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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Content

In the News

Feb 27, 2022

Konaev in India Today on Russian urban warfare campaigns

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Margarita Konaev cites recent and historical examples of how Russia conducts its urban warfare and how it will affect Ukraine.

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In the News

Feb 27, 2022

Kroenig in the New York Times on Putin’s nuclear alert

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig highlights that Putin's heightened nuclear alert is just one of multiple historical examples in the New York Times.

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In the News

Feb 27, 2022

Bell and Wald quoted in The Spokesman-Review on calls to increase US oil and gas output in wake of Russia-Ukraine crisis
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In the News

Feb 27, 2022

Lipsky quoted in Yahoo Finance on the SWIFT cutoff and sanctioning the Russian Central Bank

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Feb 27, 2022

Lipsky quoted in Handelsblatt on the how sanctioning the Russian Central Bank will impact the international financial system

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UkraineAlert

Feb 27, 2022

Ukraine War: Vladimir Putin has gambled everything and lost

By Alexander Motyl

Putin has gambled and lost. Ukrainians will suffer terribly from his criminal invasion, but they will survive and emerge as a strong, modern nation. Putin faces a far more uncertain future following this senseless war.

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In the News

Feb 26, 2022

Lipsky quoted in CNN Business on Russia’s energy exports

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In the News

Feb 26, 2022

Friedlander interviewed by CNN on the Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions, and gas prices in the US

Watch the full interview here.

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In the News

Feb 26, 2022

Lipsky quoted in Financial Times on sanctions against Russia’s central bank

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In the News

Feb 26, 2022

Sullivan quoted in The Independent Arabia on timing of Biden’s action on NS2
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