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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Public Event Tue, August 4, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

What is driving Ukraine’s momentum in the war?
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Russia is increasingly welcome in Africa

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Mar 24, 2015

Russia’s Resurgent Interest in Africa

By J. Peter Pham, AfricaSource

One year after the disputed referendum to join Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula to Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly finding in Africa a welcome break from what has otherwise been its continued international diplomatic and economic isolation

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In the News

Mar 23, 2015

Brzezinski on the Breakdown of Relations Between Moscow and the West

By Ian Brzezinski

The Polish Institute of International Affairs quotes  Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on how Russia’s withdrawal from the Conventional Forces Europe treaty demonstrates a further breakdown in relations between Moscow and the West:

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Mar 23, 2015

Russia’s Return to Africa: An Update

By J. Peter Pham

One year after the disputed referendum to join Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula to Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly finding in Africa a welcome break from what has otherwise been its continued international diplomatic and economic isolation as a result of its aggression against its Eastern European neighbor.

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Danish warship Absalon, April 29, 2013

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Mar 22, 2015

Russia Threatens to Aim Nuclear Missiles at Denmark’s Ships If It Joins NATO Shield

By Reuters, Telegraph, and Copenhagen Post

From Reuters:  Russia threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO’s missile defense system,

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Konstantin Kosachev, Federica Mogherini, Jens Stoltenberg, and Victoria Nuland, March 20, 2015

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Mar 20, 2015

Russian Official Asks Secretary General if NATO Would Bomb Country that Initiated Cyber Attack

By John Thor Dahlburg, AP

When the discussion turned to the growing threat of cyber-attacks being used to undermine a country’s economy or security,

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In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Herbst on Corruption in the Ukrainian Military

By John Herbst

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on corruption in the Ukrainian military and what it means for the continued fight against pro-Russian separatists:

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Russian fighter jets, May 24, 2008

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Mar 20, 2015

NATO Intercepts Eight Russian Fighter Jets Over Baltic Sea

By Andrius Sytas, Reuters

A NATO patrol intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian authorities said on Wednesday,

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Mar 20, 2015

Kroenig on NATO Strategy Toward Russia

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for Survival, debating his critics over NATO strategy toward Russia:

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Nordic Battle Group Training in Sweden, Nov. 7, 2007

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Mar 19, 2015

Stockholm’s Security Service Concerned About Possible Russian Military Operation Against Sweden

By Reuters and AP

From Anna Ringstrom, Reuters:  Sweden’s security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following an increase in espionage activity

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In the News

Mar 19, 2015

Metzl on the Putin-Kim Alliance

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the increasing importance of the Russia-North Korea relationship and what that means for the United States:

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