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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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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Benitez: Crimea Response Hurts US Credibility

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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Benitez: Crimea Response Hurts US Credibility

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

Benitez: Crimea Response Hurts US Credibility

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

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

Is Russia losing the war?

Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia
Politics & Diplomacy
Russia

Public Event
Mon, June 15, 2026 • 12:30 pm ET

How should the United States counter Russia and China’s hybrid warfare?

China
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Europe & Eurasia

Online Event
Fri, June 5, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

Russia’s illicit exploitation of foreign nationals for its war against Ukraine

Europe & Eurasia
Human Rights
Resilience & Society
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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Content

In the News

Apr 7, 2014

Benitez: Crimea Response Hurts US Credibility

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez is quoted by the Washington Times on the Obama administration’s response to the crisis in Ukraine:

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REUTERS/Stringer

New Atlanticist

Apr 7, 2014

Attacks in East Ukraine: Government Accuses Russia of Subversion

By Irene Chalupa

Masked Men in Web Video Called for Armed Uprising Ukraine’s interim government is scrambling to respond to the seizures yesterday of government buildings in eastern provinces by organized groups of men who demanded the annexation of eastern Ukraine by Russia. President Oleksander Turchynov cancelled a visit to Lithuania and said the weekend attacks represent a […]

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President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao, January 19, 2011

NATOSource

Apr 4, 2014

US Warns China Not to Try Crimea-Style Action in Asia

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

China should not doubt the U.S. commitment to defend its Asian allies and the prospect of economic retaliation should also discourage Beijing from using force to pursue territorial claims in Asia in the way Russia has in Crimea, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

China Russia
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow

NATOSource

Apr 4, 2014

Ukraine Crisis: A New Strategic Reality in Europe

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

A first, crucial lesson from the recent crisis is that we must maintain a strong defence and deterrence in Europe.

NATO Russia

Event Recap

Apr 4, 2014

Author Anne Applebaum: Putin Draws from Soviet 1940s Playbook

By James Rupert

The critical step for the US and Europe in responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarianism and aggression is to reinforce institutions such as the European Union and NATO, historian and journalist Anne Applebaum told policy specialists and journalists at the Atlantic Council. Applebaum discussed the crisis surrounding Putin’s seizure for Russia of the Crimean […]

Russia Ukraine

Event Recap

Apr 3, 2014

Amb. Pascual: To Secure Gas for Ukraine & Europe, Build Markets

Carlos Pascual, the US special envoy for international energy affairs, on April 3 urged Europe to keep building pipelines and policies to create a truly competitive European market in natural gas. Pascual spoke at the Atlantic Council days after returning from meetings in Ukraine, Belgium and Moldova with government and private-sector officials, and representatives of […]

Energy & Environment Ukraine

Transcript

Apr 3, 2014

Transcript: Amb. Pascual on Energy Factor in Ukraine Crisis

Carlos Pascual, the US special envoy for international energy affairs, on April 3 urged Europe to keep building pipelines and policies to create a truly competitive European market in natural gas. Pascual spoke at the Atlantic Council days after returning from meetings in Ukraine, Belgium and Moldova with government and private-sector officials, and representatives of […]

Energy & Environment Ukraine

Transcript

Apr 3, 2014

Transcript: Anne Applebaum: Between East and West

The critical step for the US and Europe in responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarianism and aggression is to reinforce institutions such as the European Union and NATO, historian and journalist Anne Applebaum told policy specialists and journalists at the Atlantic Council.  Applebaum discussed the crisis surrounding Putin’s seizure for Russia of the Crimean […]

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Webcasts

Apr 3, 2014

Webcast: Crisis in Ukraine: The Energy Factor

The Ukraine crisis has brought European energy security back into the spotlight. The Atlantic Council is an active participant in the important transatlantic dialogue on energy and its geopolitical implications. The US Department of State’s special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs Carlos Pascual recently travelled to Ukraine, Belgium, and Moldova to meet with […]

Ukraine

Webcasts

Apr 3, 2014

Webcast: Anne Applebaum: Between East and West

Please join the Atlantic Council on April 3, 2014 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. for a discussion with journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum, as she provides a perspective on how the turbulent events in Ukraine and Crimea can be traced back to the region’s historical circumstances.

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Experts

Fellow

Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Fellow

Tyson Barker

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Phyllis Berry

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Europe & Eurasia France

Fellow

Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

Fellow

Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

Staff

Eto Buziashvili

Research Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe
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