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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Dispatches Aug 21, 2026

What it feels like under a Russian missile attack, and what the US can do about it

An Atlantic Council fellow shares her first-hand account of being under attack in Kyiv as ballistic missiles struck.

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Dispatches Sep 1, 2026

Where and how Putin could expand his war in Europe beyond Ukraine

By Atlantic Council experts

The CIA director’s recent unannounced visit to Moscow has raised speculation about Russian plans to escalate attacks.
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UkraineAlert Aug 13, 2026

Russia’s escalating bombardment of Ukraine is not ‘retaliation’

By Zahar Hryniv

Russia is attempting to portray the bombardment of Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure as “retaliation” for Ukraine’s own efforts to defend itself against Putin’s invasion. This “retaliation” narrative is dangerously misleading, writes Zahar Hryniv.
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UkraineAlert Sep 3, 2026

Putin cannot defeat NATO but he could divide and discredit the alliance

By Peter Dickinson

If Russian President Vladimir Putin decides to attack NATO, his goal will be to divide and discredit the alliance rather than actually defeating it, writes Peter Dickinson.
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UkraineAlert Aug 27, 2026

Ukrainians are not superheroes with endless powers of resilience

By Lauren Van Metre, Elena Davlikanova

By celebrating Ukrainian resilience as an almost superhuman quality, the international community risks obscuring the much less glamorous reality that Ukrainians are actually ordinary people who have endured extraordinary violence for far too long, write Lauren Van Metre and Elena Davlikanova.
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UkraineAlert Aug 25, 2026

A cultural renaissance is reshaping national identity in wartime Ukraine

By Davis Richardson

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is fueling a defiant cultural outpouring that is redefining and strengthening Ukrainian national identity in ways that challenge centuries of Kremlin imperialism, writes Davis Richardson.
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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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NATOSource

Nov 3, 2010

NATO open to Ukrainian role in missile defense – Rasmussen

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Ukraine may also take part in NATO’s missile-defense program, as the invitation to join should not be limited to Russia, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Moscow on Wednesday. "I think this invitation should be open to our Euro-Atlantic partners, so it is also an invitation to Ukraine if Ukraine so […]

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New Atlanticist

Oct 21, 2010

Looking Beyond the EU: Natural Gas Politics in Ukraine

By Alexandros Petersen

The election of the relatively pro-Russian Victor Yanukovich as President of Ukraine in February 2010 was supposed to herald a new era of energy stability in a country wracked by natural gas cutoffs, disputes among energy-rich oligarchs and perennial political turmoil, but recent events show that energy security in Central Asia and a stable supply […]

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New Atlanticist

Oct 18, 2010

Counterrevolution in Ukraine

By Alexander Motyl

Almost six years after it began, the Orange Revolution formally ended on October 1, 2010, when Ukraine’s constitutional court reversed the “political reform” imposed on the presidency as part of the popular democracy movement’s uprising.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 27, 2010

Yanukovych in Wonderland

By Alexander Motyl

The policy and business elites who attended the Atlantic Council’s September 24th luncheon in New York with Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych may be wondering just what he meant by what he said—and, more important, by what he did not say.

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Sep 23, 2010

Transcript: President Yanukovych Addresses Atlantic Council

Prepared remarks by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych at an Atlantic Council event on September 23, 2010.

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Event Recap

Sep 23, 2010

President Yanukovych Addresses Atlantic Council

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, addressed a gathering of 80 business leaders, former government officials, think tank analysts, and journalists at an Atlantic Council event in New York City on September 23 as part of the Council’s Ukraine-North America Dialogue.

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Report

Sep 20, 2010

Global Governance 2025

By US National Intelligence Council

This report analyzes the gap between current international governance institutions, organizations and norms and the demands for global governance likely to be posed by long-term strategic challenges over the next 15 years. The report is the product of research and analysis by the NIC and EUISS following a series of international dialogues co-organized by the […]

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Sep 18, 2010

Ukraine turns convicted FSB colonel over to Russia

By Interfax

From Interfax:  A Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) colonel convicted in Ukraine this summer on a spying charge was handed over to Russia under an agreement, a source said on Friday. Vladimir Noskov was turned over to Russia in the summer, the source told Interfax. Earlier, Ukrainian newspaper Mirror Weekly, citing its own sources, said […]

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Event Recap

Sep 17, 2010

Second Annual Members’ Conference – Russia Reset and Completing Europe Whole and Free: Can we do both at the same time?

Summary of the breakout conversation “Russia Reset and Completing Europe Whole and Free: Can we do both at the same time?” at the 2010 Annual Members’ Conference. Participants: Michael Calvey, Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Baring Vostok Capital Partners Adrian Karatnycky, Former President, Freedom House; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Eugene Rumer, National Intelligence Officer for […]

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New Atlanticist

Sep 16, 2010

Yanukovych’s Democratic Steamroller

By Alexander Motyl

Ukraine’s already weak democracy has just received three body blows from the government of President Viktor Yanukovych.

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