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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War in Ukraine

Four years on

Four years since the invasion, Atlantic Council experts are assessing the state of the war and the prospects for peace—and forecasting what the future holds for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, the United States.

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Fast Thinking Aug 18, 2025

Was Trump’s summit with Zelenskyy and European leaders a turning point for Russia’s war in Ukraine?

Our experts share their perspectives on what the White House summit means for efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and provide security assurances for Kyiv.

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New Atlanticist Aug 15, 2025

Experts react: Trump and Putin just left Alaska without a deal. Here’s what that means for Russia’s war on Ukraine.

By Atlantic Council experts

The US and Russian presidents met in Anchorage for nearly three hours, but the talks did not bring a halt to Russia’s ongoing assault on Ukraine.
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Inflection Points Aug 17, 2025

Will Europe rise to its strategic moment?

By Frederick Kempe

With the future of European security on the line, the Ukrainian president and several European allies will meet with US President Donald Trump on Monday.
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UkraineAlert Aug 14, 2025

Trump should insist on the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

By Mercedes Sapuppo

When US President Donald Trump sits down with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, he must demand the return of the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, writes Mercedes Sapuppo.
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UkraineAlert Aug 7, 2025

Ukraine’s expanding robot army can help address manpower shortages

By David Kirichenko

Robotic systems are in many ways an ideal battlefield solution for Ukraine as the country seeks ways to leverage its proven tech prowess in order to defend itself in a grueling war of attrition against a far larger enemy, writes David Kirichenko.
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UkraineAlert Jul 30, 2025

A Ukraine without Ukrainians: Putin is erasing Europe’s largest nation

By Peter Dickinson

Russia is systematically erasing all traces of Ukrainian national identity throughout occupied Ukraine as Vladimir Putin pursues an extreme form of eliminationist imperialism in the heart of twenty-first century Europe, writes Peter Dickinson.
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WATCH

“Putin’s endgame: The stakes beyond Ukraine,” an Atlantic Council documentary

Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine may be closer to its end than its beginning. How it ends will matter not only for Ukraine, but for the whole of Europe and the wider world. The first-ever documentary from the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, “Putin’s endgame: The stakes beyond Ukraine,” discusses the threat of Russian aggression beyond Ukraine and the dangers it poses to US interests today and in the future.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 27, 2014

Would the Loss of Ukraine Harden Russia Policy on Syria?

By Barbara Slavin

Why do despots invariably have such atrocious taste?  Ukrainians wandering wide-eyed through the palace outside Kyiv of fugitive Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych simultaneously marveled and gagged at the gilded furniture, stuffed dead cats and gold bathroom fixtures. But their elation at overturning their corrupt, if elected, president could fade quickly if Russia’s elected, if authoritarian, president Vladimir […]

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Feb 26, 2014

NATO Defense Ministers Declare Their Support for ‘Ukrainian Sovereignty and Independence’

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We continue to follow developments in Ukraine very closely. We deplore the tragic loss of life. We welcome the fact that violence has been stopped through negotiations that paved the way for a peaceful outcome.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Oct. 22, 2013

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Feb 26, 2014

NATO Ready to Help Ukraine Democratic Reforms

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO said Wednesday it will continue to help Ukraine, which has close ties with the military alliance, to push ahead with democratic reforms.

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In the News

Feb 26, 2014

Brzezinski: Stand Behind Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss Ukraine:

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In the News

Feb 25, 2014

Karatnycky: A Plan for Reform in Kiev

By Adrian Karatnycky

Adrian Karatnycky writes in the Wall Street Journal on how Ukraine should proceed with political reform following the formation of a transition government:

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Yanukovich security forces in Kiev, Dec. 14, 2013

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Feb 25, 2014

Papers Reveal Yanukovich Plans to Turn Army Against Protesters

By Roman Olearchyk and Neil Buckley, Financial Times

The Yanukovich regime had drawn up plans for a massive crackdown on protesters in Kiev using thousands of police and troops – and the chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Thursday last week ordered 2,500 army troops into the capital for an “antiterrorist” operation.

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Feb 24, 2014

Karatnycky: Rebuilding Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

Adrian Karatnycky, senior fellow for the Transatlantic Relations program, joins PBS Newshour to discuss Ukraine’s transition after the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych:

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New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2014

How US, EU Can Stabilize Ukraine

By New Atlanticist

Adrian Karatnycky: Governments Should Act to Ease Fiscal Crisis, Russia’s Hostility The US and EU governments should take early steps to help stabilize Ukraine as a disparate coalition struggles to restore government and order following the violent chaos of President Viktor Yanukovych’s ouster, says the Atlantic Council’s Adrian Karatnycky. The interim government taking office this […]

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Signs of solidarity with Ukraine during debate in European Parliament, Dec. 12, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

Brzezinski: Ukraine Should Join EU, but No Military Alliance

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times

The west, however, can play a constructive role in containing the exploding violence. That will take concerted action by the US and the EU.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2014

Ukraine’s Amb. Shamshur: Risk Remains for Turmoil, Violence

By New Atlanticist

Policy Advisor Warns of Secession Danger As Ukraine establishes a transitional government to replace the fallen President Viktor Yanukovych, the country still risks turmoil and violence in the south and east, Yanukovych’s ethnic Russian base of support. There, local political groups demand closer ties to Russia, and even separation from Ukraine, noted Oleh Shamshur, a […]

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