Posts

Zelenskyy says Putin 'has not won this war' as he marks 4 years since Russia's all-out invasion

Image
Feb 24, 2026 9:16 AM EST  By —   Illia Novikov, Associated Press Ukraine reporter KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not "broken Ukrainians" nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow's ambitions. In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the Ukrainian capital to mark the grim anniversary of the conflict, which has killed tens of thousands of people, upended life for millions of Ukrainians, and created instability far beyond its borders. READ MORE:  4 years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a look at the war by the numbers Zelenskyy said his country has withstood the onslaught by Russia's bigger and better equipped army, which over the past year of fighting captured just 0.79% of Ukraine's territory, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washi...

Zelenskyy says Putin 'has not won this war' as he marks 4 years since Russia's all-out invasion

Image
By —   Illia Novikov, Associated Press World   Feb 24, 2026 9:16 AM EST KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Tuesday that Russia has not "broken Ukrainians" nor triumphed in its war, four years after an invasion that has severely tested the resolve of Kyiv and its allies and fueled European fears about the scale of Moscow's ambitions. In a show of support, more than a dozen senior European officials headed to the Ukrainian capital to mark the grim anniversary of the conflict, which has killed tens of thousands of people, upended life for millions of Ukrainians, and created instability far beyond its borders. READ MORE:  4 years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a look at the war by the numbers Zelenskyy said his country has withstood the onslaught by Russia's bigger and better equipped army, which over the past year of fighting captured just 0.79% of Ukraine's territory, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-base...

Russia’s War in Ukraine Understanding the conflict four years on. From Foreign Policy [FP]

Image
February 20, 2026, 12:33 PM By  Christian Caryl ,  Angela Stent ,  Andriy Zagorodnyuk ,  George Barros ,  Keir Giles ,  Carl Bildt ,  C. Raja Mohan ,  Agathe Demarais , and  Stefan Theil A photo collage illustration showing maps of Russia and Ukraine in the background with Zelensky and Putin headshots. Mark Harris illustration for Foreign Policy My FP:  Follow topics and authors to get straight to what you like. Exclusively for FP subscribers.  Subscribe Now  |  Log In If, at the outset in 2022, many saw  Russia’s war against Ukraine  as a regional conflict that might be contained, its nature as a global geopolitical turning point has become ever clearer. The invasion that Moscow launched four years ago next week has forced Europe to rearm and think about future wars on the continent. The Eurasian autocracies have aligned economically, technologically, and strategically in unprecedented ways—bringing Iranian weap...