Ukraine

Ukraine

In February 2022, Moscow launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine after a months-long military build-up, threatening the country’s sovereignty and its future. This existential moment for the country follows the 2014 Maidan revolution, a nexus for Ukraine’s Europe-focused foreign policy and reform efforts. The ensuing Russian invasion and occupation of Crimea, aggression in Ukraine’s east, and Kremlin disinformation efforts, cast a shadow over Ukraine’s independence.

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Europe in crisis

War in Ukraine

Experts from across the Atlantic Council are assessing the consequences of Russia’s February 2022 invasion, including what it means for Ukraine’s sovereignty, Europe’s security, and the United States’ leadership.

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Speech by Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij

New Atlanticist
Dec 4, 2024

A winning strategy to end Russia’s war against Ukraine

More than a dozen experts from the United States and Europe share their recommendations to the incoming Trump administration about how best to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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Speech by Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij

Russia Tomorrow
Jan 8, 2025

Sanctioned kleptocracy: How Putin’s kremligarchs have survived the war—and even prospered

By
Ilya Zaslavskiy

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series explores how Russia’s kleptocratic networks infiltrated the West and measures the US and Europe can take to combat the malign influence of Russian kleptocracy around the globe.

Corruption
Economy & Business

Speech by Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij

UkraineAlert
Jan 14, 2025

No peace without security: Ukraine needs guarantees against new Russian invasion

By
Peter Dickinson

Ukraine is ready to make territorial concessions but insists that any peace deal must include credible long-term security guarantees to prevent a new Russian invasion, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict
European Union


Ukraine response

Founded sixty years ago at the height of Cold War tensions with Moscow, the Atlantic Council is driven by our mission of “shaping the global future together.” The Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world in partnership with allies and partners. Building on that mission, we have responded quickly and comprehensively to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, harnessing our editorial and convening power to help the United States and its allies to act swiftly and effectively—and to unify the disparate voices in favor of democracy, prosperity, and the transatlantic alliance.

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Regular news and analysis from Ukraine

UkraineAlert sources insight and commentary from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community.

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Events

Public Event
Tue, August 4, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

What is driving Ukraine’s momentum in the war?

Conflict
Defense Industry
Defense Policy
Defense Technologies

Online Event
Wed, July 22, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

How Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign is causing cracks in the Kremlin

Europe & Eurasia
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia
Security & Defense

Online Event
Thu, June 18, 2026 • 12:00 pm ET

Is Russia losing the war?

Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia

The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values, and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia, and Central Asia in the East.

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Oct 4, 2015

Speech by Ukrainian World Congress President Eugene Czolij

By Atlantic Council

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Oct 2, 2015

Polyakova on Russia’s Information Campaign

By Alina Polyakova

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova on the differences in Russian involvement in Ukraine and Syria: 

Russia Syria

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Aslund on Russia-Ukraine Airline Sanctions

By Anders Aslund

International Business Times Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on the airline industry as the latest sanctions battleground between Russia and Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Karatnycky on US Radar in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

International Business Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on the US decision to provide Kyiv with military radar technology:

Ukraine

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Aslund: Ukraine Suffers – European Union Lets It Down

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund writes for Swedish business daily Dagens Industri on the European Union’s response to the crisis in Ukraine: Read the full article here.

European Union International Organizations

UkraineAlert

Sep 30, 2015

Radars for Ukraine: Obama’s Strong Signal to Putin

By Adrian Karatnycky

A day after US President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States announced that it will ship long-range counter-battery radars to Ukraine. Obama authorized $20 million to provide the country with radars, bringing US security assistance to Ukraine up to $265 million. Obama’s message is clear: the United States will not […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Sep 30, 2015

Karatnycky: Obama’s Strong Signal to Putin

By Adrian Karatnycky

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky writes for The Kyiv Post on Obama’s authorized security assitance to Ukraine:

Ukraine

In the News

Sep 30, 2015

Karatnycky on US Assistance to Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

Business Insider quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on US aid in radar equipment to be shipped to Ukraine: 

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 29, 2015

Ukraine Must Embrace Radical Reform Now

By Melinda Haring

If the Ukrainian government does not follow through with an ambitious reform agenda, public support will wane while dissatisfaction will increase, threatening political stability and the country’s future. “There is no time for slow evolutionary changes. Radical and revolutionary reforms are the only way to success,” warns a new report issued September 28.

Russia Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 29, 2015

Halfway There on National Unity in Ukraine

By Colin Cleary

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has lost the battle for the hearts and minds of the predominantly Russian-speaking regions of eastern and southern Ukraine that remain under Kyiv’s control. Support for those he calls “compatriots” has been at the core of Putin’s stated rationale for intervention in Ukraine. Polls show, however, that a clear majority of […]

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Experts

Fellow

Kristina Hook

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Conflict Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Fellow

Ivan Horodyskyy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Eastern Europe English

Staff

Zahar Hryniv

Program Assistant

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Danuta Hübner

Distinguished Fellow

Europe Center

Democratic Transitions Economy & Business

Fellow

Valeriya Ionan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center Europe Center

Digital Policy English

Fellow

Natalie Jaresko

Distinguished Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine
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