Ukraine

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Clearing Ukraine’s mines is crucial for global food security, say Howard Buffett and Tony Blair

With the right sort of technology and financing, it needn’t take a century

Europe

Danger in Donbas as Ukraine’s front line falters

Russian fighters are trying to encircle the defenders

Asia

Taiwan is trying to learn from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine

Could it repel a potential Chinese invasion?

Europe

The West still needs Russian gas that comes through Ukraine

Austria, Hungary and Slovakia are particularly dependent on it

Europe

As his popularity fades Volodymyr Zelensky culls his cabinet 

He has reshuffled his team and concentrated power

Europe

American restrictions on hitting Russia are hurting Ukraine

The Biden administration’s justifications keep changing

Europe

Even as it humiliates Russia, Ukraine’s line is crumbling in the Donbas

The shock raid inside Kursk has not distracted the Kremlin from advancing

1843 magazine | “I use anti-tank mines for weightlifting”: meet Ukraine’s Paralympians

The war-wounded join forces with soldiers on leave in the pursuit of sporting success

Europe

The Kremlin is close to crushing Pokrovsk, a vital Ukrainian town

Even as Ukraine raids Russia, it is losing another key battle

Graphic detail

Has Ukraine’s shock raid successfully diverted Russian forces?

Insights from our war tracker

Europe

Russia’s double-punch back against Ukraine’s shock raid

It is bombing Ukrainians in Kursk and advancing in Pokrovsk

Europe

Ukraine’s convicts take the fight inside Russia

A hard-bitten officer commands a unit of felons—and dreams of kebabs in Moscow

Europe

Anti-war parties are set to clean up in eastern German elections

Scepticism about support for Ukraine runs deep in parts of the former communist republic

Leaders

The rights, wrongs and risks of Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

Ukrainian forces should be careful not to overreach

Europe

What next after Ukraine’s shock invasion of Russia?

It could dig in, pull back or grab more as a bargaining chip

The Economist explains

Why Russian troops are attacking on motorbikes

New conditions give rise to new tactics

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