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 A Ukrainian servicewoman in a VR set operates an FPV drone in Kyiv, Ukraine

The added dangers of fighting in Ukraine when everything is visible

There is no more fog of war

A member of a drone operations team, keeps a careful eye out for enemy drones

Fighting the war in Ukraine on the electromagnetic spectrum

Drone operators and jammers are in a high-tech arms race


A destroyed Russian tank sits on a roadside near the town of Sudzha, Ukraine

How will mines dropped by drones change warfare?

They make attacks on tanks more precise and troops easier to trap


Amid talk of a ceasefire, Ukraine’s front line is crumbling

An ominous defeat in the eastern town of Velyka Novosilka

Russian pilots appear to be hunting Ukrainian civilians

Residents of Kherson are dodging murderous drones

Ukrainian scientists are studying downed Russian missiles

And learning a lot about sanctions-busting




The military campaigns

Men from Ukraine’s 155th army brigade

A French-sponsored Ukrainian army brigade has been badly botched

The scandal reveals serious weaknesses in Ukraine’s military command

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed in a blast outside of an apartment building in Moscow.

The killing of a Russian general shows Ukraine’s spies remain lethal

Igor Kirillov was accused of ordering the use of chemical weapons


Trembita is a Ukrainian surface-to-surface cruise missile manufactured by PARS.

Inside Ukraine’s secret missile programme

With foreign aid uncertain, Ukraine revives its rocket industry


Ukrainian troops celebrate a grim Christmas in Kursk

A local paper braves Russian bombs to deliver news on the front line



Life in Ukraine

Employees stand in front of the second power unit of the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant.

Amid Russian bombing, Ukraine is planning more nuclear reactors

Atomic power may not solve the country’s energy woes

A view shows multi-storey residential buildings destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the town of Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region

Kremlin-occupied Ukraine is now a totalitarian hell

The Trump administration should remember Vladimir Putin’s dark vision


The search for Ukraine’s missing soldiers and sailors

The families of missing loved ones are trying to find them, alive or dead


Ukraine’s Roma have suffered worse than most in the war

Half of them may have fled



Geopolitics

An alleged North Korean soldier after being captured by the Ukrainian army

What North Korea gains by sending troops to fight for Russia

Resources, technology, experience and a blood-soaked IOU

Time is not on Russia’s side, argues Finland’s foreign minister

Elina Valtonen calls for a lower oil-price cap and tougher measures against Russia’s shadow fleet


How to make a success of peace talks with Vladimir Putin

The key is robust security guarantees for Ukrainians


How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?

And how will Ukraine, Russia and Europe respond?



Domestic Russia

Russia is being set aflame by hundreds of arson attacks

The Kremlin blames a campaign of subversion and psychological warfare

The war in Ukraine is straining Russia’s economy and society

Despite advances on the battlefield, pressure is growing


Protesters holds a banner reading "Thank you Wagner", the name of the Russian private security firm present in Mali

How Wagner survived Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death

Its mercenary model is still effective in Africa’s most fragile places


How Vladimir Putin hopes to transform Russian trade

He believes the country’s future lies with China and India. What could go wrong?