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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“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

Aug 23, 2010

Orange Peels: Follow-up

By Adrian Karatnycky

In his rejoinder to my recent article, “Orange Peels: Ukraine After Revolution,” my good friend Alexander Motyl claims he and other critics of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych gave him the benefit of the doubt. For the record, Motyl’s benefit of the doubt did not last long.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2010

Ukraine’s Leadership: Why Yanukovych Does Not Deserve the Benefit of the Doubt

By Alexander Motyl

Adrian Karatnycky’s article, “Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution,” was written about six months too late. Had it appeared back in February 2010, Karatnycky’s analysis—and his suggestion that Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych “deserves the benefit of our doubt”—would have been right on target.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 18, 2010

Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution

By Adrian Karatnycky

Five years ago, post-Soviet Ukraine, a critically placed country of some 46 million people, seemed to be on the fast track toward modernity. The Orange Revolution, the spontaneous mass protests of fraud in Ukraine’s November 2004 presidential election, presaged a mature civil society and free media. The protests led to the election of Viktor Yushchenko, […]

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NATOSource

Jul 27, 2010

Ukraine’s new NATO mission head upbeat on ties with alliance

By Interfax-Ukraine

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Jul 21, 2010

Ukraine takes up duty in NATO Response Force

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  Ukraine has for the first time taken up duty in the NATO Response Force (NRF) of the 15th rotation. NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander for Europe Admiral James Stavridis reported this in a note of thanks addressed to the Ukrainian side, Interfax-Ukraine learned in the Mission of Ukraine to NATO in Brussels on Tuesday. […]

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Jul 12, 2010

Ukraine and NATO begin Sea Breeze military exercise

By the Kyiv Post

From the Kyiv Post:  The U.S. and Ukrainian Sea Breeze 2010 exercises were started at the Odesa House of Officers on Monday. "I am glad to announce the beginning of the Ukraine-U.S. Sea Breeze exercises. Thirteen member countries began the exercises, which will help Ukraine practice interaction with other fleets.

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Jul 7, 2010

Ukraine, NATO to hold Sea Breeze military drills in July

By RIA Novosti

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Jul 3, 2010

Clinton: “the doors to NATO remain open” for Ukraine

By Hillary Clinton, the State Department

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Jun 22, 2010

Completing Europe Discussion Series: Ukraine 6/22/10 – Transcript

Completing Europe Discussion Series: Ukraine Event Page THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES WELCOME AND MODERATOR: FRAN BURWELL, VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AND STUDIES, THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL SPEAKERS: VALERIY CHALY, FORMER DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER, UKRAINE BORYS TARASYUK, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER, UKRAINE; CHAIRMAN, UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION ON INTEGRATION YURI SCHERBAK, FORMER AMBASSADOR TO […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2010

Ukraine Is Not Yet Lost

By Alexandros Petersen and Tamerlan Vahabov

Since this winter’s presidential election, in which pro-Russian Victor Yanukovich emerged the victor, Ukraine has experienced a massive turnaround. Its politics, security policy, cultural and language policies and energy policy all look toward Moscow for guidance. U.S. and European commentators have begun to speak about the loss of Ukraine.

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