Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war.

Ukraine is back in the headlines as President Donald Trump puts forth new peace proposals to the international community.

The story of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been one of upset expectations and wild swings in performance. At the start of the war, most of NATO saw Russia as an unstoppable behemoth, poised to quickly defeat Ukraine. Instead, Russia’s forces were ...

Officials are accusing Russia of smaller-scale assaults. President Vladimir V. Putin sought to turn the tables, saying that if Europe were to start a war, Russia is ready.

Russia unleashed its largest aerial barrage of the war over the weekend of September 7–8, striking Kyiv and multiple regions across Ukraine in an unprecedented display of firepower. More than 800 munitions—primarily Shahed drones supported by a smaller ...

When President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit down in Alaska Friday for their high-stakes meeting about the war in Ukraine, the two leaders will bring differing ideas about ending the war that Russia began over three years ago. At the same ...

Maxim Kruglov during a court hearing in Moscow last week. (Yulia Morozova/Reuters) Hardly a day goes by without another political arrest in Russia. Under Vladimir Putin, the scale of repression against those who disagree with the Kremlin has surpassed ...

NV: Let's talk about how the front looks right now. Kill zones are shifting wildly. On some front sections where the work is better organized, there really are broad kill zones — no advances there because the enemy cannot conduct them. Our goal is to ...