 18, 2023

Firefighters and rescue workers at the scene of a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine

The Wonder Reader

How to Love Winter a Little More

December 9, 2023

A child in a hat

How I Lost the Russia That Never Was

November 24, 2023

Moscow is seen through the window of a darkened hotel room.

The West Must Defeat Russia

November 10, 2023

A photo of a soldier shown from the back

Why Vladimir Putin Is Embracing Germany’s Far Right

Liana Fix and Caroline Kapp

October 31, 2023

vladimir putin in front of an AFD protest image

A Very Public Execution in Russia

August 23, 2023

Close-up picture of Yevgeny Prigozhin looking unhappy

Russia Has a New Gulag

July 14, 2023

A jail cell in Izium, Ukraine

The Children Russia Kidnapped

July 1, 2023

A boy goes to school in the village of Varvarovka, eastern Ukraine.

Russia Has Reached a Dead End

June 29, 2023

A photo of Russian police officers guarding Red Square

What Is Putin Worth to China?

Michael Schuman

June 26, 2023

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin stand back to back in black suits, Xi towering over Putin.

Russia Slides Into Civil War

June 24, 2023

A black-and-white image shoes Wagner mercenaries walking next to a tank on a street in Rostov-on-Don.

Eat, Pray, Pander

June 12, 2023

Elizabeth Gilbert speaking

The True Purpose of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

June 8, 2023

Ukrainian forces near Bakhmut in May

Why Putin’s Secret Weapon Failed

June 2, 2023

An illustration of a pipeline with a knot in it and Russian insignia

Make Russia Pay

May 28, 2023

An illustration featuring a photo of Vladimir Putin and Russian currency

The Russian Red Line Washington Won’t Cross—Yet

May 26, 2023

Black-and-white photo of an Army Tactical Missile System shot into the sky

The Kremlin Has a Security Problem

May 25, 2023

A photo of members of the Liberty of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps

It’s Not Enough for Ukraine to Win. Russia Has to Lose.

May 19, 2023

A photo of a Ukrainian soldier standing beside tanks

Why Ukraine Shouldn’t Talk to Russia—Yet

Hein Goemans and Branislav Slantchev

May 17, 2023

Tanks maneuvering in Ukraine

What the Drone Strikes on the Kremlin Reveal About the War in Ukraine

Brynn Tannehill

May 4, 2023

A soldier and two flying military drones.

Russia Escalates Its War on Reporters

April 3, 2023

A vehicle carrying the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich drives away from a court building in Moscow, Russia, on March 30, 2023.

The Only Realistic Answer to Putin

David J. Kramer, John Herbst, and William Taylor

March 29, 2023

Red, yellow, and black collage showing pictures of Putin, DeSantis, soldiers, and books

Ron DeSantis Is Right About Ukraine

March 22, 2023

Illustration collage of Ron DeSantis and a tank in Ukraine.

The Shortest Path to Peace

February 28, 2023

Illustration showing a flag of Russia covered by a cloud and a flag of Ukraine that is not

The Atlantic Daily

To Save Ukraine, Defeat Russia and Deter China

February 27, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on December 30, 2022.

People Forgot How War Actually Works

Phillips Payson O’Brien

February 24, 2023

A photo showing three soldiers silhouetted against a sunset

How and When the War in Ukraine Will End

February 23, 2023

Ukrainian soldiers returning from the Irpin front line in March 2022

A Conversation With Antony Blinken: Russia’s War on Ukraine, One Year Later

Sara Abdelouahed

February 21, 2023

Headshots of Antony Blinken and Jeffrey Goldberg, advertising their discussion of Russia's war on Ukraine

Ukraine Has the Battlefield Edge

February 13, 2023

A Ukrainian artillery battery fires at Russian lines.

The Two Stalingrads

Elliot Ackerman

February 6, 2023

A picture shows the Motherland Calls statue at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two Memorial complex in Russia's southern city of Volgograd.

The Atlantic Daily

To Defend Civilization, Defeat Russia

January 23, 2023

A Ukrainian tank sits under covering in the Kharkiv district of Ukraine

Woman in Labor

January 22, 2023

The top half of a woman in a hospital gown with her hand on her forehead, in front of a red square on a beige background

The Greatest Nuclear Threat We Face Is a Russian Victory

January 18, 2023

Collage showing war planes and missiles

Western Aid to Ukraine Is Still Not Enough

January 17, 2023

A Patriot missile battery near the Polish-Ukrainian border

Time Is on Ukraine’s Side, Not Russia’s

Phillips Payson O’Brien

January 14, 2023

Ukrainian service members prepare to fire at Russian positions.

The Atlantic Daily

Russia’s Depraved Decadence

January 3, 2023

A destroyed residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 3, 2023.