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The Atlantic The Weapon the West Used Against Putin
The way in which the U.S. disclosed intelligence ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could drastically change geopolitics in the future.
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AP; The Atlantic How Far Should the World Go to Support Ukraine?
Readers fret over the fate of Ukrainians—and the dangers of escalation.
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Serhii Nuzhnenko / Reuters Photos: Day Eight of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Images from the past few days of widespread destruction and Ukrainian resistance, after more than a week of warfare
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Emilio Morenatti / AP Stay Calm, America
Putin’s violence may still get worse. But Americans shouldn’t root for a dangerous escalation of hostilities.
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The Atlantic The Ugly, Embarrassing Spectacle of ‘Milling’ Around Online
What we’re doing when we make erratic posts about Ukraine
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Photo 12 / Alamy Nine Excellent Movies That Show What Ukrainians Are Fighting For
For nearly a century, Ukrainian filmmakers have been on the forefront of the struggle for recognition as a distinct people and culture.
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Serhii Nuzhnenko/ AP What Happens When We Back Putin Into a Corner
Plus: The case for still pivoting to Asia
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Enzo Signorelli / Getty What Russia Is Stirring Up at Chernobyl
The 1986 explosion at the plant was a turning point for independence in Ukraine. Now Russia is threatening to make the country relive that trauma.
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Alexei Nikolsky / TASS / Getty; Eric Alonso … Why the Cultural Boycott of Russia Matters
Excluding Russia from the sports and art worlds over its war against Ukraine threatens Putin’s image in the way economic and political sanctions cannot.
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Daniel Leal / AFP / Getty Ukrainians Are Shaking America Out of Its Cynicism
The human virtues being displayed in a terrible human drama have changed public opinion.
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Getty; The Atlantic How the Finns Deter Russian Invasion
If you want ordinary people to make your society occupation-proof, you have to teach them to kill well before they need to do so.
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Victor Berzkin / AP Russia’s Looming Economic Collapse
This is terra incognita for economic policy. No country has ever faced this kind of global freeze-out.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: What Putin’s Invasion Has Already Changed
Vladimir Putin has upended the world order almost overnight—just not as he may have expected.
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Sean Gallup / Getty; The Atlantic The Impossible Suddenly Became Possible
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West’s assumptions about the world became unsustainable.
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The Atlantic; Sasha Mordovets / Getty Vladimir Putin United America
At the State of the Union, Joe Biden can look abroad and find a popular cause around which he and a surprisingly broad cross section of the public want to rally.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Ukraine’s Surrogacy Industry Has Put Women in Impossible Positions
When your job is carrying a baby for someone else, you can’t leave it behind.
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Getty; The Atlantic Russia’s Initial Failures Don’t Mean Ukraine Will Survive
Putin’s military may seek to recover from its early mistakes with increased brutality.
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Getty; The Atlantic Europe’s Sleeping Giant Awakens
Politics in Berlin has undergone a cataclysm that no one saw coming.
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Getty; The Atlantic Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man
Why did so many observers misjudge Putin and Zelensky?
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Long Weekend That Changed History
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine means that the post–Cold War era may have just ended.
