The war in Ukraine has raised concerns about the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia and a possible subsequent US response. With these infographics - curated by Valentina Ochner - we try to give an overview of Russian...
By Filippo Rossi, in Antalya for Atlas of Wars/Atlante delle Guerre
Antalya (Turkey) - No breakthrough in sight. In the seaside resort of Belek, near Antalya, the icy winter wind greeted the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, Sergej Lavrov and...
by Giovanni Mennillo
The condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine must remain firm and unquestionable. The aggressor and the victim of invasion are blatantly obvious. However, this latest act cannot absolve us from attempting to understand the complex historical...
by Raffaele Crocco
Emmanuel Macron, the French president who has constantly been attempting to mediate, says that Putin's objective is still to "take control of the whole of Ukraine". Something that seems less and less possible: the first ten days...
By Alice Pistolesi
One million people have crossed the Ukrainian border in one week. An enormous, overwhelming and extremely rapid exodus, as emphasised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, who said yesterday: "I have worked...
Crucial hours for the fate of Ukraine. Talks between Ukraine and Russia are expected to begin on Monday morning near the border with Belarus, reports the news agency TASS, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told British Prime Minister Boris...
The editorial on the Ukrainian crisis by our director and founder, Raffaele Crocco.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared "I'm staying". He said it abruptly, and it is not a minor step in this war that Putin would like to wage...
By Ambra Visentin
"Russia does not intend to occupy Ukraine, but to demilitarise and denazify it'. This was the objective declared by President Vladimir Putin in his speech to the nation yesterday (24 February). And this is the thesis propagated...
By Sara Gorelli - L’Osservatorio – Centro di Ricerca sulle Vittime Civili dei Conflitti (Research Centre on Civilian Victims of Conflicts)
As news breaks that Russian troops have begun military operations in Ukraine, it is worth remembering that for civilians...
The editorial on the latest news from Ukraine by our Director, Raffaele Crocco. (right)
So this is it: it's war. The Russian army has invaded Ukraine, in an early morning attack on Thursday, 24 February. From the first reports, it...
