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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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Brzezinski: Downed Malaysian Airplane is a “Game Changing” Event

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: 

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Herbst on International Implications of Malaysian Airplane Crash

By John Herbst

Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins CNBC to discuss the political ramifications of the downed Malaysia Airlines plane: 

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Wilson on Implications of Downed Malaysia Airlines Plane

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson joins BBC World Service to discuss the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down near Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia:

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Jul 18, 2014

NATO General Warned of Russian ‘Anti-Aircraft’ Training for Separatists

By Luis Martinez, ABC News

At a June 30 Pentagon news conference, NATO Supreme Commander Gen. Philip Breedlove said Russia had been providing air defense training to Russian separatists

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Herbst on Increasing Sanctions Against Russia

By John Herbst

Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins Fox Business Lou Dobbs Tonight to discuss whether the United States should increase sanctions against Russia: 

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Herbst on EU Sanctions Against Russia

By John Herbst

The Wall Street Journal quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the Malaysia Airlines plane that was shot down near Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia: 

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

O’Reilly on Downed MH17

By Patrick O'Reilly

McClatchy quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Patrick O’Reilly on the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines plane near Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia:

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Herbst: “The US Administration Must Push the Europeans to Do More [in Russia]”

By John Herbst

Reuters quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the need for more aggressive EU and US action against Russia: 

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In the News

Jul 18, 2014

Herbst and Karatnycky on the Downing of MH17

By Adrian Karatnycky, John Herbst

Foreign Policy quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst and Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on the role of pro-Russian rebels in downing a Malaysia Airlines plane near Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia: 

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UkraineAlert

Jul 17, 2014

Airliner Shot Down Over Ukraine: Rapid Reaction by Atlantic Council Expert John Herbst

By John Herbst

Around the time the plane disappeared, Russian Col. Girkin (Strelkov) on his ‘VKontakte’ page (‘VKontakte’ is the Russian Facebook equivalent) noted that a plane (which he called an Antonov – a Ukrainian transport plane) had been shot down in the region of Torez. The post also mentioned that the local authorities had warned all not […]

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